Judge holds Washington state in contempt for not providing services to mentally ill people in jails
A federal judge has found Washington state in contempt and ordered it to pay more than $100 million for failing to provi...
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California bill could mean more mentally ill people detained
A new proposal in the California Legislature could allow more people with mental illnesses to be detained against their...
With NYC plan for mentally ill, hospitals face complex task
New York City’s latest plan to keep mentally ill people from languishing in public is billed as a common-sense strategy...
New Zealand court rules against anti-vax parents of ill baby
A New Zealand court has temporarily taken away medical custody of a baby from his parents after they refused blood trans...
Mayor says NYC will treat mentally ill, even if they refuse
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced a new initiative that would allow authorities to more aggressively interven...
'Don't fall ill': Sri Lanka doctors warn of drug shortage
Doctors in Sri Lanka are urging their patients not to fall ill or get into accidents as the country's economic crisis le...
South African president tests positive for COVID, mildly ill
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is receiving treatment for mild COVID-19 symptoms after testing positive for the...
Doctor: Many South Africans ill in surge have mild symptoms
South African doctors say the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases attributed to the new omicron variant is resulting in mos...
AP PHOTOS: Volunteers aid COVID ill in stressed Thai capital
They travel to the forgotten around the capital's outlying neighborhoods, taking care of desperate people who can't find...
Hundreds ill, 1 dead due to unidentified disease in India
At least one person has died and 200 others have been hospitalized due to an unidentified illness in the southern Indian...
