U.S. Foreign Assistance: Not What It Was
The U.S. is now operating an aid program without an aid agency.
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India's Treatable Crisis: Why 7 Million Opioid Patients Go Without Care
India produces enough buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid addiction, to serve about 450,000 patients each year. It is treating only 45,000. How do we fix this?