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Montana now has six mobile crisis response teams — up from one in 2019 — with more in the works. Each team has a different makeup, but all use mental health support to diffuse tricky situations.

Women aren’t just upping their drinking, researchers say. Increasingly they are “drinking to cope,” instead of for pleasure — which accelerates the risk of alcohol use disorder and its health damage.

A new movie produced by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine group tries to capitalize on the COVID-19 pandemic, the racial justice movement, and renewed interest in the history of medical racism.

Montana is one of only four states without a medical school, and two groups with different financial models hope to remedy that. One plans a for-profit school, but critics say students may suffer.

As of late May, 50.6% of Canada’s population had received at least one vaccination shot — but only 4.6% of the population was fully vaccinated.

As of late May, 50.6% of Canada’s population had received at least one vaccination shot — but only 4.6% of the population was fully vaccinated.

Data collection for race and ethnicity vary among states, complicating efforts to distribute COVID-19 shots to all groups. In Missouri, health officials have questioned the data’s usefulness.

Black women are three times more likely to die in childbirth than white women. Some of them look to black doctors for a sense of safety and connection, while medical schools add antiracism training.

The University of Miami Health System charged truck driver José Mendoza six times what Medicare would pay for an overnight test. He got trapped by his high-deductible health plan and sky-high billing.

Nursing home chain ReNew Health continues to care for hundreds of patients even after the state attempted to crack down. Before and during the pandemic, homes connected to ReNew had safety violations.