Opioid Crisis

Narcan distribution event unites Appalachian states

Nonprofit Solutions Oriented Addiction Response West Virginia co-founder Sarah Stone prepares items for the first-ever Appalachian Save a Life Day naloxone distribution event on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Charleston in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)

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Health

Ex-UK leader Boris Johnson rejects notion he wanted …

Britain's former Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives for the COVID Inquiry at Dorland House in London, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

A nurse’s fatal last visit to patient’s home renews …

This undated photo shows Michael Reese who is the main suspect in the killing of nurse Joyce Grayson in Willimantic, Conn., on Oct. 28, 2023. The death of the 63-year-old mother of six is sparking renewed calls to better protect health care workers from a wave of violent attacks across the country. (Connecticut Department of Corrections via AP)

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Andy Hoang, a recent nursing graduate, poses with a training mannequin in a patient bedroom training lab at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Lebanon, N.H. Hoang, 23, started to feel dizzy and nauseous during the recent cardiac training session at the hospital and needed help immediately. Instead of practicing chest compressions on a mannequin in the simulated environment of their training, her four colleagues sprung into action and went to work on her. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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