March 17, 2023

States consider laws to combat suicides by gun

As lawmakers and mental health advocates wrestle with how to stop suicides by firearm, some are looking to a novel idea at work in a handful of states: Register yourself as a suicide risk so you can’t buy a gun on a whim

March 17, 2023

CDC: Maternal death rate spiked 40% in 2021

Maternal death rates surged by nearly 40% during the second year of the pandemic, widening disparities as Black women again faced alarmingly high, disproportionate rates, a new federal analysis shows

March 10, 2023

Graphic of the week

Analysis from HPIO found that there are differences in air pollution exposure from county to county