For Incarcerated Hepatitis C Patients, Adequate Treatment Is Hard to Come By
Ninety-seven percent of prisoners with the disease are unable to access proper medical care in correctional facilities across the country.
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There’s a Gold-Standard Treatment for Opioid Addiction, One of America’s Top Killers. What Keeps Treatment Centers From Using It?
A quest through California to find which addiction and recovery centers aren't using medication-assisted treatment—our country's best bet for beating the opioid crisis.
The GOP Movement to Gut Medicaid Has Come to Tennessee
Tennessee has been purging people from its Medicaid rolls, while the legislature is working to promote caps on the program.
We Need More Research Into Antidepressant Withdrawal
Getting off my antidepressant was hell. I'm not alone—and the pharmaceutical industry isn't helping.
Is Tylenol Dulling Our Capacity for Empathy?
New research finds that acetaminophen makes us more indifferent to others' pleasure, as well as their pain.
The New Proposed Federal Guidelines for Sober Homes Are Disappointing, Observers Say
Many sober homes have made the news recently for egregious violations—but the latest federal effort to clean them up may not do much to help.
HIV Rates Are Rising Across the American South in States That Didn’t Expand Medicaid
Dramatically reducing HIV infections in the next decade will prove very difficult—and may be impossible with cuts to Medicaid or the repeal of the ACA.
Viewfinder: House Democrats Ask Why the White House Supports an Effort to End Obamacare
Representative Steven Horsford (D-Nevada) speaks during a news conference on April 9th, 2019, in Washington, D.C.
Why Is New York City Fighting a Measles Outbreak Within Just Four Zip Codes?
The city's health department will begin imposing fines for unvaccinated people living in the neighborhood of Williamsburg.
The Courts Are Making It Harder to Restrict Medicaid Through Work Requirements
But the Trump administration's attacks on Medicaid are nowhere near finished.