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Shannon Firth

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Shannon Firth

Shannon Firth reports on breaking healthcare news for 榴莲视频's Washington D.C. bureau She is also a member of 榴莲视频's Enterprise & Investigative Reporting team. She has written extensively about mental health, addiction and sexual harassment in medicine as well as faulty medical devices. Her other interests include medical ethics, precision medicine and social determinants of health. Shannon earned her master's degree at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.

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Combination OUD Treatment Safe During Pregnancy

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Experts Clash Over VP Pick Walz's Health Policies

Conservatives see record as too extreme, but liberals say he captures what Americans want

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Where Harris' VP Options Stand on Healthcare

A look at the healthcare track records of Shapiro, Kelly, Walz, and Buttigieg

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Senate Probe of Births in Prisons Exposes 'Pervasive Abuse and Mistreatment'

Women shared stories of shackled bellies, giving birth on dirty floors or in the toilet

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Republican Lawmakers Want the CDC to Stay in Its Lane

Proposed bill would cut CDC funding by 22%

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Where Kamala Harris Stands on Key Healthcare Issues

榴莲视频 looks at the vice president's views on everything from abortion to Medicare

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Nurse Survey Signals Improvements, Though Retention Still a Problem

Efforts to "recruit more nurses are akin to fueling a car with a leaking gas tank," one RN says

A photo of J.D. Vance at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Vance Links Biden-Backed Policies to Spread of Fentanyl in His Hometown

"Joe Biden screwed up and my community paid the price," Vance said

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Trump Allies Blame Biden's Border Policies for Opioid Epidemic

They also questioned president's fitness to serve

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Policy Experts Weigh Healthcare Elements of GOP Platform

While light on substance and detail, the document includes clear signals for what's ahead

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