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Live Chat: Ask Us Your Questions About "Chasing Heroin"
Join filmmaker Marcela Gaviria and three people featured in "Chasing Heroin" for a Google Hangout on Friday, March 4, at 2 p.m. EST.
March 2, 2016
Abortion Clinics Are Vanishing. How Will the Supreme Court Rule?
New state laws have made abortions harder to access. Will the Supreme Court step in?
March 2, 2016
The Number of Children Dying for ISIS is Rising
A new study finds ISIS is increasingly mobilizing children to fight and die for its cause.
March 1, 2016
Photos: Disease Detectives Seek Zika Answers in Brazil
Officials from the CDC have arrived in Brazil to investigate whether the Zika virus may be behind the mysterious uptick in babies born with the birth defect known as microcephaly.
February 29, 2016
When Food Shortage Becomes Famine
South Sudan's hunger crisis has not yet been declared a famine. Here's why.
February 25, 2016
"Tsunami of Disease" Slams Brazil's Health System
Zika is the latest in a triple-whammy of mosquito-borne illnesses that has pushe Brazil's universal health care system past its already stretched capacity.
February 24, 2016
How the Heroin Epidemic Differs in Communities of Color
Overdose deaths are on the rise in communities of color, too, with devastating effects.
February 23, 2016
How Bad is the Opioid Epidemic?
The epidemic didn't happen overnight. Here's a brief look at how it evolved and who is most affected.
February 23, 2016
The Options and Obstacles to Treating Heroin Addiction
The heroin and opioid epidemic in America has raised questions about how to effectively treat addiction. Many now say medication should be offered alongside counseling.
February 23, 2016
Eric Holder: If Sentencing Reform Dies, "I'd Be Ashamed"
The way America punishes low-level, nonviolent drug offenders is "fundamentally unfair," says the former attorney general.
February 23, 2016
Drug Czar: Treating Substance Abuse as a Crime is "Inhumane"
Tough-on-crime policies failed to end to the war on drugs. Michael Botticelli says it's time to start treating substance abuse as a public health issue.
February 23, 2016