Kerry Breen
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Multimedia•News
Opioid Usage in Philadelphia Leads to Increase in HIV Diagnoses
While the opioid crisis in Philadelphia has been a status quo for years, this endless drug use is causing a new problem: an increase in HIV rates for the first time since the mid-2000s.
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News•Video
As Purdue Pharma Settles Lawsuits, Families Feel Betrayed
Just four months before Eddie Bisch’s death from an Oxycontin overdose in February 2001, he and his father posed for […]
Multimedia•News•Video
Metrocard Swipes to be Replaced by Contactless System
View video on Vimeo The New York City subway system may soon be getting an update. Commuters are often frustrated […]
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News
Fentanyl myths continue on despite little evidence
While fentanyl is an extremely potent and dangerous drug, it’s nearly impossible to be affected by it just from being […]
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News
Safe Injection Sites Stall in NYC
A syringe full of red blood sits on a concrete street barrier underneath an expressway off-ramp near 181st Street and […]
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Politics
Not a lot of youthful excitement for a redo of Clinton for president
Hillary Clinton speaking at a campaign event in Tempe, Arizona. Photo by Gage Skidmore Hillary Clinton is said to be […]
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Features
Arts organizations give city kids a chance to experience theater
Students working with the Situation Project get a chance to shadow staff at the show. Photo courtesy of the Situation […]
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Special Report: Midterm Elections 2018
Once Again, Voting Controversies Surface at Prairie View A&M
Prairie View A&M University, a four-year college about an hour outside of Houston, Texas, is ready for the 2018 midterm […]
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News•Politics
Protesters mourn Kavanagh confirmation in Washington Square Park
Voting is the only answer, they said.
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News
New Yorkers have little faith in the MTA
In July 2018, it was reported that just over 65 percent of weekday subway trains were arriving at stations on time.