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Drug Wholesalers Drove Fentanyl’s Deadly Rise, Report Concludes

By Laura Kurtzman | UCSF on Dec 5, 2018   Featured, Health  

Drug Wholesalers Drove Fentanyl’s Deadly Rise, Report Concludes

  [dropcap]F[/dropcap]entanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid implicated in nearly 29,000 overdose deaths in the United States last year, most likely spread because of heroin and prescription pill shortages, and also because it was cheaper for drug wholesalers than heroin, according to a report on illicit US drug markets by researchers at UC San Francisco. First […]

Flame Retardants in Pregnant Women's Blood Drop After California State Ban

By Laura Kurtzman | UCSF on Sep 26, 2013   Health  

A class of flame retardants that has been linked to learning difficulties in children has rapidly declined in pregnant women’s blood since the chemicals were banned in California a decade ago, according to a study led by researchers at UC San Francisco.

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