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Health worker Nathan Fields (left), Rep. Donna Edwards and Dr. Leana Wen show people how to use naloxone on a street corner in Sandtown, a Baltimore neighborhood where drug activity is common.

Baltimore Fights Heroin Overdoses With Antidote Outreach

Fatal overdoses are rising among an estimated 19,000 people who use heroin in Baltimore. To curb deaths, the city's health commissioner aims to make an antidote widely available to drug users.

Spanish police block animal rights activists protesting Wednesday outside the apartment building of the Spanish nurse who contracted Ebola in the city of Alcorcon, outside Madrid.

Spanish Nurse Says She Reported Her Ebola Symptoms Several Times

A Spanish-language newspaper reports that Teresa Romero Ramos told authorities on three separate occasions before her quarantine that she had a fever.

Medicaid-Funded Home-Based Care Could Be Next On Chopping Block

Ten years ago, a driver ran a stop sign as Jim McIlroy rode into the intersection on his motorcycle. Serious injuries left McIlroy paralyzed from the…

Doctors, Patients Sing Art Therapy’s Praises. So Why Isn’t There More Support?

Paulina Nieto, who grew up in Columbus, Indiana, was only 2 months old when she started to have heart problems due to a narrow artery.“When I was about 6…

Should the Smoking Age Be 21? Some Legislators Say Yes

While a growing number of states have turned their attention to marijuana legalization, another proposal has been quietly catching fire among some…

For Rural Hospitals Already on the Brink, GOP’s Proposed Medicaid Cuts Would Hit Hard

For the hundreds of rural hospitals struggling to stay in business, health policy decisions made in Washington D.C. this summer could make survival a lot…

You Asked: What Can I Tell My Child About Coronavirus?

UPDATE: As the case count continues to rise, information on this story is moving quickly and may be out-of-date. We recommend checking the Centers for…

Alachua County Sheriff Sadie Darnell (left) and Dr. Nancy Hardt, University of Florida.

A Sheriff And A Doctor Team Up To Map Childhood Trauma

Sometimes a different perspective can help you see a problem with fresh eyes. The problem to be solved in Gainesville, Fla.? A hot spot of poverty, child abuse and neglect.

When medical tests and procedures are overused, they not only raise medical costs. They can lead to unneeded interventions and cause fear and anxiety over nothing.

How a clinician’s desire to be thorough can cause a harmful spiral of unnecessary care

When medical tests and procedures are overused, they not only raise medical costs. They can also lead to unneeded interventions and cause fear and anxiety over nothing.

Boxes of Narcan, shown here, were stocked on a shelf at a Target in Southern Indiana in October. The products cost $45 and had anti-theft devices on them. Narcan can reverse an opioid overdose, and the medication recently became available for sale without a prescription.

Narcan is sold over-the-counter now. Here’s a look at the initial rollout and what it means for access

Narcan is a nasal-spray version of the life-saving medication naloxone, which can reverse an opioid overdose. It recently became available over-the-counter. Here’s what that means for public access.

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