Posts Tagged Opioids
Opioid Crisis Costs Virginia About $6 Billion a Year in Lost Productivity
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on November 27, 2017
Credit: Center for Economic Analysis and Policy
Virginia’s opioid crisis has a well-known human cost. But what’s the financial cost? A new study shows how much it is hurting our economy. Michael Pope reports.
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From NPR News- Warren Doubled Down On 'Medicare For All' As Voters Had Second Thoughts December 13, 2019The Massachusetts senator has pushed corporate regulation and fighting corruption as campaign centerpieces since early on. So how did "Medicare for All" come to define her platform while support slid?
- Can A Research Accelerator Solve The Psychology Replication Crisis? December 13, 2019For decades, psychology researchers have failed to reproduce findings with similar experiments. This lack of replicability is a big problem for the field. A new global effort is working to solve it.
- The Trump Impeachment Articles Are Narrow. So Were Nixon's And Clinton's December 13, 2019President Trump and Republican supporters have dismissed the articles of impeachment brought before the president, but how do their arguments stack up?
- Paid Parental Leave: How Republicans Learned To Love A Democratic Priority December 13, 2019A Republican president is helping advance what has long been a Democratic priority as part of a defense bill. Not all Republicans are thrilled about it.
- Boris Johnson And Conservative Party Win Large Majority In U.K. Parliament December 13, 2019Preliminary results give a resounding victory to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party, all but ensuring the United Kingdom will exit the European Union early next year.
- Warren Doubled Down On 'Medicare For All' As Voters Had Second Thoughts December 13, 2019
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- Election results 2019: Boris Johnson hails 'new dawn' after historic victory December 13, 2019The PM meets the Queen to ask to form a new government, following the Conservatives' election victory.
- Jeremy Corbyn: 'I will not lead Labour at next election' December 13, 2019The Labour leader's decision comes as the party faces its worst election performance since 1935.
- Election results 2019: Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson to step down December 13, 2019She began the campaign saying she could become the next PM, but has lost her seat to the SNP.
- Scotland election results 2019: Sturgeon says PM has 'no right' to block Indyref2 December 13, 2019Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon was speaking after the SNP made big gains across Scotland.
- Every major A&E misses wait target for first time December 13, 2019Hospitals in England see their worst-ever performance against waiting times.
- Election results 2019: Boris Johnson hails 'new dawn' after historic victory December 13, 2019
