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Hepatitis C Not A Barrier For Organ Transplantation, Study Finds
by Richard Harris April 3, 2019Enlarge this image The presence of the hepatitis C virus in donated hearts and organs for transplantation wasn’t an impediment for a…
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Enlarge this image “What’s important to me is that the facts come to light, and we get justice and accountability,” Massachusetts Attorney…
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U.S. Prosecutors Sue To Stop Nation’s First Supervised Injection Site For Opioids
by Bobby Allyn February 6, 2019Enlarge this image U.S. Attorney William McSwain and colleagues announced a civil lawsuit Wednesday in Philadelphia against the nonprofit Safehouse. “We have…
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Lawsuit Details How The Sackler Family Allegedly Built An OxyContin Fortune
by Martha Bebinger February 1, 2019Enlarge this image Families that lost loved ones to the opioid crisis protested outside Suffolk Superior Court in Boston as lawyers for…
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Opioid Antidote Can Save Lives, But Deciding When To Use It Can Be Challenging
by Nina Feldman October 29, 2018Enlarge this image A Philadelphia police officer holds a package of the overdose antidote naloxone while on patrol in the Kensington neighborhood…
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Poll: Most Americans Know About Opioid Antidote And Are Willing To Use It
by Scott Hensley August 21, 2018Enlarge this image A man holds a sample of the opioid antidote Narcan during a training session at a New York City…
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Patients With Chronic Pain Feel Caught In An Opioid Prescribing Debate
by Will Stone July 8, 2018Enlarge this image Shannon Hubbard has complex regional pain syndrome and considers herself lucky that her doctor hasn’t cut back her pain…