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Shannon Firth

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Shannon Firth

Shannon Firth reports on breaking healthcare news for 乌鸦传媒's Washington D.C. bureau She is also a member of 乌鸦传媒'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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A photo of Vice President Kamala Harris.

<乌鸦传媒>Where Kamala Harris Stands on Key Healthcare Issues

乌鸦传媒 looks at the vice president's views on everything from abortion to Medicare

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<乌鸦传媒>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.

<乌鸦传媒>Vance Links Biden-Backed Policies to Spread of Fentanyl in His Hometown

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

A photo of the stage of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

<乌鸦传媒>Trump Allies Blame Biden's Border Policies for Opioid Epidemic

They also questioned president's fitness to serve

A red elephant standing over pill bottles.

<乌鸦传媒>Policy Experts Weigh Healthcare Elements of GOP Platform

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

A screenshot of Kevin Esvelt, PhD, speaking during this hearing.

<乌鸦传媒>Senate Committee Wrestles With Risks and Benefits of Virus Research

Specter of COVID lab-leak theory looms over discussion

A photo of a boxes of Brixadi.

<乌鸦传媒>7-Day Buprenorphine Promising for Mild Opioid Withdrawal

Formulation could boost help more patients start OUD treatment sooner

A photo of the Supreme Court building under a cloudy sky.

<乌鸦传媒>Supreme Court Decision May Have Sweeping Effects on Healthcare, Experts Say

Chevron ruling curbs federal power, could upend drug approvals, Medicare drug price negotiation

A photo of the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.

<乌鸦传媒>Docs Unmoved by Supreme Court's Emergency Abortion Decision

Case involving EMTALA, Idaho law changes little, they say

A close up photo of a Subutex tablet between a woman鈥檚 fingers.

<乌鸦传媒>Only 1 in 4 Adults Needing Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Received Medications

Black and Latino adults less likely to receive any treatment

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