The 2020 holiday season is coinciding with a nationwide surge of COVID-19 cases. With great concern that holiday travel to see loved ones may exacerbate community spread of the virus, many states are increasing public health measures ...                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
Adopting a public health approach to substance use by implementing harm reduction policies across all levels of government can help communities address the overdose crisis. This post analyzes e                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
Good news and bad news on tobacco use: smoking rates are down but e-cigarette use continuing rapid rise among youth. Read how states are combating the problem.                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
Public health agencies are working to reduce dementia risk and to optimize the health and well-being of people living with dementia and their caregivers.                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
In an effort to help meet demand, some states and territories have joined interjurisdictional licensing compacts that allow a mental health care provider licensed in one state to provide care in another state—without needing to gain ...