1 day ago · Chaired by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Commission is tasked with investigating and addressing the root causes of America’s escalating health crisis, with ...

Jan 20, 2025 · Humanitarian disasters are breeding both short-term and long-term health problems around the world, global health officials said. The year 2025 started on a bleak note with 42 health...

1 day ago · “The crisis is worsening as people flee to areas where humanitarian aid cannot reach due to insecurity,” UN refugee agency spokesperson Eujin Byun told reporters in Geneva.The development comes a day after the top UN aid official in the country Bruno Lemarquis warned that a shortage of humanitarian routes was threatening the aid operation in the region.

A health crisis is an emergency or complex health system that affects the public in one or more geographic areas from a particular locality to encompass the entire planet. Health crises generally have significant impacts on community health, loss of life, and on the economy.

Jan 16, 2025 · Conflict, climate change, epidemics, and displacement are converging to create an unparalleled global health crisis, with 305 million people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance in 2025. In response, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for US$ 1.5 billion for its 2025 Health Emergency Appeal (HEA) , to support life-saving health ...

isolation, separation and in many cases hopelessness, resulting in a crisis highlighting mental health illnesses and substance use disorders (SUDs) along with an exponential rise in opioid deaths and overdoses.

Feb 5, 2025 · This system leaves too many people out resulting in 26 million uninsured and 43 million underinsured. 3 In fact, recent World Health Organization metrics suggest that the US does an incredibly poor job with healthcare delivery, with the US ranked 37th overall to comparable Western country metrics and last among the 11 highest-income countries ...

Recent data show that the United States is in mental health crisis, experienced by people of all ages. This trend was observed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, but has been worsened by pandemic-related factors. One in five American adults experienced symptoms of anxiety and depression in 2023. 1

Dec 20, 2022 · Entering our fourth year grappling with COVID-19, most of our experts pointed to issues that were impacted in some way by the pandemic, like long COVID and mental health. They also offered potential interventions to address the threats.

Jan 15, 2025 · SAMHSA’s updated National Behavioral Health Crisis Care Guidance is comprised of three documents: 2025 National Guidelines for a Behavioral Health Coordinated System of Crisis Care; Model Definitions for Behavioral Health Emergency, Crisis, and Crisis-Related Services and a draft Mobile Crisis Team Services: An Implementation Toolkit.