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In record breaking fashion, financier, Anthony Scaramucci came and went as the White House communications director. After threatening “to fire everybody” he was let go ten days after starting.

Due to the ongoing opioid crisis plaguing the nation, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said that detoxing when pregnant  thought to be harmful should now be considered. In 2012, an estimated 21,732 babies were born  addicted to opioids every 25 minutes, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. 

An Ohio factory owner proclaims she has blue-collar jobs available at her company, but can’t seem to fill positions because so many candidates fail drug tests. As a small business owner, she cannot take the chance to have anyone impaired running that crane, or working 40 feet in the air. Four out of 10 applicants otherwise qualified to be welders, machinists and crane operators will fail a routine drug test. 

In New Haven, Connecticut, a single mother of four who sought refuge in a church to avoid deportation. Nury Chavarria, who is originally from Guatemala and has been living in the United States for 24 years, and authorities say she will be able to stay with her family in the United States. 

The argument that failing to complete a course of antibiotics could fuel the rise of antibiotic resistance has little evidence. In fact its quite the opposite, a group of UK researchers say that completing a course of antibiotics may instead increase the risk of resistance.