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Justice Department officials offered a statement late last year saying health workers at a supervised injection site would be vulnerable to criminal charges.

For many people with disabilities, going without plastic straws can be a matter of life or death.

The proposed legislation would require that naloxone instruction be paired with curriculum that educates students about the risks of opioid addiction.

The U.S. Health and Human Services department has put a freeze on $10.4 billion in funding that was expected to go to Affordable Care Act insurers later this year.

To prepare for the possibility of Ebola or another deadly disease, hospitals practice protocols created to keep staff and patients safe.

Faced with skyrocketing drug overdoses, states are cracking down on opioid prescribing. Increasingly, some patients with chronic pain say they are becoming collateral damage.

At stake are billions in payments to insurers with sicker customers.

The most common injury cited in the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s report involved hands.

Vancouver is home to North America’s first, public supervised injection facility — and an explosion of spin-offs designed to prevent overdose deaths.

Even if guidelines do change for women over 30, the Pap smear is still important for women ages 21-29.

Environmental toxicologist Trevor Penning says there’s no need to change your barbecue garb just yet.

The above-normal temperatures are resulting in cases of dehydration that can develop into heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

Dangerous heat levels continue in Philadelphia and the surrounding areas. People are dealing with it in many ways this week as they work or play.

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Since brand-name Truvada was approved for HIV prevention six years ago, its average wholesale price has increased by about 45 percent.