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Month: July 2023

Desert Healthcare District launches fentanyl education campaign with Riverside Public Health

The Desert Healthcare District and Riverside Public Health are introducing their fentanyl education campaign and survey in the City of Indio. “It comes down to saving lives, we need to save lives,” said Wendy Hetherington, principle investigator for the Riverside Overdose Data to Action program. The fentanyl campaign and survey was created to better address

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Biden to meet with Zelensky during NATO summit

POOL By Arlette Saenz, CNN Vilnius, Lithuania (CNN) — President Joe Biden will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the NATO summit on Wednesday, an official familiar with the meeting has confirmed. The meeting will mark a sign of unity as Zelensky’s attendance at the summit had been in question. Russia’s war in Ukraine

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White House introduces national strategy to combat deaths from powerful veterinary sedative increasingly involved in drug overdose deaths

Originally Published: 10 JUL 23 19:14 ET By Nikki Carvajal, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration has introduced a new plan to combat overdose deaths from xylazine, a powerful veterinary sedative that has increasingly shown up in such deaths across the country, exacerbating the opioid overdose epidemic in the United States. “I’m announcing that the

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Rising temperatures through the week

Monday provided a seasonable start to the week with highs near 109°. A ridge of high pressure will be expanding west, bringing big-time heat to the Coachella Valley through the upcoming weekend. An Excessive Heat Warning will take effect Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. for areas highlighted in bright pink. “Extreme heat will significantly increase the

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