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FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2017 file photo, National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins speak during a news conference in Trenton, N.J. On Friday, June 15, 2018, Collins announced the NIH is shutting down a study that was supposed to show if a single drink a day could prevent heart attacks, citing ethical problems that would undermine the credibility of its findings. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

NIH director talks HEAL Initiative to fight opioid crisis

The opioid overuse crisis has drawn several federal agencies into the battle to mitigate it so Congress gave the National Institutes of Health $500 million…

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