Health Mar 26 What Purdue Pharma’s settlement with Oklahoma means for the opioid crisis Here's a breakdown of how significant the $270 million settlement is in the context of the nation's continued struggle with opioids, overdoses and need for harm reduction and treatment.
Arts Mar 22 How female musicians amplify each other when the industry won’t While the exclusion of female artists, songwriters and producers has always been a reality in Nashville and beyond, some see it as having gotten worse in recent decades.
Health Mar 20 What we know about the FDA’s new postpartum depression drug A new treatment could offer much-needed help to some new mothers with this disorder, but questions remain about how affordable or accessible it will be.
Health Mar 15 Will fewer opioid prescriptions help kick the crisis? Of all physicians, primary care doctors most frequently doled out first-time opioid prescriptions, suggested a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Health Mar 05 Why the number of Americans with Alzheimer’s could more than double by 2050 Some people in the early stages of Alzheimer's are likely falling through the cracks and developing more advanced symptoms because their illness isn't caught and treated soon enough, according to a new report from the Alzheimer's Association and medical experts.
Health Feb 27 Drug company CEOs admit prescription prices are too high. But will they change? Together, the pharmaceutical companies that testified before Congress this week earn billions of dollars treating the world’s maladies and operating under the premise that today’s profits will fund research and development for tomorrow’s cures. But at what price?…
Health Feb 20 Health spending could rise 5.5 percent a year through 2027. Here’s why Overall, health spending will make up a bigger portion of GDP than it does today, newly released federal data suggests.
Politics Feb 18 Trump’s national emergency declaration unpopular among majority of Americans A majority of Americans also think President Donald Trump misused his presidential powers, according to the latest poll from the PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist.
Nation Feb 14 A year after Parkland, support sinks for stricter laws on gun sales, poll says Few Americans -- 9 percent -- think the nation will be safer from gun violence any time soon.
Nation Feb 11 How bots turned this State of the Union moment into a viral meme Failing to successfully weed out bot-driven misinformation could ultimately undermine political discourse and democracy in the country, experts say.