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In recent years, the majority of stimulant-related overdose deaths have also involved fentanyl or other synthetic opioids.

Comprehensive sex education has benefits, but the birds and the bees appear to be a taboo topic for some families.

Creating inclusive communities means not just offering services to people with serious mental illness, but changing negative beliefs and behaviors toward them.

Medicaid improves access to care for low-wage workers who cannot survive on bare-bone benefits offered by their employers.

The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program has been particularly important for understanding when a hurricane is about to rapidly intensify, a dangerous situation for coastal communities.

The justices ruled that a key preventive health task force has authority because it is appointed by the Health and Human Services secretary. Some experts worry that RFK Jr. could politicize it.

A scholar of intelligence and strategy explains why battle damage assessments are so challenging - and why the process has become politicized.

Uncertainty is the new norm.

Municipal bonds are integral to Philly's effort to make more affordable housing, but hidden costs and requirements can hurt taxpayers.

Three recent developments in AI - in video games, wearable technology and education - suggest that building something like Stephenson's Young Lady's Illustrated Primer is possible.