This Week in Poverty: Wage Theft in the City of Millionaires

This Week in Poverty: Wage Theft in the City of Millionaires

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Convicted of a drug-related offense? No TANF for you. The Western Center on Law and Poverty sponsored a bill that would have ended this practice in the state, allowing people completing drug treatment to be eligible for assistance, including employment …
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Lung cancer scans suggested for older heavy smokers

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Don't miss these Health stories Getty Images Toxic mushrooms: Drug promises new cure A investigational drug derived from milk thistle seeds helped save the lives — and livers — of four people in the Washington, DC, area who accidentally ate toxic …
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Nevro Receives FDA Approval to Initiate Landmark US Randomized Pivotal Trial …

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"There is a real, unmet need for additional treatment options for chronic pain patients," said Leonardo Kapural, MD, Ph.D, medical director of Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Chronic Pain Center in Winston-Salem, NC, who serves as the principal …
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All boomers need hep C test for liver, CDC says

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… A investigational drug derived from milk thistle seeds helped save the lives — and livers — of four people in the Washington, DC, area who accidentally ate toxic mushrooms last fall. If approved, it could become standard treatment, experts say.
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