Families and communities are affected, and farmers are hit especially hard—but improving access to resources and mental healthcare can reduce the risk of self-harm.
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Despite decades of research establishing methadone as a safe and effective treatment for opioid use disorder, opioid treatment programs (OTPs) remain the only health care facilities allowed to offer this medication.
Suicide ranks in the top 10 leading causes of death in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The most recent data shows that nearly 49,000 people died by suicide in 2024, while many millions more reported thinking about suicide or planning an attempt.
In 2024, 48.4 million people in the United States were estimated to have a substance use disorder (SUD) involving alcohol, cannabis, and/or other psychoactive substances.
As policymakers work to maintain the downward trend in opioid overdose deaths, state officials have turned their attention to methadone treatment and ways of making this lifesaving medication more accessible.
In one of the world’s most urbanized coastal environments—the waters around Hong Kong—pressure from human activities is threatening the vulnerable Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, known locally as the Chinese white dolphin.
This year, more than 2 million Americans will hear the words "you have cancer." That's 5,500 people each day—about one every 15 seconds. And as upsetting as that phrase might be, even more distressing is the word that often comes next: chemotherapy.
Both hallowed and humble, libraries are central to community engagement and vitality. In fact, there are more libraries in the U.S. (an estimated 125,211, according to the American Library Association) than there are McDonald’s and Starbucks combined.
This past summer, at least 20,000 people throughout the United States became sick from cyclospora, a parasite linked to contaminated produce that can cause severe gastrointestinal illness. But how did public health officials go from hearing about a single case to sounding the alarm on a much larger outbreak? Lettuce explain.
With uses from smart appliances to precision farming, the internet is increasingly woven into daily life—yet millions of Americans still lack access to high-speed service.
Government employees provide many of the day-to-day services that cities offer residents, including stocking and caring for the books they check out of libraries, collecting their trash and recyclables, and inspecting the restaurants where they gather with family and friends.
The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) marked a historic increase in federal spending for water infrastructure, providing $55 billion from fiscal year 2022 through fiscal 2026. Most of these investments—$43.4 billion—came in the form of supplemental funding to the State Revolving Funds (SRFs), effectively quadrupling annual SRF funding over the five years.
