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Consulting firm McKinsey agrees to $78 million settlement with insurers over opioids
(AP) — Consulting firm McKinsey and Co. has agreed to pay $78 million to settle claims from insurers and health care funds that its work with drug companies helped fuel an opioid addiction crisiDecember 30, 2023
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2 arrested after suspected exposure to opioids at Bronx daycare kills 1-year-old and hospitalized 3 children
(CNN) — Two people were arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation into the death of a 1-year-old boy after he and three other children were exposed to suspected opioids at a Bronx daycaSeptember 17, 2023
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Opioids with fentanyl impacting youth, communities of color
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The opioid epidemic has a higher impact on young people and communities of color, with an estimated 300 people dying nationally due to overdose every day. On Saturday, theAugust 14, 2023
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Health Spotlight: Initiative aims to minimize opioids for pain
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — At one time, opioids were the primary source of pain relief for patients recovering from surgery. In Wednesday’s Health Spotlight segment, News 8’s Lena PringleApril 12, 2023
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Judge: Pharmacies owe 2 Ohio counties $650M in opioids suit
CLEVELAND (AP) — A federal judge in Cleveland awarded $650 million in damages Wednesday to two Ohio counties that won a landmark lawsuit against national pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens and Walmart,August 17, 2022
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US will let more people take methadone at home
(AP) — The first big update to U.S. methadone regulations in 20 years is poised to expand access to the life-saving drug starting next month, but experts say the addiction treatment changes coSeptember 20, 2024
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Indiana woman among 3 people charged in death of federal prison worker
(AP) — A federal prison inmate and two other people were charged Tuesday with conspiring to mail drugs to a penitentiary in California where a mailroom supervisor died this month after opening aAugust 20, 2024
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Tennessee family’s lawsuit says video long kept from them shows police force, not drugs, killed son
(AP) — A mother whose son was having a seizure in his Tennessee apartment said in a federal lawsuit that police and paramedics subjected the 23-year-old to “inhumane acts of violence” insteaAugust 16, 2024
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Coroner finds powerful opioid for first time in Fishers overdose death
FISHERS, Ind. (WISH) — A powerful opioid was found for the first time in a recent overdose death in Fishers. The Hamilton County coroner tells I-Team 8 the drug nitazene is 60 times more powerfuAugust 15, 2024