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Bill aims to expand HOPE scholarship to students with nonviolent drug offenses

A proposed new bill aims to give teenagers convicted of nonviolent drug offenses access to higher education.

January 02, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
Matt Capelouto, whose daughter died from a fentanyl overdose, speaks at a news conference outside the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Capelouto is among dozens of protesters who called on the Assembly to hear fentanyl-related bills as tension mounts over how to address the fentanyl crisis. (AP Photo/Tran Nguyen)

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  • News

In 2023 fentanyl overdoses ravaged the U.S. and fueled a new culture war fight

Fentanyl fueled unprecedented carnage with 112,000 fatal overdoses. The nation is increasingly divided over how to respond.

December 28, 2023
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By:
  • Brian Mann,
  • Aneri Pattani - Kaiser Health News ,
  • and 1 more
New U.S. Justice Department indictments contain this image of armed gang members allegedly associated with the Chapitos network of the Sinaloa cartel.

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  • National

U.S. says it 'infiltrated' the Sinaloa drug cartel in the fight against fentanyl

In sweeping indictments, the Justice Department targeted two dozen operatives in the Chapitos network of the Sinaloa cartel. But many drug policy experts say this won't slow fentanyl deaths.

April 21, 2023
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By:
  • Brian Mann
ShantaQuilette Develle Carter-Williams, 44, was prescribed Ozempic after a stroke put her life in danger. The drug worked wonders — until she couldn't get it.

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  • Business

'You forget to eat': How Ozempic went from diabetes medicine to blockbuster diet drug

The Novo Nordisk diabetes medication was found to cause significant weight loss in users and has since become a blockbuster drug and very big business.

April 02, 2023
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By:
  • Stacey Vanek Smith
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  • Health

It cost $38,398 for a single shot of a very old cancer drug

Lupron, a drug patented half a century ago, treats advanced prostate cancer. It costs a few hundred dollars in the U.K. — so why are U.S. hospitals charging so much more to administer it?

October 26, 2022
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By:
  • Arthur Allen
Testing blood for malaria at a Doctors Without Borders clinic in Malawi.

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  • Global Health

Drug-resistant malaria is emerging in Africa. Doctors are worried — yet hopeful

Resistance to the drug artemisinin was confirmed in Africa. Without better surveillance, experts say it is hard to track the threat.

February 06, 2022
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By:
  • Pratik Pawar
Amyloid plaques are characteristic features of Alzheimer's disease. The new drug Aduhelm is able to remove this sticky substance that builds up in the brains of patients with the disease, but many doctors are still skeptical of how well it really works.

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  • Your Health

Cost and controversy are limiting use of new Alzheimer's drug

A new Alzheimer's drug isn't reaching many patients. Doctors say reasons include its high cost, and lingering questions about its effectiveness.

November 08, 2021
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
The FDA has released sample labels of some of the two recalled blood pressure medications — various dosages of irbesartan tablets and irbesartan and hydrochlorothiazide tablets.

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  • Health

2 blood pressure drugs recalled because of concern about cancer-causing ingredient

Lupin Pharmaceuticals is voluntarily recalling certain dosages of irbesartan tablets and irbesartan and hydrochlorothiazide tablets distributed in 30- and 90-count bottles nationwide.

October 20, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Dr. William Burke goes over a PET brain scan in 2018 at Banner Alzheimer's Institute in Phoenix. The drug company Biogen has received federal approval for a medicine to treat early Alzheimer's disease.

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  • Health

The FDA Has Approved A New Alzheimer's Drug — Here's Why That's Controversial

This is the first new drug approved for Alzheimer's disease since 2003. It's the first to show significant progress against the sticky brain plaques that are the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease.

June 07, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Hensley,
  • Jon Hamilton,
  • and 1 more
Researchers point to a devastating new development: Fentanyl is making swift inroads in the western U.S., where it used to be rare.

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  • National

Street Fentanyl Surges In Western U.S., Leading To Thousands Of Deaths

New research shows the use of the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl spreading fast in Los Angeles, Phoenix and Seattle. Chinese companies are routing the street drug through cartels in Mexico.

November 17, 2020
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By:
  • Brian Mann

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