Experts Say OK Prison Reform Begins With Mental Health Reform and other top stories.

• Experts Say OK Prison Reform Begins With Mental Health Reform

  

  OKLAHOMA CITY - You’ll be hearing a lot about criminal justice reform in the coming months. It’s on the November ballot; it’s on the minds of lawmakers; and it’s on the radar of mental health professionals. They say you can’t fix prison overcrowding without first fixing the mental health system.  These days policing means more than patrolling. It also means being a mental health professional and addiction counselor.Mardell King-Hawkins of Oklahoma City knows firsthand it doesn’t alw..

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• This poll shows Trump, Clinton running neck-and-neck in final 20 days

  

  Donald Trump holds a single-point lead over Hillary Clinton in a new national poll by Investor's Business Daily/TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence, which has earned praise for its track record of accuracy in the last three presidential election cycles.

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• Fall Enrollment Efforts Could Be Pivotal For Federal Health Law

  

  Enlarge this image Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell at a Senate hearing in 2014. "We expect this to be a transition period for the marketplace," she told reporters Wednesday. "Issuers are adjusting their prices, bringing them in line with actual data on costs." Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wo..

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• Reported Cases of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Are on Rise

  

  WASHINGTON — There were more cases of sexually transmitted diseases reported in the United States last year than ever before, according to new federal data. Rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis — three of the most common S.T.D.s — grew for the second consecutive year, with sharper increases in the West than other regions. And while all three diseases are treatable with antibiotics, most cases continue to go undiagnosed, potentially causing infertility and other problems.The syphilis rate ..

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• Pre-Teens Need Just Two Doses of HPV Vaccine, Not Three: Feds

  

  There's good news for kids who haven't received all their HPV vaccines yet - they only need two doses of the vaccine instead of three, federal government advisers said Wednesday. The new recommendations should make it easier to get more children vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes a range of cancers including cervical cancer, throat cancer and mouth cancer, officials said. University of Miami pediatrician Judith L. Schaechter, M.D. (L) gives an HPV vaccina..

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• Married And Living With Mental Illness

  

  It is a common belief that married couples fight about three things: intimacy, money, and children (in no specific order). In my house we have a fourth: mental illness. It is sometimes a standalone argument and frustration, and often times it just adds color to the other arguments. My wife is amazing. That doesn’t mean we don’t argue and don’t get extremely frustrated with one another. I believe it means we argue the right amount and that we are mindful the right amount (and sometimes that amoun..

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