Public Health

Uber has shut down its autonomous driving program in Arizona after a fatal crash in Tempe, according to Reuters.

The Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation predict there will be 3 million fewer Americans with health insurance in 2019 when the ACA's individual mandate is eliminated.

The Addiction Policy Forum released a hospital toolkit May 16 to educate emergency medicine providers, patients, families and policymakers on how to respond to the opioid crisis.

A recent press release by Cigna discusses their new online campaign launch to further their commitment to curbing the national opioid epidemic.

During President Donald Trump's first year in office, the uninsured rate for Americans ages 18-64 rose slightly to 12.8 percent, the same rate as 2015, according to a report from the federal Centers for Disease Control.

It is easy to get lost in the dizzying data of our nation’s overdose epidemic: 63,600 drug overdose deaths in 2016, a number larger than the entire population of Terre Haute, Indiana.

UTMB Health's John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, Texas, is one of three hospitals that received patients after a May 18 shooting at Sante Fe (Texas) High School, according to CNN.

As the opioid epidemic increases the number of organ donors dying from drug overdoses, an analysis published in The New England Journal of Medicine found this increase has led to more organ transplants in the last five years.

Although the U.S. Senate recently approved a bill to address the opioid crisis, to truly curb painkiller abuse, it is crucial to understand why Americans are turning to these powerful drugs, Susan Sered, PhD, professor of sociology at Boston-based Suffolk…

As U.S. lawmakers and healthcare providers struggle with how to address the nationwide opioid epidemic, drug abuse issues vary across the country, with the District of Columbia ranking No. 1 for drug problems, according to a WalletHub analysis.