Politicians — and human beings, in general — are profoundly reactive creatures. And in politics especially, there is a built-in incentive to look like you’re sprinting heroically toward a crisis.

New York is putting $6 million on the table to change how communities respond to behavioral health emergencies — by sending trained professionals instead of police. The state’s Office of Mental Health ...

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit encourages residents to keep their health in mind by making informed choices about ...

For too long, Africa has relied heavily on external expertise, often adopting policies designed elsewhere rather than ...

In Juárez, border militarization by both US and Mexican forces poses unique challenges for harm reduction around drug use.

For weeks, California’s homeless service providers have worried about rumors that the federal government was going to cut ...

In the early afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 17, emergency rooms in Charleston, West Virginia, began experiencing an influx of ...