Mary Kief with a photo of her son, Benjamin Kief, who died of an opioid overdose in West Chester, Pa., in April. Overdose deaths are rising as job losses and stress from Covid-19 has destabilized people struggling with addiction. ‘We had all these plans set up,’ Ms. Kief said. But because of the pandemic, she said, ‘he didn’t have the resources.’ Read more. Researchers from Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., and Johns Hopkins University are developing the Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot, or STAR, which is...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 13, 2020 10:52 UTC