As the federal government prepares to launch the national three-digit number “988” for the mental health crisis hotline next month, a new KFF analysis shows that suicide death rates increased by 12 percent in the decade from 2010 to 2020 — with death rates rising the fastest among people of color, younger individuals, and people who live in rural areas.

WITH THE COVID PANDEMIC, IT IS EASY TO FORGET about vaccines targeting other illnesses.

Hospital leadership face multiple factors as they try to balance shifting dynamics within today’s evolving environment.

An increasing number of people who became ill from the coronavirus have physical, mental and emotional symptoms that linger well after an initial infection