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02/06/2017 / By Amy Goodrich

WA city taking OxyContin drug maker to court over “gross negligence, creating a public nuisance, and other misconduct”

City lawyers in Everett, Washington are preparing to sue the makers of OxyContin, a leading opioid painkiller, blaming it for its role in the United States’ opioid and heroin epidemic. The city filed a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma claiming they knew the drug was being illegally trafficked to residents and did not act to stop […]

02/02/2017 / By David Gutierrez

Mumps outbreak takes hold of WA city, as number infected rises to 80

Unvaccinated children and teachers have been told to stay home from school in Spokane, Washington, as the number of children diagnosed with mumps continues to grow. Yet two-thirds of the infected children were fully vaccinated as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And this is not an uncommon occurrence; the vast […]

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