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A loan repayment program for addiction and recovery providers received more than 3,000 applications in 2021, but the program could only support 255 students.
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Bipartisan legislation in Congress would give schools more access to naloxone — also known as Narcan or Evzio — in K-12 public schools.
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When Iraq War veteran PFC Joseph P. Dwyer returned home from combat, he had serious psychological and emotional wounds, known as PTSD.
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The USDA’s NRCS Chief Terry Cosby projected that the agency would need to hire 3,000 to 4,000 employees in the next two years.
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The Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) was signed into law in 1986 to protect airline passengers with disabilities.
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New legislation introduced in Congress this week takes aim at already illegal gun modification devices that can convert semi-automatic weapons into fully-automatic weapons.
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Interest accumulates on Americans’ tax refunds if the IRS is delayed by more than 45 days in providing the refund.
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Independent experts are concerned about the practice of using Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) with high prescription costs in the United States.
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The U.S. House voted 217-215 on Wednesday to pass the GOP debt-ceiling bill, which has no chance of winning passage in the Senate, but does give MAGA Republicans a seat at the budget negotiating table with Senate Democrats and President Biden.
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) reported that 23 percent of fentanyl powder examined in 2022 contained xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer.
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