Emptying state institutions was supposed to help fix mental health care. What happened?
Why the system for community mental health care did not get fully built.
'Peer specialists' emerge to support patients amid constrained mental health care access
Peer specialists provide support based on personal experience with addiction, mental health or other emotional and social challenges.
Minneapolis traffic deaths still well above pre-pandemic levels
The total number of crashes in the city has fallen, but deaths remain stubbornly high; officials think speeding is to blame.
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South Carolina governor signs into law ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster on Tuesday signed into law a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors.
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Trump says he is open to restrictions on contraception before backing away from the statement
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was open to supporting regulations on contraception and that his campaign would release a policy on the issue ''very shortly,'' comments that he later said were misinterpreted.
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New York's high court upholds requiring insurance to cover medically necessary abortions
New York can continue to require companies with health insurance plans to cover medically necessary abortions, the state's highest court ruled Tuesday.
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Matthew Perry's death under investigation over ketamine level found in actor's blood
An investigation has been opened into the death of Matthew Perry and how the ''Friends'' actor received the anesthetic ketamine, which was ruled a contributing factor in his death.
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Dying ex-doctor serving life for murder may soon be free after a conditional pardon and 2-year wait
On paper, Vince Gilmer was granted freedom more than two years ago. Later this week, he may actually leave prison.
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Over 1 million claims related to toxic exposure granted under new veterans law, Biden announces
President Joe Biden, aiming to highlight his legislative accomplishments this election year, traveled to New Hampshire on Tuesday to discuss how he's helped military veterans get benefits as a result of burn pit or other toxic exposure during their service.
Sports
Tennessee latest state to mandate automatic defibrillators at high schools
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell joined Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday to celebrate Tennessee's new law requiring all high schools to keep an automated external defibrillator available during classes, athletic practices and games.
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Father says the 10-year-old child swept into a storm drain in Tennessee after severe storms has died
A 10-year-old Tennessee boy who was swept into a storm drain after severe weather two weeks ago has died, according to posts by his father on social media.
World
Victims of UK's infected blood scandal to start receiving final compensation payments this year
Victims of the U.K.'s infected blood scandal, in which tens of thousands of people were infected by contaminated blood or blood products provided by the public health service, will start receiving their final compensation payments this year, the government said Tuesday.
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Gene Pratter, federal judge overseeing Ozempic and Mounjaro lawsuits, dies at 75
Gene E. K. Pratter, a federal judge who oversaw numerous high-profile cases during her lengthy career and was currently overseeing lawsuits involving the diabetes and weight loss drugs Ozempic and Mounjaro, has died. She was 75.
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Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?
Election officials in Nevada are reviewing signatures to see if there are enough to put an abortion rights constitutional amendment before voters in November, part of a national push to pose abortion rights questions to voters since the U.S. Supreme Court removed the nationwide right to abortion.
World
Syrian first lady Asma Assad diagnosed with leukemia, president's office says
Syrian first lady Asma Assad has been diagnosed with leukemia, the office of President Bashar Assad announced Tuesday.
World
Britain slammed in inquiry for infecting thousands with tainted blood and covering up the scandal
British authorities and the country's public health service knowingly exposed tens of thousands of patients to deadly infections through contaminated blood and blood products, and hid the truth about the disaster for decades, an inquiry into the U.K.'s infected blood scandal found Monday.
Business
US says cyberattacks against water supplies are rising, and utilities need to do more to stop them
Cyberattacks against water utilities across the country are becoming more frequent and more severe, the Environmental Protection Agency warned Monday as it issued an enforcement alert urging water systems to take immediate actions to protect the nation's drinking water.
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Nevada abortion-rights measure has enough signatures for November ballot, supporters say
Abortion access advocates in Nevada said Monday that they have submitted almost twice the number of petition signatures needed to qualify a measure for the November ballot that would enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution.
Variety
US pediatricians reverse decades-old advice against HIV-positive mothers breastfeeding
People with HIV can breastfeed their babies, as long as they are taking medications that effectively suppress the virus that causes AIDS, a top U.S. pediatricians' group said Monday in a sharp policy change.
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Mother who said school officials hid her teen's gender expression appeals judge's dismissal of case
A Maine woman is appealing the dismissal of her lawsuit that accused school officials of encouraging her teen's gender expression by providing a chest binder and using a new name and pronouns, without consulting her.
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Judge rules Ohio law that keeps cities from banning flavored tobacco is unconstitutional
An Ohio law prohibiting cities from banning the sale of flavored tobacco products is unconstitutional, a judge has ruled.
Variety
Can pink noise enhance sleep and memory? Early research drives a color noise buzz
You may have heard of white noise used to mask background sounds. Now, it has colorful competition.
Business
What happened in the UK's infected blood scandal from the 1970s to '90s?
The final report of the U.K.'s infected blood inquiry was published on Monday, nearly six years after it began looking into how tens of thousands of people contracted HIV or hepatitis from transfusions of tainted blood and blood products in the 1970s and 1980s.
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