Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. The White House on Thursday unveiled a new effort to streamline the country’s response to its drug and alcohol epidemic, pledging to align ...

A 20-year-old woman is seeking to hold social media companies responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. She began using the platforms as a young child and claims ...

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Instagram head Adam Mosseri said that there can be problematic usage of social media, but he disagreed that it constitutes an addiction. Mosseri testified in Los Angeles Superior Court during a social ...

Throughout Cartoon Network’s long history, the channel has been known to not just house cartoon classics, but also to create plenty of original series to fill out its roster. Even when the Warner Bros ...

Every fall, the leaves turn and flutter to the ground. Pumpkins are hollowed out and carved with the devilish grins of Jack-o'-lanterns; kids, young and old, dress up as ghosts, ghouls and goblins; ...

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday touted a new $100 million effort to fight opioid addiction highlighting the country’s “fragmented” system for ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will invest $100 million to improve homelessness, opioid addiction and public safety, it announced Monday. The department's initiative is dubbed ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order establishing what he called the Great American Recovery Initiative, an effort aimed at coordinating the federal government’s response to ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Jan. 29 establishing the Great American Recovery Initiative, a coordinated federal effort to address addiction in the U.S. The initiative aims to ...