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Congress Tackles The Opioid Epidemic. But How Much Will It Help? (Kaiser Health News)

The nation’s opioid epidemic has been called today’s version of the 1980s AIDS crisis. 

Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician by training and the health commissioner for hard-hit Baltimore, said Capitol Hill has to help communities at risk of becoming overwhelmed. “We haven’t seen the peak of the epidemic. We are seeing the numbers climb year after year,” she said.

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Baltimore’s Virtual Supermarket program expands to 14th location (Technically Baltimore)

On Monday morning, Baltimore City Health Commissioner Leana Wen passed out groceries to mark the opening of the 14th location of Virtual Supermarket at the Ruscombe Gardens, a low-income senior housing facility in the Cylburn neighborhood of northwest Baltimore.

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Baltimore’s Virtual Supermarket program expands to 14th location (Baltimore Fishbowl)

On Monday morning, Baltimore City Health Commissioner Leana Wen passed out groceries to mark the opening of the 14th location of Virtual Supermarket at the Ruscombe Gardens, a low-income senior housing facility in the Cylburn neighborhood of northwest Baltimore.

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Delivering better nutrition: Baltimore opens virtual supermarket (WMAR)

"I can talk to them about the importance of eating healthy fruit and vegetables, but then they might tell me that they might have to walk several blocks or take many buses and then walk blocks in order to access healthy fruits and vegetables," said Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen.

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City health chief Wen calls much of Trump's opioid plan 'deeply troubling' (Baltimore Business Journal)

Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen commended President Trump for devoting more attention to the country's opioid epidemic, but called much of his new plan "deeply troubling.

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City opens 14th virtual supermarket (Baltimore Sun)

The city has opened its 14th virtual supermarket at Ruscombe Gardens, a low-income housing complex in Northwest Baltimore. “With the support of our partners and generous organizations, we can invest in solutions to the critical issue of food access and work together to level the playing field so that our older adults can choose healthy options to reduce the risk of high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease,” said Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen. 

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Baltimore City Health Commissioner Responds to the President’s Initiative to Stop Opioid Abuse

BALTIMORE, MD (March 19, 2018) - “While it is laudable that President Trump is devoting time and attention to the opioid epidemic, much of his announcement today is deeply troubling."

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Baltimore City church taking steps to fight opioid addiction (WMAR)

 Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church invited Dr. Leana Wen, Baltimore City Health Commissioner to educate and bring awareness to the current opioid crisis.

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Baltimore church hosts naloxone tutorial with health commissioner Dr. Leana Wen (Batlimore Sun)

Deborah Woolford walked to the front of Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church in Baltimore on Sunday and rolled up her sleeve to learn firsthand how to treat someone overdosing on opioids.

The 61-year-old Old Goucher woman and another volunteer obliged Dr. Leana S. Wen, Baltimore’s health commissioner, as she demonstrated to the congregation the two ways of administering naloxone, the emergency, overdose-reversing drug known as Narcan.

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Planned Parenthood affiliates ask court to continue grants for teen pregnancy programs (The Hill)

Planned Parenthood affiliates have filed a motion in court to continue federal funding for programs receiving federal grants under the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPPP). Baltimore Commissioner of Health Dr. Leana Wen blasted the Trump administration last year, saying the White House gave "no communication" or warning that the grants would end.

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