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Latest California Healthline Stories

A Peer Recovery Coach Walks The Frontlines Of The Opioid Epidemic

Charlie Oen was addicted to heroin as a teenager. At 25, he’s now clean and a peer counselor in Lima, Ohio, where he tries to help people who started using drugs before he was born.

Offering Syringes Along With Prayers, Churches Help IV Drug Users

Some churches and other faith-based organizations are offering clean syringes to IV drug users, while still others are voicing their support for comprehensive treatment, testing and education programs that also help stem transmission of diseases like HIV and hepatitis C.

Medicaid Is Balm And Benefit For Victims Of Gun Violence

Young men injured by gunshot wounds often lacked insurance and went for years without proper follow-up care. The health law’s Medicaid expansion, in doubt since the election, changed that in many of the states with the most gun violence.