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A report released Thursday by the RAND Corporation recommends that the federal government greenlight clinical trials on the effectiveness of medical-grade…
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Experts gathered in Pittsburgh Friday said the country could be on the precipice of a new AIDS epidemic.The intersection of AIDS and the opioid crisis…
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Nearly three and a half million Pennsylvanians live in rural parts of the state. In many ways, rural areas face challenges different than those in urban…
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The state plans to spend more to help families impacted by the opioid epidemic raise children.Department of Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller said $4…
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One major question that has loomed over Philadelphia’s support of opening the country’s first supervised injection facility has been who would assume the…
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A new plan to combat the opioid crisis was released this week by gubernatorial candidate Scott Wagner. The Republican discussed the plan on Thursday at an…
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A clean needle exchange that provides free syringes to drug users could soon open in the Carrick neighborhood, making it the first needle exchange in the…
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Pennsylvania is one of six states starting a pilot program providing reemployment services to people with a history of opioid use.Funding comes from a $22…
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Prescriptions for opioids fell 29 percent nationwide from 2013 to 2017, according to Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.In Pennsylvania, which has one of…
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Juanita Cox didn’t expect to become a parent in her 60s. But, six years ago, she took her grandchildren — now ages 14, 12, 7 and 5 — into her North…