Why COVID-19 is worsening the opioid epidemic
Posted on AllSides July 7th, 2020
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COVID-19 might be the most urgent public health problem facing us today— but medical professionals are also calling attention to the other serious health crises the pandemic is making worse.
“There are over 11 million confirmed cases of COVID-19,” says Dr. Jessica Mega, chief medical and scientific officer of Alphabet’s Verily Life Sciences. “But at the same time, I think it's critically important for us all to think about other ailments that we see that are on the rise.”
Mega, speaking at Fortune’s virtual Brainstorm Health conference on Tuesday, called...
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