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Get the story on America’s drug price problem
NYT's Katie Thomas shares how she finds and vets stories of real people stung by ever-rising drug prices, and expert panelists provide key context for rounding out coverage.
Is pot the answer to keeping seniors in pain off opioids and other prescription drugs?
Some seniors there now say they are looking for ways to take as few prescription drugs as possible. And many are turning to cannabis as an alternative.
How one rural California county went from the state’s highest rate of opioid deaths — to zero
A network of regional "task forces" is tackling the opioid problem throughout California, leading to a dramatic drop in overdoses in one rural mountain county.
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Is the crackdown on opioids failing patients?
"We are overreacting to the need to lower opioid prescribing by punishing patients," says Dr. Kelly Pfeifer.
Keeping kids out of the doctor’s office much easier in well-off neighborhoods
Children living in low-opportunity neighborhoods were four times more likely to visit acute care in a year compared with those in the highest-opportunity hoods, a recent study found.
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Hidden Peril
At aging Philadelphia schools, asbestos is a lurking health threat to children and staff. Tests find alarming levels, even after repair work is done.
Ways to make Philly schools healthier
At aging Philadelphia schools, asbestos is a lurking health threat to children and staff. Tests by the Inquirer and Daily News at 11 schools found alarming levels of fibers in settled dust, even after repair work was done.
Danger: Learn at your own risk
Many Philadelphia schools are incubators for illness, with environmental hazards that endanger students and hinder learning.
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Reporter seeks stories of people impacted by Obamacare repeal. Things don't go as planned.
What to do when history supersedes the thrust of your project?
