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Officials Agree: Use Settlement Funds to Curb Youth Addiction. But the ‘How’ Gets Hairy.

Video Reporter: Caresse Jackman, InvestigateTV; Video Editor: Scotty Smith, InvestigateTV When three teenagers died of fentanyl…

Pot Boom Wakes Sleepy Dinosaur, Colorado

DINOSAUR, Colo. — There isn’t much to this town a short drive from the national monument of the same name. A couple of gas stations, a liquor…

Journalist Assesses Federal Push to Remove Medical Debt From Credit Reports

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Biden Administration to Ban Medical Debt From Americans’ Credit Scores

Noam N. Levey The Biden administration announced a major initiative to protect Americans from medical debt on Thursday, outlining plans to develop federal…

California Officials Seek ‘CARE’ Without Coercion as New Mental Health Courts Launch This Fall

The first time Heidi Sweeney began hallucinating, the voices in her head told her Orange County’s Huntington Beach was where she would be safe.…

As Younger Children Increasingly Die by Suicide, Better Tracking and Prevention Is Sought

If you or someone you know is in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting…

Hep C’s Number Comes Up: Can Biden’s 5-Year Plan Eliminate the Longtime Scourge?

Rick Jaenisch went through treatment six times before his hepatitis C was cured in 2017. Each time his doctors recommended a different combination…

How Will Rural Americans Fare During Medicaid Unwinding? Experts Fear They’re on Their Own

Abby Madore covers a lot of ground each day at work. A staffer at a community health center in Carson City, Nevada, Madore spends her days…

Save Billions or Stick With Humira? Drug Brokers Steer Americans to the Costly Choice

Tennessee last year spent $48 million on a single drug, Humira — about $62,000 for each of the 775 patients who were covered by its employee health…

With Its Two Doctors Planning to Retire, an Alabama Town Patches Together Health Care Options

LaFAYETTE, Ala. — Charity Hodge had mixed feelings when she spotted a Facebook post announcing that her longtime primary care doctor was ready to…