U.S. Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams called for a “cultural shift” in how Americans talk about opioid addiction, saying stigma is one of the leading reasons only one in four people with a problem get the treatment they need.
Drugs and suicide are pushing down life expectancy in the U.S.
New Hampshire is getting federal money to improve how first responders treat people in a mental health crisis.
Under Armour will cut about 400 jobs, part of a restructuring that the sports gear maker announced earlier this year.
Dozens of cruise ship passengers who fell ill during their voyage were temporarily held on board Thursday after the liner moored in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam.
As South Carolina rivers overflowed from Florence's torrential rain, deputies taking two women to a mental health facility drove into floodwaters that engulfed their van and trapped the women inside, officials said Wednesday.
Police say two teens accused of slashing Christmas decorations set up in an Ohio neighborhood to help a child diagnosed with terminal cancer celebrate the holiday early have been arrested.
Disabled and elderly people were discharged from overwhelmed hospitals with bedsores that led to fatal infections. Medical oxygen ran out. People caught lung infections in sweltering private nursing homes and state facilities. Kidney patients got abbreviated treatments from dialysis centers that lacked generator fuel and fresh water, despite pleas for federal and local officials to treat them as a higher priority, according to patient advocates.
An anesthesiologist convicted of killing his wife and daughter by placing a yoga ball that leaked carbon monoxide in their car has been sentenced to life in prison in Hong Kong.
Gaza's Health Ministry says a 15-year-old Palestinian boy was killed by Israeli army fire during a protest near the perimeter fence with Israel.
The Latest on the first televised debate between New Mexico's candidates for governor (all times local):
California doctors will soon have to tell patients if they are on probation for sexual misconduct or other wrongdoing under a new law.
Recent editorials from West Virginia newspapers:
A leading medical journal has retracted six food research articles by a Cornell University marketing professor, saying the results can't be verified.
West Virginia University's Heart and Vascular Institute plans to start offering the first heart transplant program in the state.
The Latest on two women who died in South Carolina floodwaters (all times local):
Georgia's Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp has unveiled a $90 million proposal for school security focused on mental health and local control. But absent from his plan was any mention of the topic that has dominated the national conversation around school safety: guns.
Farm and ranch families will have a new health insurance option under a new group plan unveiled by a Nebraska agricultural group.
The Latest on a California surgeon and his girlfriend charged with drugging and raping women (all times local):
