US weighs crackdown on homeopathic remedies over ‘significant safety issues’
Hearings to conclude on Tuesday into whether reported concerns including loss of sense of smell are cause for greater regulation of booming industry
Obamacare supporters remain hopeful that supreme court will uphold the law
Which way will the scales of justice tip? Observers recap oral arguments that could determine the fate of healthcare coverage for up to 9 million Americans
King v Burwell: ‘The Republicans and the supreme court might kill me rather than my cancer’
If the court rules subsidies in states that use the federal healthcare exchange are illegal, some 8-9 million Americans may suddenly be unable to afford insurance. LaDonna Appelbaum, diagnosed with breast cancer a year ago, is one of them
Supreme court hears challenge to Obama’s health law: everything you need to know
Four individuals have brought a challenge to the Affordable Care Act. They want tax subsidies struck down – which means millions of people could be forced to give up their insurance. Jana Kasperkevic guides you through the latest chapter
Is therapy worth it? Seven personal stories about the price of mental health
As depression grows among Americans, therapy – and its associated financial costs – has also become increasingly common. Seven young professionals share their stories and discuss whether counseling was worth it for them
The price of mental health: ‘Why do I need to pay someone to listen to me?’
Matt, a 23-year-old New Yorker, recently started going to therapy again. Yet if he had to chose between it and smoking, drinking or eating, he would give it up
The price of mental health: ‘I’d rather be sad’
After a childhood filled with periods of intense therapy, Alex, a 27-year-old New Yorker with a career in theatre, doesn’t expect to go backIs therapy worth it?
Is therapy worth the cost? ‘I just can’t afford to go’
AK, a 27-year-old who lives in New Jersey, was in therapy on and off until a year ago, when she aged out of her mom’s insurance
The price of mental health: ‘therapy is not a magic wand’
Jenn, a 26-year-old New Yorker who goes to therapy every week, first asked her parents for therapy in high school
The price of mental health: therapy was ‘the best chance I had of feeling OK’
JE, a 29-year-old waitress in New York diagnosed with manic depression, says that, thanks to regular therapy, she is ‘in a really stable place’