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GA: An invisible chemical is poisoning thousands of unsuspecting warehouse workers
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertMedical supply warehouses can be a significant source of cancer-causing ethylene oxide emissions. Only one state is doing anything...
OR: Nurse could face dozens of lawsuits for switching fentanyl drips with tap water
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertThe first such lawsuit seeks $11.5 million on behalf of a patient who died due to bacterial infection from...
FL: Tallahassee Physician Agrees To Pay $60,000 To Settle Allegations That She Violated The Controlled Substances Act
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertDr. Mary C. Watson of Tallahassee, Florida, settled potential violations of the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) by agreeing to...
US: The Change Healthcare cyberattack is still impacting pharmacies. It’s a bigger deal than you think
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertMore than 100 health-related services were impacted by the attack, and there’s still no word on when things will...
US: Crackdown on $230 Million Counterfeit Medication Scheme Unveils Global Drug Fraud Crisis
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertUncovering the Hernandez counterfeit drug operation sheds light on a burgeoning global crisis, with annual revenues reaching $431 billion....
US: Trade group wary of unfunded mandate to curtail fentanyl smuggling
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertAirforwarders Association also focuses on airport upgrades, taking advocacy to international stage LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Airforwarders Association is...
OR: Crisis in the Northwest: Inside one of Oregon’s largest homeless camps with a former drug dealer
Lisa McElhaney / / / News Alert‘God changed my heart’: After 27 years in the drug world, one man is using the gospel to help...
OR: Crisis in the Northwest: Drugs leave rural areas to rot in the shadows, ‘like playing Whac-A-Mole’
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertRural Oregon struggles to weather fentanyl epidemic, feels ‘left out’ of policy decisions This story is part of a...
TX: Jury acquits nurse in woman’s jail death but unable to reach verdict for doctor
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertNurse Danalee Pascua and Dr. Friederike Von Lintig were each charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Elisa...