Emergency Room Doctors and Nurses Call for Mental Health Help for Kids
American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Emergency Physicians and the Emergency Nurses Association released a policy statement calling for more help for kids in emergency mental health crises.
Federal health advisers voted overwhelmingly against an experimental treatment for Lou Gehrig’s disease at a Wednesday meeting prompted by years of patient efforts seeking access to the unproven therapy.
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that federal disaster assistance is available for Louisiana, which is working to slow a mass inflow of salt water creeping up the Mississippi River and threatening drinking water supplies in the southern part of the state.