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We need to understand more precisely who is at risk for abusing these drugs and how they get access to them. (iStock/Mitchell Wessels)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Sally Satel
Excess opioid pills can fall into the wrong hands, but we should not respond by denying relief to millions with long-term or intense pain.
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Politics & SocietyDispatches
Robert David Sullivan
The fertility rate in the U.S. is down, but the cost of raising a child may be to blame. If not for immigrant families, births would be down sharply.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jim McDermott
“People who suffer from severe and persistent mental illnesses are among the most misunderstood, ignored and unjustly stigmatized members of our society,” the bishops write.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
The television host asked panelists about the role of faith and prayer in healing.
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
Bernard G. Prusak
A proposed bill in the United Kingdom seeks “to clarify the extent to which a medical practitioner with a conscientious objection may refrain from participating in certain medical activities.”
Belsy García Manrique, a student at Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine, with her father, Felix.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
Belsy García Manrique is a year away from realizing her dream of becoming a doctor—and her father is awaiting deportation.