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Experts: Workforce shortages, stigma add to mental health and substance abuse crises

Experts: Workforce shortages, stigma add to mental health and substance abuse crises

by Maia Pandey | Feb 1, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Communities and healthcare providers urgently need federal funding to address twin mental health and substance abuse crises, healthcare experts and advocates told senators on Tuesday “Almost 130 million Americans live in areas with less than one mental...

Republicans question surgeon general nominee on health care, gun control

by Lauren Caruba | Feb 4, 2014 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Republicans pushed U.S. surgeon general nominee Vivek Murthy on Tuesday to address whether his support for gun control and the new health care law would affect his objectivity if he becomes the nation’s top doctor during a Senate confirmation hearing....

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