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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| The Brief for June 20 |
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In todayâ??s Brief: The latest developments on the Trump administrationâ??s â??zero toleranceâ?? policy.
Cassi Pollock , Texas Tribune 06/20/2018   
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| Family of Parkland Shooting Victim Seeks Access to Suspect's Mental Health Records |
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The family of a victim of the shooting in Parkland, Florida earlier this year has filed a lawsuit seeking to obtain mental health records of shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz. The lawsuit was filed by the parents of a 17-year-old girl who was among 16 people killed in the shooting. Attorneys for the family are seeking the records in preparation for a possible malpractice or wrongful death case. The lawsuit was filed on Friday.
Staff Report, Chicago Tribune 06/15/2018
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| Guatemalan Mother Separated From 7-Year-Old at Border Files Suit |
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A Guatemalan woman who was forcibly separated from her 7-year-old at the U.S. border has filed a lawsuit seeking to be reconciled with her child. The woman and her son were seeking asylum when they were separated by U.S. officials. The two had received violence and death threats from the husband prior to escaping their home country. The lawsuit was filed in the federal district court in Washington on Tuesday and alleges the separation violated rights given to the plaintiff by both the Constitution and international conventions.
Eli Rosenberg, The Washington Post 06/19/2018
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| Kentucky Sues Walgreens, Over Rate of Dispensing Opioids |
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Kentuckyâ??s AG sued Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc, accusing the company of playing a dual role in propagating an opioid epidemic in the state as both a pharmacy chain and wholesale drug distributor. The lawsuit, filed in state circuit court in Boone County, said Walgreens filled massive opioid orders in both unusually large sizes and great frequencies. In its role as a distributor that shipped drugs, the company failed to report suspicious orders to authorities.
Nate Raymond, Bloomberg 06/20/2018
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| VA Hides Nursing Home Ratings From the Public |
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The VA has tracked detailed quality statistics on its nursing homes for years but has kept them from public view, depriving veterans of potentially crucial health care information. Nearly half of VA nursing homes nationwide â?? 60 â?? received the agency'slowest ranking of one out of five stars as of Dec. 31, 2017, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY and The Boston Globe.
Donovan Slack, USA Today 06/20/2018
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| Trump Administration Rule Could Stop Public Reporting of Hospital Infections |
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Federal health regulators will have to stop releasing data on hospital infections â?? which affect one in 25 hospital patients every day â?? under a proposal set to take effect in November, according to an analysis by patient safety advocates. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) plan, part of a complex 500-page proposed rule, could halt the public disclosure of the "super bug" MRSA, post-operative sepsis and surgical site infections, as well as accidents and injuries ranging from bedsores to respiratory failure after surgery.More than 600,000 hospital patients a year contract an infection and sepsis alone kills about 270,000 people a year.
Jayne O'Donnell, USA Today 06/20/2018
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| South Carolina Teen Football Player Suffers Fatal Collapse in Heat |
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A lawsuit was filed on Monday in South Carolina by the parents of a teen football player who died after his coach made the team practice in 95 degree weather. According to the lawsuit, the team was forced to perform a series of sprints and strenuous exercises in the heat as punishment for playing poorly at a scrimmage the day before. The 14-year-old player collapsed and died after the over two-hour practice in the heat. Named as defendants in the lawsuit are Lexington 1 School District, Lexington County, the S.C. High School League and the S.C. Board of Education.
Avery G. Wilks, The State 06/18/2018
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