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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The Politics of Vaccine Mandates
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — For more than 30 years, public health officials and nonprofits in California have provided clean hypodermic
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Read MoreFrom Uber Vouchers to Patient Advocates: What It Takes to Increase ER Addiction Treatment
For years, Kayla West watched the opioid epidemic tear through her eastern Tennessee community. As a psychiatric nurse practitioner, she
Read MoreAs Holdout Missouri Joins Nation in Monitoring Opioid Prescriptions, Experts Worry
Kathi Arbini said she felt elated when Missouri finally caught up to the other 49 states and approved a statewide
Read MoreHow ERs Fail Patients With Addiction: One Patient’s Tragic Death
Jameson Rybak tried to quit using opioids nearly a dozen times within five years. Each time, he’d wait out the
Read MoreJournalists Discuss New Alzheimer’s Drug, Women’s Alcohol Use, the Hip-Hop and Opioids Link
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Read MoreMental Health Services Wane as Insurers Appear to Skirt Parity Rules During Pandemic
Therapists and other behavioral health care providers cut hours, reduced staffs and turned away patients during the pandemic as more
Read MoreAddiction Treatment Providers in Pa. Face Little State Scrutiny Despite Harm to Clients
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Read MoreLa pandemia genera abuso de alcohol, y récord de hospitalizaciones por enfermedad hepática
La pandemia ha hecho recaer a miles de alcohólicos en recuperación, y los hospitales del país informan de un aumento
Read MorePandemic-Fueled Alcohol Abuse Creates Wave of Hospitalizations for Liver Disease
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Read MoreNew Laws Keep Pandemic-Weary California at Forefront of Health Policy Innovation
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Read MorePromises Kept? On Health Care, Trump’s Claims of ‘Monumental Steps’ Don’t Add Up
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Read MoreDrug Overdose Deaths Showed a One-Year Decline in 2018. But There’s More to the Story.
“Drug overdose deaths decreased in 2018 for the first time in 30 years.” — Ryan Holets, an Albuquerque police officer,
Read MoreKHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Trump Twists on Virus Response
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Read MoreCoronavirus Crisis Disrupts Treatment For Another Epidemic: Addiction
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Read MoreDurante la pandemia se está bebiendo más que nunca, ¿conoces las señales de alcoholismo?
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Read MoreDrinking Surged During The Pandemic. Do You Know The Signs Of Addiction?
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Read MoreThe Hidden Deaths Of The COVID Pandemic
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Read MoreIn Hard-Hit Areas, COVID’s Ripple Effects Strain Mental Health Care Systems
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Read MorePandemic Presents New Hurdles, And Hope, For People Struggling With Addiction
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Read MoreLawmaker Pushing Mental Health Reform: It’s ‘More Needed Than Ever’
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Read MoreVaping, Opioid Addiction Accelerate Coronavirus Risks, Says NIDA Director
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Read MoreCoronavirus Crisis Opens Access To Online Opioid Addiction Treatment
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Read MoreAddiction Is ‘A Disease Of Isolation’ — So Pandemic Puts Recovery At Risk
Before the coronavirus became a pandemic, Emma went to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting every week in the Boston area and
Read MoreThey Fell In Love Helping Drug Users. But Fear Kept Him From Helping Himself.
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Read MoreAs The Coronavirus Spreads, Americans Lose Ground Against Other Health Threats
For much of the 20th century, medical progress seemed limitless. Antibiotics revolutionized the care of infections. Vaccines turned deadly childhood
Read MoreTrusting Injection Drug Users With IV Antibiotics At Home: It Can Work
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