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Service restored to 988 mental health hotline after outage

Service was restored to the nationwide 988 hotline, intended to assist individuals going though mental health crises. The hotline had previously experienced a daylong outage.

Yale University sued for alleged 'systemic discrimination' toward students suffering from mental health issues

Yale University is being sued by several students who claim that the institution did not properly handle their mental health issues and in some cases forced them to withdraw.

Teenage brains aged faster during the pandemic from stress, anxiety: study

After comparing pre-pandemic MRI scans of older teens to scans taken during COVID-19, researchers at Stanford University discovered the pandemic aged teens' brains by about three years.

Canadian fashion company promotes assisted suicide's 'beauty' in ad

Canadian fashion company La Maison Simons released a promotional video last month titled "All Is Beauty" promoting the 'beauty' of voluntary euthanasia.

Los Angeles County endures spike in fentanyl poisonings

Former acting DEA administrator Uttam Dhillon joined 'America's Newsroom' to discuss the surge in fentanyl-related deaths and who is to blame for the tragic trend. 

CBP expands mental health resources for border officials as employee suicides surge

Texas Army veteran Frank Lopez joined 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss how the border crisis has impacted border officials and what the government can do to help reduce employee suicides. 

NYC resorts to involuntary hospitalizations of mentally ill homeless people to alleviate crime

New York City public advocate Jumaane Williams weighs in on New York City’s growing crime problem and the current efforts that the city is implementing to attempt to lessen the crisis. 

Fentanyl scourges streets of LA as opioid deaths continue to rise

Opioids such as fentanyl has become a scourge across the U.S. In Los Angeles, annual overdose deaths among the homeless increased by 56% during the pandemic.

Texas county on pace to double last year's fentanyl overdose deaths

Travis County is on track to record double the number of fentanyl deaths in 2022 than it did all of last year, Judge Andy Brown said Monday.

Trans psychologist files brief against Md. school district hiding transitions from parents: 'Terrible idea'

Dr. Erica Anderson, a transgender psychologist, filed a court brief against the Montgomery County Board of Education for allowing teachers to hide students' gender identity from parents.