Amid the opioid crisis, a race is underway among more than a dozen cities from San Francisco to New York City to try to open the country’s first safe injection site for heroin users.
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A Simple Emergency Room Intervention Can Help Cut Future Suicide Risk
For people who end up in the emergency room after a suicide attempt, safety planning helps them map out coping tools and get help to prevent future attempts.
Has Genetic Privacy Been Strained By Trump’s Recent ACA Moves?
As the Trump administration decides not to defend the Affordable Care Act’s legal protections for people with pre-existing conditions, questions arise about health insurance and genetic information.
Democrats Say Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee Is A Threat To The ACA
Senate Democrats see defense of the Affordable Care Act’s popular provisions as a rally issue that could keep their caucus unified when Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation battle heats up.
Supreme Court Nominee May Be Hard To Pin Down On Obamacare
Brett Kavanaugh, the president’s Supreme Court nominee, will have a chance to leave his mark on a series of health care cases — and specifically the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh Could Leave His Mark On Many Health Care Cases
Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, will have a chance to leave his mark on a series of health care cases, including ones related to Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act and Planned Parenthood.
If High Court Reverses Roe V. Wade, 22 States Likely To Ban Abortion
As with current abortion policies, a reversal of the landmark court decision would mean a woman’s access to the procedure would continue to be determined by where she lives.
Q&A: Wider Knowledge About Cancer Prevention Would Reduce U.S. Deaths
Cancer death rates remain high for some groups of people, including African-Americans, despite general gains made in recent decades. The American Cancer Society has ideas about reducing the gaps.
Medical Clinics That Treat Refugees Help Determine The Case For Asylum
It often falls to health care providers to discern whether the asylum-seekers who say they’ve been tortured or persecuted in their homeland bear physical and psychological evidence of that harm.
Why Health Insurance Premiums May Rise Next Year
Heath insurance premiums could rise again next year after the Trump administration suspended part of the Affordable Care Act that’s designed to stabilize insurance markets.
