Lev Facher from STAT News - Journalist Profile

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1	Lev Facher STAT News	Biden administration moves to expand, preserve access to addiction treatments as term expires - 5 days ago An NYC nonprofit has reversed 1,700 overdoses since 2021. Under Trump, it faces an uncertain future - 5 days ago Biden administration allows larger incentives for people who reduce meth use - 13 days ago 3 addiction and drug policy issues to watch in 2025 - 23 days ago ‘I want help’: Behind bars, pleas for addiction medications often go nowhere - about 1 month ago Rhode Island set to open first supervised consumption site for illicit drugs outside NYC - about 2 months ago Trump picks Dr. Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid - 2 months ago Upending Purdue Pharma’s settlement does little to help today’s opioid crisis, advocates say - 7 months ago Pressed on addiction, Trump and Biden talk border security but don’t mention treatment - 7 months ago Federal judge rules against Philadelphia supervised drug consumption effort - 10 months ago Switzerland had a drug overdose crisis. Then it made methadone easy to get - 10 months ago Top U.S. addiction researcher calls GLP-1 data for addiction ‘very, very exciting’ - 10 months ago STAT+: Ibogaine, the psychedelic, unlikely to receive approval as opioid treatment, says top addiction researcher - 10 months ago STAT+: Q&A: Mark Parrino says it’s time to ‘completely re-examine’ methadone treatment for opioid addiction - 10 months ago STAT+: The methadone clinic monopoly: Opioid treatment chains backed by private equity are fighting calls for reform - 10 months ago Rigid rules at methadone clinics are jeopardizing patients’ path to recovery from opioid addiction - 11 months ago STAT+: New methadone rules are about to take effect. Here are 6 ways treatment could shift - 11 months ago How the U.S. is sabotaging its best tools to prevent deaths in the opioid epidemic - 11 months ago STAT+: Q&A: Nora Volkow on how to get ‘at least 50% less people dying’ from opioid overdose - 11 months ago Higher naloxone doses have no impact on overdose survival, study shows - 12 months ago How opioid overdoses in public restrooms led an electrician to invent ‘safe bathrooms’ - about 1 year ago Fights over methadone, harm reduction, and more: 3 addiction stories to watch in 2024 - about 1 year ago Methadone clinics spar with addiction doctors on bill that would widen access - about 1 year ago Sweeping bill to fight opioid addiction will be considered by Senate health committee - about 1 year ago How the Bad River Tribe flipped the script on the Native American opioid crisis - about 1 year ago To fight bias against people with addiction, White House calls for ‘recovery-friendly’ workplaces - about 1 year ago Senate bill would permanently extend Covid-era rules on telehealth addiction treatment - about 1 year ago The fight for control of methadone, addiction treatment’s ‘miracle molecule’ - over 1 year ago Markey and Manchin urge FDA to stop its study of opioids for chronic pain - over 1 year ago
2	Sarah Owermohle STAT News Health reporter @STATNews. Covers Biden's agenda. Washington, District of Columbia health policyjournalism	Trump picks Dr. Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid - 2 months ago
3	Rachel Cohrs Zhang STAT News	Trump picks Dr. Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid - 2 months ago
4	Tara Bannow STAT News Reporter @statnews. healthcarejournalism	Trump picks Dr. Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid - 2 months ago
5	Rachel Cohrs STAT News Washington Correspondent @statnews. Washington, DC health policyjournalism	Sweeping bill to fight opioid addiction will be considered by Senate health committee - about 1 year ago