“President Barack Obama famously told Americans they could keep their doctors. At the rate things are going, it won’t be long before many Americans don’t have one in the first place — at least not the way they’re used to.”
“Residents aren’t scared, but they’re cautious. Two people allowed into the polling place at a time. Residents can honk their car horn twice for curbside voting.”
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Firearms
Gun violence researchers find their field at a crossroads | You can’t understand the brutal reality of gun violence until you hear it from doctors | Doctor groups gave $162,000 to NRA’s top allies in Congress while pushing gun reform | Our national reckoning on guns hasn’t included the firearm industry. It should.
“That changed in November after the American College of Physicians issued new guidelines on how doctors can help protect patients from gun violence ― and the National Rifle Association responded by telling physicians to “stay in your lane.” ”
Opioids
Needle exchanges are a proven tool to fight HIV, but officials still want to shut them down | Doctors and policymakers struggle to keep up as opioid use surges among women | For these Florence survivors, the threat of drug relapse was scarier than any floodwaters | Opioids have sparked an HIV outbreak in Massachusetts
“This time, her back and abdominal pain grew so severe that doctors prescribed Vicodin followed by Percocet during her pregnancy ― which wasn’t an unusual prescription for pregnant women at the time, prior to the onset of the opioid epidemic.”
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“Unshaven and outfitted in athletic gear for his annual walk across his state, Murphy was emphatic that despite being an imperfect messenger, he felt compelled to lead.”
Courtesy of Sen. Chris Murphy's office
“We’d do things differently now, we told each other. But a wish for accountability, for truth to prevail, is an adult impulse. A teenager’s first loyalty is to her own self-preservation.”
