Alex Hogan

Jul 30, 2024 | foxnews.com | Alex Hogan

TAIPEI - Taiwan’s annual Han Kuang exercises took place this past week. The yearly war drills aim to rehearse combat readiness for a potential Chinese invasion. Our team traveled to the island to join the military and speak to officials about the annual war games. While a typhoon grounded several of the air force drills, other exercises took place across Taiwan. Throughout the week, troops opened fire on mock invading forces approaching the island and rehearsed rapid response drills to an attack.

May 13, 2024 | compactmag.com | Alex Hogan

The United Auto Workers’ historic campaign to organize the South faces its second big test this week as more than 5,000 Mercedes-Benz workers near Tuscaloosa, Ala., will vote on whether to join the union. Balloting at the Alabama plant began Monday and continues through May 17. This follows the historic UAW victory in neighboring Tennessee last month, when more than 70 percent of workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant voted to unionize.

May 13, 2024 | statnews.com | Alex Hogan

BOSTON — The tables set up near the entrance of the Big Night Live concert venue looked like a typical merch spread. But instead of band T-shirts and buttons, there were plastic models of human noses and a handful of naloxone nasal sprays. This unusual display was part of a medical training for bar and restaurant workers — who are often the first to encounter people experiencing a drug overdose.

Apr 24, 2024 | statnews.com | Alex Hogan

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Mar 4, 2024 | statnews.com | Alex Hogan

Over 2 million Americans have opioid use disorder, according to some estimates. Illicit opioids such as heroin and fentanyl were responsible for over 80,000 U.S. overdose deaths in 2023. Despite the known risks, these drugs are notoriously hard to stop using — due in large part to how debilitating withdrawal can be.