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Pharmacists are burning out. Patients are feeling the effects.

Growing workloads and resulting stresses on pharmacists have led to well-documented burnout and subsequent staffing shortages.

Nashville shooting exploited by right to escalate anti-trans rhetoric

Transgender people are rarely the perpetrators of mass shootings, which are overwhelmingly carried out by cisgender men, say criminal justice experts.

TikTok is addictive for many girls, especially those with depression

A new study of social media platforms deepens our picture of the struggles faced by teen girls.

Fentanyl is ‘single greatest challenge’ U.S. faces, DHS secretary says

Alejandro Mayorkas told a Senate panel that the Biden administration was working with Mexico to “bring the fight to the cartels.”

Idaho bill would ban ‘abortion trafficking’ for minors traveling for procedure

A Republican-led Idaho House bill would limit minors’ ability to travel for an abortion without parental consent, even in states where the procedure is legal.

Drug overdose antidote Narcan goes over-the-counter

The FDA move came as a top Biden official called fentanyl overdose deaths ‘the single greatest challenge we face as a country.’

Millions poised to lose Medicaid as pandemic coverage protections end

States will begin this week to sever an anticipated 15 million low-income Americans from Medicaid rolls that ballooned during the pandemic.

Millions poised to lose Medicaid as pandemic coverage protections end

States will begin this week to sever an anticipated 15 million low-income Americans from Medicaid rolls that ballooned during the pandemic.

How to avoid sticker shock on prescriptions

Medication costs are a steep burden for many over 65, but there are ways to shop around and reduce out-of-pocket spending.

These women survived combat. Then they had to fight for health care.

The Jax Act, a bipartisan bill introduced in the House, seeks to acknowledge women’s combat service on secretive missions in Afghanistan.