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High-profile suicides have helped reduce the stigma surrounding suicide loss. So has advertising for depression and anxiety meds

High-profile suicides — such as those of comic actor Robin Williams in 2014, fashion designer Kate Spade in 2018, and dancer Stephen “tWitch” Boss in 2022 — have helped reduce the stigma surrounding suicide loss.

Hospital contracts, abortion access, transgender care, fentanyl, covid, toxic chemicals, patient privacy, and more are in the news.

Universities have been caught off guard when student-athletes died by suicide. Now, schools are reevaluating the mental health support they provide teammates.

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In discussions of books about physically disabled characters in children’s literature, one hears over and over: “Jean Little set the standard, but the frustrating thing is that 60 years later,

In his new book, ‘Smahtguy,’ cartoonist Eric Orner focuses on his former boss’s life on and off Capitol Hill

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