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For people who study the opioid epidemic, 2025 marks a grim anniversary: It has been 30 years since the Food and Drug Administration approved the opioid OxyContin for the treatment of chronic pain.

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Talkspace has established "Check Your Coverage Day" to encourage individuals to explore their insurance benefits proactively and understand which mental health services are in-network, whether ...

Alaska Quilter Ree Nancarrow has a long history of merging art and science in her quilts. This week, her quilted wall hanging “Spruce Smoke” is on the cover of a national document, the U.S ...

And for six days in 2025, the parks are free to visit. Thanks to the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act of 2004, the National Park Service waives entrance fees on what it calls “days of ...

from services that stream live cable channels to sports-specific streamers and services that are entirely free to use. When there’s so much to choose from, how do you even begin to narrow it ...

Mutual society, National Friendly, has added optional sickness ... same benefit levels as paid for accidental injuries. There will be no medical questions when adding the sickness cover, instead there ...

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Acknowledgments Members of the National Public Health Agencies Governance Learning Network:S. Mahendra Arnold, Deputy Director General, Public Health Services ... Paul Kelly, Chief Medical Officer and ...