2018

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (the Union) have developed a collaborative framework to guide national programmes, clinicians and others engaged in care of patients and prevention and control of diabetes and TB on how to establish a coordinated response to both diseases, at organizational and clinical […]

Our Nation’s wastewater and drinking water systems continue to be stretched to serve ever growing populations in communities that may have aging and outdated infrastructure. One of the biggest health challenges is the managment of sewer overflows, which discharge billions of gallons of untreated wastewater into our waterways. This discharge contributes to the thousands of […]

By: Nadja PopovichAmerica is in the midst of an unprecedented drug overdose epidemic. Nationally, overdose deaths have more than doubled over the past decade and a half, driven largely by opioids – initially prescription painkillers, but increasingly heroin. Today, more Americans die from drug overdoses than car crashes or gun fatalities. In all, drug overdoses […]

Critical Value is a podcast from the Urban Institute that explores issues of significance for research, policy, and people. They talk with experts and highlight the best available data and evidence to elevate the debate on topics that matter.Listen at https://www.urban.org/criticalvalue.

By: Cassie Walker Burke and Kristen ShorschWhile the number of legal opioid prescriptions has fallen since 2013, Illinois officials are trying to combat a steep rise in deaths from synthetic painkillers, such as fentanyl, that are often obtained illegally.Read more…

By: Christine Vestal, StatelineIn an opioid epidemic that is killing more than a hundred Americans every day, many families of overdose victims feel helpless when it comes to convincing their loved ones to seek treatment.Police and other first responders — who often rescue the same people again and again — are similarly frustrated about their […]

By Laura Radel, Melinda Baldwin, Ph.D., Gilbert Crouse, Ph.D., Robin Ghertner and Annette Waters, Ph.D.After more than a decade of sustained declines in the national foster care caseload, the number of children entering foster care began to rise in 2012. Between 2012 and 2016, the number of children in foster care nationally rose by 10 […]

By: Robert LangrethDoctors and patients have long assumed that opioids are uniquely powerful medicines for chronic pain, despite their risks. But it turns out that this reputation may be a myth.A government-funded study published Tuesday is among the first long-term studies to compare opioids like oxycodone and morphine to common painkillers such as acetaminophen in […]

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