For 17 months from 2014 into 2015, residents of Flint, Michigan, faced potential lead poisoning after the city changed its source of drinking water. By one estimate, as many as 140,000 people—including as many as 12,000 children—may have been exposed to water with dangerously high levels of lead.
Pregnant people who take medications to assist their substance abuse recovery are often reported for child abuse and neglect under legal mandate. But in many…
Carrying naloxone can be a literal lifesaver for someone experiencing an opioid overdose. Kentucky’s state government set up a website to help people find local…
The most recent provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) demonstrates that suicide, including firearm suicide, remains a substantial public health…
In 2022, suicide claimed the lives of an estimated 49,449 people in the United States, making it the 11th leading cause of death nationwide. Research…
Health care providers need access to comprehensive health data in order to provide appropriate care to their patients. But specific data about individual patients isn’t…
Telehealth was a game-changer for people struggling with opioid use disorder (OUD) during the COVID-19 pandemic, with more patients able to start and stay in…
During the COVID-19 pandemic, remote prescribing of buprenorphine—an FDA-approved medication for opioid use disorder (OUD)—dramatically reduced barriers to lifesaving treatment for many individuals, including those…
When the HIV/AIDS epidemic gained momentum across the United States—and the world—in the early 1980s, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was considered largely untreatable. Scientific…
Health care providers need access to comprehensive health data in order to provide appropriate care to their patients. But specific data about individual patients isn’t…
The most recent provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) demonstrates that suicide, including firearm suicide, remains a substantial public health…
