Hepatitis C surges linked to opioid crisis across states
The hepatitis C epidemic tracks the opioid crisis with rising cases mostly among young white injection drug users in Appalachian Midwest and New England states. An estimated 34 thousand new cases occurred in 2015, with total infections around 3.5 million nationally, highlighting need for sterile syringes and expanded treatment despite costly drugs.
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Appalachian
New England
U.S. Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
James Galbraith
University of Alabama At Birmingham Hospital
Iowa
District of Columbia
CDC
City soda taxes expand to Seattle Chicago and Philadelphia
Government levies hike excise on sweetened drinks to curb obesity and raise revenue. Rules vary by city and state with exemptions and complex definitions for sodas, diet drinks and fountain beverages shaping compliance and costs.
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Seattle
Philadelphia
Cook County
Meg Wiehe
Liberal Institute On Taxation and Economic Policy
Donald Boyd
Rockefeller Institute of Government
State University of New York At Albany
Berkeley
University of California-Berkeley
Chicago
Trump doubles down to mobilize base amid mounting challenges
Trump presses a base driven agenda with pledges to fund border wall and restart immigration policy changes. He pardoned an Arizona sheriff amid controversy and weighs ending protections for young undocumented migrants. A Tax reform push is pitched as a path to broaden support while polls show GOP voters split on his approach.
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Charlottesville
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Washington
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Louisiana
Tony Fabrizio
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