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Survey: 1 in 5 know someone who has been addicted to opioids

One in 5 Americans personally know someone who has been addicted to opioids, according to a survey released by the Federal Reserve Tuesday.

Exposure to opioid addiction was more common among whites, at all education levels, than minorities, the survey found.

Survey: 1 in 5 know someone who has been addicted to opioids

AFSCME Oregon Executive Director Gets Arrested in Solidarity with Bargaining Workers

Nine labor activists, including Oregon AFSCME Executive Director Stacy Chamberlain, were arrested this week while participating in a peaceful sit-in in support of Volunteers of America (VOA) Oregon workers, who are bargaining their first contract.

AFSCME Oregon Executive Director Gets Arrested in Solidarity with Bargaining Workers

Kids’ Suicide-Related Hospital Visits Rise Sharply

About five years ago, pediatricians at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville found that more and more of their inpatient beds at the children’s hospital were occupied by children and adolescents with mental health issues, especially those who had come in because of suicide a

Kids’ Suicide-Related Hospital Visits Rise Sharply

Phil Murphy delays move that could have hurt thousands of psychiatric patients

Gov. Phil Murphy's administration Wednesday delayed a new payment system for some private mental health providers who've warned the change could disrupt services to thousands of people discharged from New Jersey psychiatric hospitals.

Phil Murphy delays move that could have hurt thousands of psychiatric patients

We really do have a solution to the opioid epidemic — and one state is showing it works

Fawn Ricciuti started using opioids a decade ago, when she was enrolled in a New Jersey pain management program.

We really do have a solution to the opioid epidemic — and one state is showing it works