Antisense therapy promises to slow Huntington’s disease
13 December 2017
Drug injections into the spine sabotaged production of mutant protein that destroys brain cells
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Fentanyl considered for execution cocktail by two US states
13 December 2017
Nevada and Nebraska are considering using the opioid drug fentanyl to carry out death penalty executions
Lethal injection contained a chemical never tried before
30 August 2017
Florida conducted an execution last week using the anesthetic chemical etomidate, which has never before been used in a lethal injection
Police warned of drug so powerful it can kill in one breath
14 June 2017
US law enforcement officials have been warned of the dangers of encountering fentanyl, following the collapse of a police officer who brushed the drug off his shirt
Number of hepatitis C infections in US at 15-year high
17 May 2017
New cases of the deadliest infectious disease in the US have tripled in the past five years – mainly due to increased drug use related to its opioid epidemic
