10,000 Federal Health Workers to Be Laid Off
The layoffs are a drastic reduction in personnel for HHS, which touches the lives of every American through its oversight of ...
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Fewer deaths, new substances and evolving treatments in Philly’s opioid epidemic − 4 essential reads
Data on overdose deaths in Philly in 2024 is not yet available. However, new research shows that drug deaths are dropping in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Still, opioid overdose deaths ...
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Rantz: City of Seattle targets business trying to stop shoplifting, not the criminals
Shoplifting in Seattle has reached epidemic proportions ... crime rings are decimating our local businesses and homeless drug addicts are stealing as a means to score their next fix.
Seattle Times14d
Opioid orphans: Grandparents struggle to raise children left behind
Researchers have tried to put a number on the toll of the opioid epidemic on the children left behind. In the decade from 2011 to 2021, an estimated 321,566 children lost a parent to drug overdose, ...
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Kentucky's 'Better Without It' anti-drug campaign recruits college basketball players to reach youth
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Tapping into his state's love of college basketball, Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman has recruited two players from top programs and given them roles as social media ...
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🌃 As loneliness reaches epidemic levels, here's how the 15 biggest cities rank
The problem of loneliness isn’t just an American one—the World Health Organization proclaimed it a global health concern and ...
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to slash 10,000 jobs, close 5 regional offices
The Trump administration announced a sweeping plan Thursday to restructure the Department of Health and Human Services by ...
The pain points in plan to lay off 10,000 HHS employees
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday it would cut 10,000 jobs and close offices in a “dramatic ...
The Business Journals2d
Health and Human Services to cut 10,000 staffers as part of major reorganization
Kennedy Jr. The federal agency, which oversees public health entities like the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration ...
SC plays a major role in US primate research. As funding cuts loom, what happens to the monkeys?
South Carolina plays a vital role in primate research for medical testing, including Yemasee monkey farm Alpha Genesis, who ...
Under the gun: Some firearms regulation bills advance, others die before key cutoff date
Several bills regulating firearms survived Wednesday’s cutoff in the Washington State Legislature to consider bills in their ...
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With respiratory infections rampant, experts urge masking and vaccination
During one of the most active flu seasons in recent memory, infectious disease experts at Fred Hutch Cancer Center say many ...