
Addiction
Monthly overdose deaths break record in Delaware
Last month, 39 fatal overdoses were reported, eclipsing the previous record of 27 in April.
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Gov. Carney signs legislation establishing nation’s first overdose care system
Carney signed three pieces of legislation Monday aimed at addressing overdose deaths.
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Listen 1:41Police raid home of couple who raised $400K for homeless man
Authorities searched the home of Mark D'Amico and Katelyn McClure in Florence early Thursday morning.
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Judge orders pair who fundraised for homeless man to testify
Wednesday's proceedings shed little light on what happened to the cash.
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Major opioid maker to pay for overdose-antidote development
OxyContin maker announced that it's making a $3.4 million grant to help develop a low-cost naloxone nasal spray.
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Couple ordered to turn over funds raised for homeless man
McClure and D'Amico have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing or misusing any of the money.
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Delaware hospital curtails opioid prescriptions in effort to combat addiction
Christiana Care has cut opioid prescribing by as much as half in some departments by adopting guidelines and best practices for post-surgical recovery.
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What happens when you reinstate an anti-poverty program and no one knows about it?
Hungry people, experts will tell you, are always silent.
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DOJ’s Rosenstein: If Philly opens injection site, U.S. crackdown will be swift
Demonstrators press city officials to move on supervised injection site to decrease overdose death toll.
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Listen 4:35New documentary series shows the struggles, triumphs of ‘Getting off the Streets’ in Camden
“Getting Off the Streets,” a new documentary that shines a spotlight on a “zero tolerance” rehabilitation program for homeless men in Camden, New Jersey.
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Another spike in Delaware overdose deaths
Eight people died from suspected overdoses in a four day span, prompting state health officials to issue a new warning.
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Don’t call people ‘addicts,’ Penn researchers say
'Terms that seem to label the person have the higher levels of bias,' researcher says.
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‘Dear Doctor’ letters use peer pressure, government warning to stop overprescribing
Too frequently Seroquel is given to people who have Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia. The problem with that? Seroquel can be deadly for dementia patients.
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Philly jails expand use of medication to treat inmates with opioid addiction
The average jail stay for inmates in Philadelphia is about 100 days — and Dr. Bruce Herdman, the system's chief medical officer, sees that as an opportunity.
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