State and local governments spent about $3.7 billion in opioid settlement funds last year. That’s more than the median annual income of 42,000 ...
Jason Fazekas has spent most of his adult life on the street or behind bars. He was addicted to heroin for decades and often stole to support his ...
KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed how Congress can combat the rising cost of healthcare on WAMU’s 1A on Nov. 5, ...
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” ...
The U.S. Senate candidates in Texas could hardly be more different: James Talarico, a former seminarian turned Democratic state lawmaker who speaks in ...
After the third day of squirting an experimental drug up his nose, Dylan Meetze felt horrible. “It was like I was underwater, like it took the ...
The run-up to the midterm elections is turning into a food fight — literally. The summer was marred by a massive foodborne outbreak that sickened ...
OAK HILL, W.Va. — Each day at New River Health in Oak Hill, Lisa Emery finds disheartening signs of what she describes as a slow-motion repeat of the ...
When the FDA was deciding whether to approve the drug Tavneos several years ago to treat a set of rare autoimmune diseases, agency experts argued that ...
What does Democratic Party homeless policy look like? Having to fight a legal battle to remove a massive homeless encampment ...
Florida health officials confirmed one death related to dengue fever on Friday as the state deals with one of the worst outbreaks ...
Pennsylvania’s health department announced last month that two Lancaster County residents — both unvaccinated — died from measles. They were reportedly the ...