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Economist breaks down Baltimore’s $5 billion opioid crisis plan

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Baltimore’s court case against drug distributors McKesson and AmerisourceBergen centers on a proposed 15-year, $472 million annual plan to combat the city’s opioid epidemic through medication-assisted treatment and harm reduction […]

Baltimore lawyers begin presenting $5 billion request for ‘full response to the opioid epidemic’

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Baltimore City is seeking $5 billion from drug distributors McKesson and AmerisourceBergen (now Cenora) to fund a comprehensive plan to combat the opioid crisis after a jury found them liable […]

Next in Baltimore’s opioid case: Seeking $5 billion to rectify drugs’ harm

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Baltimore is returning to court to seek over $5 billion from opioid distributors McKesson and AmerisourceBergen in the second phase of its lawsuit, arguing the funds are necessary to combat […]

Baltimore wants $5 billion to combat the opioid crisis. Here’s what the city would do with it.

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After battling addiction following a gunshot injury, Corey Newman found a lifeline in Baltimore’s mobile opioid treatment van, which provides medication-assisted treatment to individuals released from jail. As Baltimore seeks […]

From vaccines to Froot Loops: Why RFK Jr.’s health-related theories have sparked so much controversy

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Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for health and human services secretary has sparked concerns among scientists and public health officials, given Kennedy’s history of promoting misinformation about […]

How Trump’s reelection could impact reproductive health in low income countries

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Former President Donald Trump is expected to reinstate and potentially expand the Mexico City Policy, which bars foreign organizations receiving U.S. aid from providing or even discussing abortion services. While […]

Do Florida Abortion Proposals Permit Procedure Until Birth? What To Know

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Florida’s proposed Amendment 4 seeks to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, ensuring access before fetal viability, but has sparked misleading anti-abortion claims. These claims, amplified by social media, […]

The affordable housing crisis is also a health crisis

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Dr. Craig Evan Pollack, a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, explores the critical intersection between housing affordability and health outcomes, highlighting how unaffordable housing, instability, […]

CDC: Maryland saw slight increase in life expectancy in 2021, in depths of pandemic

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Maryland’s life expectancy increased by 0.4 years in 2021, bucking the national trend of decline during the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts suggest that the state’s recovery from earlier pandemic waves, along […]

America’s Childless Trend

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A growing number of Americans are choosing not to have children, with the percentage of women aged 15-44 without children rising from 40% in 2002 to 45% between 2017 and […]