A new report is highlighting Polk County’s struggle with a mental crisis.

Legionnaires’ disease is a serious form of pneumonia, which is generally spread through breathing in droplets of bacteria in water.

Students in the Human Services program at Blue Ridge Community College helped host an event to raise awareness for mental health resources in the Valley.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is awarding a $500,000 grant to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture.

Expand efforts to address stress, mental health, and suicide prevention among agriculture producers.

There’s more labor trouble for Kaiser Permanente. Mental health clinicians in California and Hawaiʻi have voted to authorize a strike if negotiations on a contract fall through. As HPR’s Scott Kim reports, the workers say they are severely understaffed, and that’s affecting patient care.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $500,000 grant to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) to expand its efforts to address stress, mental health, and suicide prevention among agriculture producers, Commissioner of Agriculture Dr. Ryan Quarles announced today. “Focusing on mental health is key to having a healthy agriculture community,” Commissioner of Agriculture […]

A staffing crisis across Missouri mental health facilities has decreased access to care, officials told the Mental Health Commission.

Common police tactics don't always make situations where mental health plays a role. Over the past few years, police across the country have reported a sharp increase in 911 calls linked to mental health issues. In rural departments, crisis training helps officers apply different skills.