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Although opioids — especially oxycodone and fentanyl — dominate addiction news, another deadly drug has been lurking in the background, causing tens of thousands of fatalities: methamphetamine. Meth addiction isn’t new, but it has quickly emerged in recent years as a particularly deadly threat, and Los Angeles has been hard-hit. Between 2008 and 2018, meth-related deaths in L.A. increased tenfold, from 43 to 435, according to county statistics. By 2018, meth was involved in 44% of all drug overdose deaths in Los Angeles County. Last summer, Mark Casanova, of Homeless Health Care Los Ang...

Despite the public health warnings, the COVID-19 outlook for North Texas is not encouraging.

Updated on December 24, 2020 at 6:27 pm NBCUniversal, Inc. With COVID-19 cases continuing to rise in North Texas, difficult days are ahead for many. ”What a heck of a Christmas season for individuals that are losing family members on a daily basis, and all projections suggest that those numbers will increase,” said Dr. Mark Casanova, President of the Dallas Medical Society. ICU capacity is dangerously low in North Texas. For example, there have been about three dozen staffed ICU beds available in Dallas and Tarrant counties combined since Monday. “That should send shivers down one’s ...

Environment services worker at Methodist Dallas is first to receive Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in Texas Chris Sadeghi Replay Video This article will be updated throughout the day as new information is released. An environment services worker who cleans the emergency room at Methodist Dallas Medical Center was the first person to receive Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in the state. The hospital received 5,850 dosages in its first shipment Monday morning. Methodist Dallas Medical Center is one of four hospitals in Texas that received shipments Monday. The hospitals in Houston and Aust...

Vaccinations begin as first doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrive in North Texas Methodist Dallas administers first round of COVID-19 vaccine doses Methodist hopes to vaccinate 120 physicians and staff members who work directly with COVID-19 patients by the end of the day. DALLAS - Methodist Dallas Medical Center is the first North Texas hospital to give the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine to its frontline health care workers. A UPS truck delivered more than 5,800 initial doses to the hospital in North Oak Cliff Monday morning, with more coming over the next few weeks for the entire Methodist syst...