MENTAL HEALTH POLICY

May 14 2025ENVIRONMENT

Water Safety: A New Way to Check for Harmful Stuff

The Clean Water Act has a rule. It says the Environmental Protection Agency must set limits on certain things in our water. These things could be chemicals, living organisms, or physical conditions. The goal is to keep people safe from harm. For a long time, the EPA used a simple method to set these limits. It looked at a few key factors. But this method didn't accou...

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Mar 25 2025POLITICS

New York City's Approach to Mental Health: A Closer Look at Involuntary Hospitalizations

The city's mayor is standing firm on a controversial practice: taking people with severe mental health issues to hospitals, even if they don't want to go. This move has sparked a heated debate, with critics arguing that it's not the best way to handle the city's mental health crisis. The mayor's office has been under fire for how they're handling this situation. A r...

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Feb 09 2025HEALTH

Drug Benefits and Children's Minds: The Big Shake-up

When it comes to kids and their health, there's a lot of talk about how much medication they're given. In 2018, Ontario decided to make sure every kid had access to drugs they needed by launching a huge program called OHIP+. . This program covered all drugs, even drugs for both depression and to help with mental health. But, there was a surprise twist in April 2019 ...

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