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Nov 04 2019
Opinion
Doctors Are Still Denying People Pain Meds and the Results Are Deadly
After tens of thousands of pain patients were forced to reduce their opioid dosages—some cut off entirely, with little warning—the federal government has finally realized that sharp cuts in prescribing are actually causing some of the harms they intended to prevent. This year, three key federal agencies issued stark warnings about suicide and overdose risk associated with these practices.
ViceApr 05 2018
Opinion
OPINION: Opioids, Abortion, and Our Confused Politics of the Body
I need to disclose two very private facts. They are not causally related. First, when I was in my mid-teens, my girlfriend had an abortion. Second, I am an occasional user of pain management drugs such as morphine and oxycodone, which I typically acquire through illicit markets on the dark web. These two experiences — the abortion and my use of opioids — illustrate some paradoxes in the
The American SpectatorApr 08 2021
News
Biden admin to 'surge' aid to Central America, offer 'legal paths' to stem historic migration
The Biden administration is working "to surge humanitarian assistance to" Central American countries and to offer new "legal paths" for migration, according to U.S. officials, as it tries to manage a historic jump in the number of migrants reaching the southern U.S. border.
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to Mexico's president Wednesday as she takes the lead for the new
ABC News (Online)Jan 03 2017
Opinion
OPINION: Donald Trump, Bureaucracy Apprentice
Every election year, politicians of both parties portray Washington as a Gomorrah of influence peddling, goldbricking and waste, funded by hardworking taxpayers. But to the civil servants who process Social Security payments, hunt tax cheats, track terrorists, enforce environmental laws, maintain national parks or test experimental drugs, the federal government is not just the source of a
New York Times (News)Dec 26 2014
News
Pizza Industry Vows to Continue Fight Against Obamacare’s Onerous Menu Labeling Regulation
It’s been a month since the Food and Drug Administration announced its final rule for menu labeling, a regulation that’s already proving to be a nightmare for the major chain restaurants and retail food establishments that must comply by Dec. 1, 2015, or face a stiff penalty.
TownhallApr 17 2024
Headline Roundup
House Report Finds China Complicit in U.S. Fentanyl Epidemic
According to a report by the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, the Chinese government is complicit in the U.S. fetanayl epidemic. The report was released on Tuesday, in advance of a public hearing on the matter.
Key Details: The bipartisan investigation uncovered new details about China's role in the illicit fentanyl trade as U.S. overdoses continue to surge. It
Washington Times Reuters NPR (Online News)Mar 19 2020
News
Dems Reject Gun Violence Bill as Shootings Surge in Baltimore
Maryland Democrats rejected a bill aimed at combating gun violence as Baltimore mayor Jack Young publicly begged residents to stop shooting each other so hospitals could be used to treat coronavirus patients.
Young, a Democrat, pleaded with residents on Wednesday not to "clog up our hospitals and beds with people [who] are being shot senselessly." But on the same day, his partymates in
Washington Free BeaconMar 19 2020
News
Abbott Labs gets FDA green light to ship coronavirus tests
Abbott Laboratories ABT, -6.062% said late Wednesday that it received an emergency authorization from the Food and Drug Administration to ship 150,000 tests for COVID-19, or infection from the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The tests use Abbott's m2000 system, which is in use at more than 175 hospitals and labs in the U.S., and can run up to 470 tests in 24 hours, the company said. "Abbott is
MarketWatchSep 19 2013
News
Two Months After Promising to Help Promote Obamacare, Walgreens Now Changing 160,000 Healh Care Plans
The nations largest drug store chain, Walgreens, is changing the health care plan for 160,000 of its employees as a result of Obamacare, among the latest employers to make changes as the laws further implementation moves closer.
The BlazeMay 12 2020
News
Fauci warns Senate that reopening U.S. too quickly could lead to ‘really serious’ consequences
Top federal health officials are being pressed during a highly anticipated Senate hearing Tuesday on whether the country is ready to reopen, with Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease expert, warning that “consequences could be really serious” if states move too quickly.
The panel’s chairman and witnesses are appearing remotely in an unusual session that includes the
Washington Post