A Bronx council member wants to force the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to pick up used drug needles that were handed out as part of the city’s needle exchange ...

New York City Councilmember Oswald Feliz introduced legislation Thursday to require the city to deal with discarded needles in areas near needle exchange sites.

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House G.O.P. Floats Medicaid Cuts and More to Finance Trump’s Huge Agenda President Trump wants a massive tax cut and immigration crackdown bill. Republicans must decide what to cut to help pay ...

Mental disorders are generally diagnosed based on reported or observed symptoms (such as maladaptive thought patterns and behaviors), not on brain scans. There are a number of obstacles to using ...

Most of us don't think about our health until something goes wrong. It's time to change that. In "Exploring Your Health," veteran reporter Erin Billups shows us that the small decisions we make ...