Health

Bipartisan congressional commission recommends new approach to combatting overdose epidemic

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

The U.S. needs a nimble, multipronged strategy and Cabinet-level leadership to counter its festering overdose epidemic, a bipartisan congressional commission advises.

WATCH: Surgeon General Murthy testifies on youth mental health at Senate Finance committee

By News Desk

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy testifies Tuesday on youth mental health before the Senate Finance committee.

Pharmacists struggle to keep up with a spike in demand for their services

By Maea Lenei Buhre, Jonah Anderson

Pharmacists and pharmacy workers get far less attention than other health care workers, but the stress and pressure has been intense. Staffing shortages and working conditions have been a problem throughout the pandemic, and major pharmacy chains and independent stores…

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WATCH: Members of Congress hold moment of silence for 900,000 U.S. COVID deaths

By Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lead a moment of silence on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Monday evening to remember the more than 900,000 American lives lost due to COVID-19.

Governor ending New Jersey's school mask mandate

By Mike Catalini, Associated Press

Individual school districts will be free to continue requiring masks once the state mandate ends March 7, Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said.

Judge temporarily halts Virginia governor's order allowing parents to opt-out school mask mandates

By Denise Lavoie, Sarah Rankin, Associated Press

The ruling means that mask mandates put in place by school boards may remain in place, at least for now. It was one of the first actions taken by Youngkin after he took office on Jan. 15.

Propelled by omicron, U.S. death toll from COVID-19 hits 900,000

By Mark Kennedy, Ken Sweet, Associated Press

COVID-19 has become one of the three top leading causes of death in America, behind the big two — heart disease and cancer. To public health experts, the milestone is made all the more tragic because so many of the…

A disabled activist speaks out about feeling 'disposable'

By Rachel Scheier, Kaiser Health News

Alice Wong, a writer and organizer in San Francisco, says the isolation and loss of the pandemic have shown society what it’s like to be disabled.

COVID falling in 49 of 50 states as deaths near 900,000

By Ken Sweet, Associated Press

With the brutal omicron wave rapidly easing its grip, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. are falling in 49 of the 50 states, even as the nation’s death toll closes in on another bleak round number: 900,000.