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People in recovery for substance use disorder often need to attend medical appointments, recovery meetings or meet with a probation officer. But access to transportation can be a barrier to recovery.

Many who work on the frontlines of the overdose crisis want to see more emphasis on reducing the risk of illness and death from substance use. But in some communities, they face opposition.

As more states pass abortion bans, an approach offering parents an alternative is gaining popularity. Baby boxes, which are built into the side of fire stations or hospitals, allow people to surrender infants anonymously.

Independent abortion funds have been flooded with donations as they take on a larger role in the fight to protect reproductive rights.

While COVID may not be top of mind for people anymore, the pandemic isn't over. And for many people who have had COVID, neither is their illness.

The World Health Organization has declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern. The virus is spreading far beyond where its been endemic for decades through modes of transmission health experts still dont fully understand.

The launch of 988 is something thats been celebrated as a long-time need by mental health advocates and law enforcement agents. But rolling out the service is proving to be complicated.

Only a handful of monkeypox cases in the U.S. are among children, out of thousands reported so far. Yet infectious disease experts are keeping a close eye on pediatric cases.

Children with sickle cell disease rely on daily doses of penicillin to prevent life-threatening infections. But lately, some are finding it hard to fill their prescriptions.

An insufficient mental health care system pushes some families to give up custody of their children for care. States look for better solutions.