Experts Say New Data in the Opioid Crisis Could Offer a Glimmer of Hope
busypix/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Amid soaring overdose deaths, there could be a glimmer of hope when it comes to the opioid crisis: According to recently released federal data, the number of new heroin users appears to be falling dramatically. An estimated 81,000 Americans began using heroin last year—less…
Top Cancer Researcher Fails to Disclose Corporate Financial Ties in Major Research Journals
José Baselga lights the Empire State Building in orange to celebrate Cycle for Survival’s 10th year in 2016.Bryan Smith/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally co-published by ProPublica and the New York Times. One of the world’s top breast cancer doctors failed to disclose millions of dollars in payments…
The Case for Giving Pregnant Women More Drugs
Adam McCauley/Mother Jones Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Pregnancy often comes with a lengthy list of physical discomforts, but Kate O’Brien’s were unusual: coughing, night sweats, extreme fatigue. After a series of misdiagnoses, a test finally came back positive. She had tuberculosis. O’Brien, who was 35 and living in New…
She Was a Reporter Covering the Opioid Epidemic. Then Her Daughter Overdosed.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Investigative reporter Angela Kennecke was in the middle of reporting a story about the opioid epidemic this spring when she received the frantic phone call saying that her 21-year-old daughter, Emily, had overdosed on fentanyl. A TV anchor for South Dakota CBS affiliate KELO, Kennecke has…
Senators Are Demanding Information About Giuliani’s History With Opioid Maker Purdue Pharma
Charles Krupa/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. More than a decade ago, OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma approached Rudy Giuliani, then fresh off a stint as the lauded mayor of New York City, asking for help: The little-known pharmaceutical company needed a trusted lawyer to help fight growing public relations and legal battles.…
Drug Overdoses Hit a Record High in 2017
Kelli Lane and Mary Randol grieve the loss of Randol’s son, Dustin Billings, to an overdose in Indiana.Don Knight/The Herald-Bulletin/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The number of deaths from drug overdoses reached a record high of 72,000 in 2017, a 10 percent rise from the previous year, according to…