#McDowellCounty #FoodInsecurity #OpioidCrisis
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From coal mines to hard times: A West Virginia county braces for new public assistance cuts
Ayesha Siddiqi is a producer at 60 Minutes based in Washington, D. C. She's been with the broadcast since 2015.
For some, these are the boom times: 40(k)'s are surging, the stock market has hit an all-time high.
#OpioidCrisis #Fentanyl #PublicHealth
www.newsweek.com
Trump's Actions in Venezuela Won't Halt the Fentanyl Crisis. Here's Why and What Could | Opinion
Sociologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago Medical Center
Numerous times since the start of his second term, President Donald Trump has lashed out at Latin American countries for their purported role in the opioid epidemic, a relentless public health disaster that has claimed over 1 million lives, while costing the U.
#Naloxone #Veterans #OpioidCrisis
www.businessinsider.com
Veterans can easily buy naloxone at CVS but not at the VA. A bipartisan bill wants to change that.
More access to naloxone has helped drive a national decline in opioid-related deaths.
Military veterans may be able to buy naloxone over the counter at CVS or Walgreens, but not at their local VA clinic.
#OpioidCrisis #MethadoneAccess #AddictionMedicine
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Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts and the Yale Program in Addiction Medicine Establish the National Methadone Access and Quality Commission
New York, Jan. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) has awarded a grant of $917,027 to Yale University to establish the National Methadone Access and Quality Commission (NMAQC), a new national initiative focused on improving access to methadone, an evidence-based treatment for people with opioid use disorder (OUD).
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#OpioidCrisis #PublicHealth #AddictionAwareness
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Pharma Companies Share Blame For Opioid OD Deaths, Majority Says
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Jan. 22, 2026 (HealthDay News) -- Americans might be severely divided these days, but a new study says there's one thing everyone agrees on.
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#Fentanyl #HarmReduction #OpioidCrisis
www.chicagotribune.com
Outreach workers pass out free fentanyl detection devices to help screen drugs, reduce risk of overdose
A young man approached a card table set up under the Green Line tracks on the city's West Side and asked the woman behind it if she had any clean needles or naloxone, a medication that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
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#Fentanyl #HarmReduction #OpioidCrisis
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Outreach workers pass out free fentanyl detection devices to help screen drugs, reduce risk of overdose
A young man approached a card table set up under the Green Line tracks on the city's West Side and asked the woman behind it if she had any clean needles or naloxone, a medication that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
#FentanylVaccine #OpioidCrisis #DrugOverdosePrevention
nypost.com
First-of-its-kind fentanyl vaccine to prevents overdoses gears up for...
A vaccine to protect against fentanyl's deadly effects is headed for clinical trials in humans.
The vaccine, which showed positive results in studies of mice and rats, is designed to block fentanyl from entering the brain, blocking its effects and preventing overdoses.
