One promising approach is a dedicated specialist to prevent ordinary pain management from turning into the kind of addiction that tears at the fabric of communities.
We should bring housing, drug treatment and research together under one roof to meet affected people where they are.
Taxing sodas and taking them off SNAP will reduce intake — which in turn will cut down on diabetes, obesity and heart disease.
Given easy accessibility, more young people are using cannabis. Public health experts recommend lawmakers combat misinformation, expand prevention programs, set stricter potency limits and enhance law enforcement against false advertising and repeated use by minors.
The state’s suicide rate consistently outpaces the nation’s and it ranks among the worst for treating adults with substance abuse disorders, according to a new report.
The South accounts for nearly half the nation's new HIV diagnoses. Prevention programs are trying to stem the tide, and in Dallas County, they're working — but now they're facing funding cuts.
Gov. Ron DeSantis described the change as a blow for freedom of choice, but dental and health experts warn that the ban will lead to bad outcomes.
A growing number of state leaders want the federal government to forbid the use of food stamps to buy sodas and candy. It’s not a new idea, but the current administration has signaled its support.
Republicans are three times as likely as Democrats to believe the false claim that measles vaccines contribute to autism and far more likely to believe the vaccine is worse than the disease.
Several governors and legislatures are looking to ban SNAP recipients from using their food stamps to pay for candy and soda.
Cities and states battling the measles outbreak feel undermined by federal health spending cuts.
Dr. Edward Simmer emphasized that the state never mandated COVID-19 vaccines, but senators were concerned his promotion of them during the pandemic undermined public trust.
Methadone is an effective treatment but too often state rules and health-care providers’ practices create barriers to successful outcomes. More sensible approaches are needed.
Lawmakers approved a bill with mandatory work requirements for Medicaid and new oversight measures, restricting the governor's ability to alter the program.
Health departments across the country rely on manual processes, like phone calls and fax machines, to get access to crucial data, a new study finds.
Mass culling is expensive, but alternatives, like vaccinating chickens or luring wild birds away from domestic flocks, would also impose logistical and environmental costs. And they may be more expensive, anyway.
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