How Many Government Reports About Drugs Do We Really Need?
In the past two years, government agencies have produced at least four reports about drug use in America, totaling more than 800 pages. Have they done any good?
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Here’s How Insurance Companies Plan to Curb the Opioid Epidemic in Massachusetts
A handful of insurance companies have begun programs that connect their members with social workers.
What’s Wrong With Suggesting Women Who Drink Use Birth Control?
Forty percent of births in America are unintended, which can lead to unhealthier babies and kids. But is treating every woman as "pre-pregnant" the answer?
Needle Exchanges Work—Now Let’s Bring Them to the Suburbs and Countryside
Volunteers in inner cities launched the United States' first needle exchange programs, but now the need has moved to suburban and rural America.
How a Concerned Mother and Her Pediatrician Uncovered Flint, Michigan’s Lead-Laden Tap Water
Toxic tap water is just not acceptable in 2015 (in Flint, Michigan, or anywhere else).
Bad Medicine: Consumers Want Meat Without Antibiotics, and Major Brands Are Noticing
Used responsibly, antibiotics are lifesavers that keep horrific infections at bay. But pumping our livestock full of these wonder drugs could lead to devastating results.
A New Kind of Emergency Preparedness
How hospitals are getting ready to face a rapidly changing climate.
Why Don’t We Know How Many People Are Shot Each Year in America?
Has non-fatal gun violence increased or decreased over the past 10 years? No one really knows.
Meet the Doctor Who Gave $1 Million of His Own Money to Keep His Gun Research Going
Since Congress pressured the CDC to stop funding research on gun violence, Dr. Garen Wintemute has donated more than $1.1 million of his own money to keep his research going.