HIV Resurgent Among Navajo Tribe as Deadly Cases Spike

Published May 21, 2013

HIV resurgent among Navajo tribe as deadly cases spike

Filed under: Drug Abuse New Mexico

GALLUP, NM (Catholic Online) – Infections of HIV are up about 20 percent in 2012 with 47 new cases diagnosed on the reservation near Gallup New Mexico. A new report from the Indian Health Services shared the alarming statistics which represent the …
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Opiod Epidemic Plagues Workers' Comp – Insurance Journal

Filed under: Drug Abuse New Mexico

While federal and state agencies work to abate prescription drug abuse nationally and on the local level, workers' comp carriers and service-providers are examining the problem of opioids prescribed to injured workers, which can lead to higher costs …
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Child abuse crusade

Filed under: Drug Abuse New Mexico

… Britain and arrived here in 2007, was shocked by the "epidemic" of abuse and neglect in New Zealand – "among Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries, only Mexico has worse child death rates from abuse" – and by the fact …
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