New Jersey Lawmakers Hear Testimony on a Drug That Mitigates Overdoses' Effects

Published January 17, 2013

New Jersey lawmakers hear testimony on a drug that mitigates overdoses' effects

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Admissions to facilities for opiate treatment among those 17 to 25 has doubled every two years since 2000, according to John L. Hulick, executive director of New Jersey's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. New Jersey already protects underage …
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FDA OKs Quickly Produced Flu Shot

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a novel type of flu vaccine, the agency announced Wednesday. Flublok, as the … "This approval represents a technological advance in the manufacturing of an influenza vaccine," said Dr. Karen Midthun …
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Man caught on border has rare strain of TB

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The difference is in treatment. If the first-line TB drugs are mismanaged, multidrug-resistant TB (MDR TB) may develop. It requires second-line drugs, which cost more and have more side effects. XDR TB can develop when the second-line drugs are …
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