Government doctors who study disease are helping Ohio find solutions to a wave of overdose deaths caused by a powerful painkiller mixed with heroin. Experts in epidemiology and behavior with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plan to arrive in the state on Monday at the request of the Department of Health and could be in Ohio for several weeks. The six-person team will study deaths related to the painkiller fentanyl, which has flooded the state in recent years. “It really just gives a different set of eyes to...
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