Maggie Hassan

In this 2017 photo, dairy cows eat hay at the University of New Hampshire's Organic Dairy Research Farm in Lee, N.H. Those who wish to reduce the amount of antibiotics in the meat supply are eyeing on a set of bills that would speed up the approval of medicines for animals. They wish to attach language to the law that would restrict or add more reporting requirements on the use of antibiotics in livestock.

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Stricter rules for antibiotics eyed for bills on animal drug fees

Kimberly Leonard -

March 6, 2018 5:01 am

Congressional investigators posed as first-time buyers of fentanyl and found six online sellers able to easily ship the drug from overseas to the U.S. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Healthcare

Senators propose new wave of programs to battle opioid epidemic

Robert King -

February 27, 2018 7:01 pm

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., (left) and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., (right) of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee are two of the Advancing Cutting-Edge Research Act's cosponsors. It would give the National Institutes of Health more flexible authority to conduct research on how to address the opioid epidemic. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Senators aim to spur creation of non-addictive painkillers

Robert King -

February 8, 2018 11:38 pm

A budget deal reached Wednesday by Senate leadership includes $6 billion in funding to fight the opioid epidemic, according to a source familiar with the deal, a boost from the extra $1.4 billion that Congress devoted to it in the 2017 and 2018 fiscal years. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

Healthcare

Spending deal includes more funding for anti-opioid epidemic programs, NIH, community health centers

Robert King -

February 7, 2018 7:59 pm

Democrats sent a letter on Tuesday to National Labor Relations Board member William Emanuel Tuesday, asking him why he did not recuse himself from a case as his former law firm represented one of the clients. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

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Democrats demand to know why NLRB member didn’t recuse himself in major case

Sean Higgins -

February 7, 2018 12:53 am

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, said he wants to at least keep the minimum dedicated opioid funding that has been made in 2017 and 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Healthcare

Senators press for more opioid funding as budget deal nears

Robert King -

February 6, 2018 11:51 pm

The Trump administration has declared the opioid crisis a

Healthcare

Trump declines to cite dollar amount needed for the opioid crisis

Kimberly Leonard -

January 31, 2018 2:50 am

Healthcare

Senators predict more money to fight opioids, but no details on how much

Robert King -

January 23, 2018 9:58 pm

Healthcare

Democratic senators urge Trump to renew opioid emergency declaration

Robert King -

January 12, 2018 10:24 pm

Democratic Sens. Maggie Hassan, left, and Jeanne Shaheen, right, say they want $25 billion to be spent on funding opioid treatment and prevention programs. (AP Photo/Kathleen Ronayne)

Healthcare

New Hampshire Democrats ask for $25 billion to tackle opioid epidemic

Kimberly Leonard -

January 9, 2018 7:03 pm

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Stricter rules for antibiotics eyed for bills on animal drug fees

Senators propose new wave of programs to battle opioid epidemic

Senators aim to spur creation of non-addictive painkillers

Spending deal includes more funding for anti-opioid epidemic programs, NIH, community health centers

Democrats demand to know why NLRB member didn’t recuse himself in major case

Senators press for more opioid funding as budget deal nears

Trump declines to cite dollar amount needed for the opioid crisis

Senators predict more money to fight opioids, but no details on how much

Democratic senators urge Trump to renew opioid emergency declaration

New Hampshire Democrats ask for $25 billion to tackle opioid epidemic

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