Nursing home: 447 residents and staff members tested positive for the disease, and 73 people died

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

FBI raids Pennsylvania nursing home where hundreds caught coronavirus, dozens died https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fbi-raids-pennsylvania-nursing-home-where-hundreds-caught-coronavirus-dozens-n1239256 Federal and state investigators raided a Pennsylvania nursing home Thursday where hundreds of residents and staff members tested positive for coronavirus and dozens have died, authorities said. Investigators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the state attorney general’s office and other agencies executed […]

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Characteristics of Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Opioids and Stimulants — 24 States and the District of Columbia, January–June 2019

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

Characteristics of Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Opioids and Stimulants — 24 States and the District of Columbia, January–June 2019 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6935a1.htm Summary What is already known about this topic? After decreasing from 2017 to 2018, provisional data indicate that drug overdose deaths increased in 2019, driven by opioid-involved and stimulant-involved overdose deaths. What is added by […]

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DEA Submits Proposed Quotas for 2021

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

Looks like the “powers to be” believe that very very many people suffering from chronic pain – over the this year and next – will be cut off their medically necessary pain medications, die from under/untreated pain compromising their underlying comorbidity issues or just chose a “death of desperation ” (Suicide).  Since our Founding Fathers […]

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