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8:23pm Apr 12, 2019

World News World News National Health & Safety

Why Astronomical Drug Prices Are Bad For Health — And Profits

by Jason Beaubien

Fatima Suleman, a professor of pharmaceutical sciences, hopes that WHO's Fair Pricing Forum can help lower drug costs — and benefit drug manufacturers.
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5:15pm Jan 07, 2019

National National Economy Health & Safety

Prescription Drug Costs Driven By Manufacturer Price Hikes, Not Innovation

by Alison Kodjak

A recent study shows the cost of brand-name drugs is rising — not because of expensive new therapies entering the market but because manufacturers are raising prices on existing drugs.
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7:16am Nov 24, 2018

Health & Safety Health & Safety

Colombia Tries To Get Farmers Out Of The Cocaine Biz. How's That Going?

by John Otis

If farmers uproot coca plants, whose leaves are used to make cocaine, the government has promised money, seeds and technology to help raise everything from peppercorns to pigs.
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2:50pm Nov 05, 2018

World News World News National

Notorious Drug Lord 'El Chapo' Heads To Trial In New York

by Merrit Kennedy

Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, the man accused of having run the world's largest drug trafficking organization, was charged in a 17-count indictment that spans decades. Jury selection began Monday.
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11:16am Jul 02, 2018

National National

Bystanders To Fatal Overdoses Increasingly Becoming Criminal Defendants

by Bobby Allyn

Prosecutors in 20 states are using old laws to file homicide charges to hold family and friends accountable in opioid-related deaths. The penalty is steep and experts debate its effectiveness.

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Olivia Boone

3:58pm Jun 15, 2018

Student Journalists Student Journalists

Now I Understand

by Olivia Boone

Olivia Boone had a normal childhood—or so she thought—until she le

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Oxford University Press

7:00am May 19, 2018

Health & Safety Health & Safety

Fake And Faulty Drugs: A Problem No One Wants To Talk About

by Susan Brink

A new book explores why getting a properly formulated medicine is hit-or-miss in much of the developing world — and why the issue is massively underreported.
5:22pm May 15, 2018

Health & Safety Health & Safety

North Carolina Opioid Crisis Getting Worse, Moving To Underground Market

A new study from Duke University suggests North Carolina’s opioid problem has gotten worse in several ways.
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5:00am Mar 28, 2018

National National Health & Safety

Healing Drug Injection Wounds Can Help Get Care Closer To Patients

by Elana Gordon

Infections from intravenous drug use are often hidden, under sleeves and beneath pants. These wounds of addiction may be buried in shame. They can also be serious, requiring surgery or constant care.
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3:24pm Mar 15, 2018

National National

Oklahoma Plans To Use Nitrogen For Executions

by Merrit Kennedy

After having trouble obtaining drugs needed for lethal injections, state officials plan to change the primary method of execution to nitrogen gas inhalation. It would be a first for a U.S. state.
5:15pm Jan 03, 2018

Crime Crime News

Triad-Wide Drug Bust Yields 'Unprecedented' Amount Of Heroin

by Eddie Garcia

Law enforcement officials say they’ve seized an unprecedented amount of heroin in the Triad. Multiple agencies across the region collaborated on the bust.

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11:25pm Oct 04, 2017

National National Economy Politics & Government Health & Safety

California Bill Would Compel Drugmakers To Justify Price Hikes

by April Dembosky

A bill passed by the California Legislature requires drugmakers to give 60 days' notice before raising a drug's price by 16 percent or more over two years, and to justify the price increase.

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