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Partners at McKinsey & Co. voted to replace Kevin Sneader as the leader of the elite consulting firm, following internal dissatisfaction with the steps he took following a series of crises for …

After a public-health push focusing on TORONTO-overdose prevention sites, methadone clinics and counseling services, last year the number of opioid overdose deaths in Canada finally began to fall. Then, the coronovirus struck. …

Election day hit a high note with the passage of several drug measures in many states – from the low-level maritalization of cocaine and heroin in Oregon to the legalization of recreational …

Detroit – The Michigan Poison Center at Wayne State University School of Medicine is issuing warnings about recent reports involving “purple heroin” in Michigan. The drug has been linked to multiple overdoses …

When Kovid-19 struck, the US was already in the grip of an extended drug-overdose crisis. It has only gotten worse since. According to data collected by The Wall Street Journal, counties in …

Philadelphia (WPVI) – Used needles, trash and social workers trying to help people sitting on street corners are familiar places along Philadelphia’s Kensington Avenue.”Nothing really changed, nothing really changed. Kensington is the …

By CHERYL WILIKIE April 15. 2018 10:00 PM I am grateful that President Donald Trump visited New Hampshire to unveil his plan on how to resolve the opiate epidemic. It affects us …

But will the vaccine work? It must still be tested in humans, and that is not a quick process; It could take a decade or more, Dr. Matyas said, to have "a …

(Baltimore) – On a corner of Baltimore Street, public health workers deliver an overdose antidote to save lives for residents who painfully know the ravages of the opiate epidemic in the United …

Some of the youngest victims of the heroin and opiate epidemic are newborns, and a new state campaign focuses on preventing that from happening. The state Department of Health launched an awareness …