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Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said, on tackling the opioid epidemic,
Crime

HHS Secretary Alex Azar commits to approaching opioid epidemic as a ‘medical challenge’ rather than moral failing

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The House Energy and Commerce Committee, headed by Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., held a legislative hearing Wednesday on eight bills aimed at tackling the opioid epidemic. Some of the legislation would give the Drug Enforcement Administration new powers to stem the tide of fentanyl, an opioid 100 times more potent than morphine. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Healthcare

House panel targets illicit opioids fueling spike in deaths

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In this 2005 file photo, Danielle Holland reacts as she is given a FluMist influenza vaccination in St. Leonard, Md. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, voted 12-2 Wednesday to recommend that doctors administer the flu vaccine via nasal spray. (AP Photo/Chris Gardner, File)
Healthcare

Nasal flu vaccine to make a comeback

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This 2016 photo released by the New York Police Department shows an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle. Nikolas Cruz, who admitted to committing Wednesday's mass shooting at a Florida high school, used a semiautomatic AR-15 rifle to carry out his attack, and several doctors' groups are now asking President Trump and Congress to restrict access to firearms in light of the shooting. (NYPD via AP)
Healthcare

Doctors groups call on lawmakers to limit access to firearms

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Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said with respect to the issue of mental illness after Wednesday's mass shooting:
Healthcare

Alex Azar says HHS will be ‘laser focused’ on mental health following shooting

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The number of children who died from the flu climbed to 63 this past week, and additional deaths are expected to be announced soon. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Healthcare

Flu shot 36 percent effective in adults this year

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This 2017 file photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen, also known as Percocet. On Tuesday, West Virginia became the first state to get a waiver from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services to treat Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, which affects newborns whose exposure to opioids is cut off at birth, through Medicaid. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
Healthcare

West Virginia first state to get federal waiver to treat opioid-addicted babies

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Nearly 41 million American adults lack access to a physical university, and of those, 3 million also lack access to an Internet connection suitable for online education.
Education

Efforts to stem opioid abuse have side effects

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The proposal includes $5 billion over five years that would go toward fighting the opioid epidemic, which is responsible for most drug overdose deaths and involves overdoses from prescription painkillers such as OxyContin and illegal drugs like heroin and fentanyl. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Healthcare

Trump requests $5 billion for opioid battle in budget proposal

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Todd Nelson, right, gets a flu shot from nurse Nicole Simpson at the Salvation Army in Atlanta, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Healthcare

63 children dead from flu

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