Mayor Kirk Watson: "We are no longer in Austin and Travis County reacting to a crisis" as opioid overdose deaths decline after coordination system built with $2 million federal funding.

Though behavioral health conditions do not discriminate between Democrats and Republicans, the Medicaid cuts may be ...

County Commissioner Donna Miller said Black women in Illinois are three to four times more likely to experience a pregnancy-related death than white women.

While the U.S. has recently seen a welcome downturn in drug overdose deaths, a new study from Northwestern Medicine is the ...

Opioid overdose deaths have been on the decline across the nation since 2023, with a reported 23% decrease from 2023 to 2024, ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday released its National Violent Death Reporting System report on ...

May was a “particularly deadly” month for fatal overdoses in the state’s two largest cities, according to data released ...

Despite his compelling personal story of recovery from addiction, RFK Jr. has said much less about the U.S. drug crisis than ...

Oklahoma’s mental health agency plans to redistribute naloxone vending machines to new locations across the state, shifting ...

New York City's mayor impacts health through policy, budgetary control, and agency oversight. The mayor appoints the health ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday named eight new vaccine policy advisers to replace the panel that he abruptly dismissed earlier this week. They include a ...