The Woodland City Council discussed the funding of the new “Crisis Now” model of dealing with mental health or substance use emergencies meant to decrease law enforcement involvement in such matters. ...

Women are more likely to live in poorer households globally than men. Countries where this is evident are predominantly fragile or conflict-affected. In order to meet the Sustainable Development Goals ...

Public Health Madison & Dane County officials have become increasingly overwhelmed by the recent uptick in coronavirus cases, forcing a switch to a crisis model for contact tracing, officials ...

The global health crisis is upending businesses across the world. As many countries have entered into a second lockdown, companies whose business models relied on global supply chains or frictionless ...

A team of public health modelers and substance use experts has developed a dynamic model based on national data from 1999 to 2020 that tracks the evolution of the opioid crisis for public policy ...

For Vermonters facing a mental health or substance use crisis, the first instinct is often to seek help at the emergency department (ED). However, this well-intentioned choice may not be the most ...

On a recent Wednesday at 9:47 a.m., two police cars pulled up to Recovery Response Center, a one-story stucco building on a main highway in Peoria. A lanky, sandy-haired man compliantly walked with ...

Stakeholders have the right to information and explanation about what leaders do and don’t know about an ongoing situation. Unfortunately, empathy tends to take a back seat during stressful times.