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These Doctors Fought the Federal Bureau of Narcotics to Treat Addiction–With Drugs
These Doctors Fought the Federal Bureau of Narcotics to Treat Addiction–With Drugs

These Doctors Fought the Federal Bureau of Narcotics to Treat Addiction–With Drugs

After years of disappointing results in her quest to treat heroin addiction, Marie Nyswander was more than ready to try something new. When she met a prominent doctor at the prestigious Rockefeller Institute, now the Rockefeller University, the two embarked on an experiment that would define both of their careers and revolutionize the treatment of addiction for decades to come. But not everyone was happy about it. [New to this season of the Lost Women of Science? Listen to Episode One here first…

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Public Health Update: Possible New COVID-19 Booster Schedules; Federal & State Emergency Orders Ending – Larchmont Buzz
Public Health Update: Possible New COVID-19 Booster Schedules; Federal & State Emergency Orders Ending – Larchmont Buzz

Public Health Update: Possible New COVID-19 Booster Schedules; Federal & State Emergency Orders Ending – Larchmont Buzz

CDC map showing current COVID-19 group stages throughout the United States. LA County, together with most of the western U.S., has been at the “low” amount for many months now.   “Here in LA County, I truly feel quite snug expressing we’re in a new stage.  Really at ease.”– LA County Community Wellbeing Director Barbara Ferrer   Right after various weeks of typically falling COVID-19 case fees and an envisioned wintertime surge that in no way materialized, it’s starting up…

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Federal law on emergency care is no end-run around abortion bans
Federal law on emergency care is no end-run around abortion bans

Federal law on emergency care is no end-run around abortion bans

The unexpected emergency section is normally identified as a hospital’s entrance doorway. For numerous folks determined for reproductive care, it is being seen as their very last possibility. But these times, acquiring therapy for being pregnant-linked medical emergencies in the unexpected emergency section is difficult. Condition abortion bans threaten accessibility to emergency reproductive treatment by introducing elaborate legislative constraints all around what counts as a health-related crisis. Which is a dilemma mainly because pregnant people encountering worrisome suffering and bleeding…

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Federal prisoners are punished for using the addiction medication Suboxone
Federal prisoners are punished for using the addiction medication Suboxone

Federal prisoners are punished for using the addiction medication Suboxone

This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for its newsletters, and follow on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Timothy York knows what works to treat his decadeslong opioid addiction: Suboxone, a medication that effectively quiets cravings.  Since York arrived in federal prison in 2008, he has been held in a series of facilities awash with contraband drugs and violence. He’s spent tens of thousands of dollars buying…

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