Demi Lovato has released her first public statement since suffering an overdose last month.

This week, we step back from our usual jokes, laughter, and gentle but well-meaning judgment about celebrities, their foibles, and the curious choices in romantic partners to focus on something a little more serious.

On Friday, 30-year-old Samantha Whitney Jones of New Britain Township, Pennsylvania was charged with criminal homicide over the death of her 11-week-old infant on April 2. The district attorney has alleged that the baby died after a lethal amount of drugs was transmitted to the baby through Jones’ breast milk, NBC …

In April of this year, Demi Lovato gave a touching speech about mental health at her Brooklyn concert. On stage, she talked about her struggles and told the crowd she had happily entered her sixth year of sobriety at age 25. Her new song “Sober,” however, alludes to a recent relapse.

Demi Lovato continues to carry the torch for mental health awareness as she celebrates her sixth year of sobriety (congrats Demi!!!!) Billboard reports that during Friday night’s concert at the Barclays Center, she said, “I know that there are people here tonight that need to ask for help.”

In collaboration with Rise magazine, Jezebel is publishing a series of articles written by parents affected by the child welfare system. This post, the second in the series, features narratives by Antoinette Robinson and Jeffrey Mays, two parents who felt unjustly treated by the Family Court process.

Prince’s unexpected death last summer was determined an accidental overdose on the opioid fentanyl. Six days preceding his death, Prince overdosed on a plane, and had to be revived at a hospital following an emergency landing. Search warrants issued for Paisley Park, Prince’s Minnesota residence, have just been…

“I tell my younger friends that no matter how I go, I want it reported that I drowned in moonlight, strangled by own bra,” wrote Carrie Fisher in her 2008 memoir, Wishful Drinking, in what is truly the most apposite, preemptive obit of the modern era—one resonating far louder this week with the news of her death at…

Since 2010, prescriptions for OxyContin have fallen 40% in the U.S., which means the network of companies producing and marketing it need to move into new territory.

Dear Abby (a.k.a. Jeanne Phillips) is either really bored, really stupid, or really being ghost-written by A.I. software.

The Amy Winehouse Foundation is opening a women’s only rehab center for recovering addicts in London.

The results of Prince’s autopsy won’t be available for weeks to come, but that hasn’t stemmed the tide of speculation that his cause of death was linked to his use of painkillers. Now, it appears that the beloved megastar died just one day before he was slated to meet with a doctor nationally-renowned for dealing with…

Women’s Wear Daily has published an extensive and very delicate interview with the formerly disgraced designer John Galliano, who has collected rave reviews for his fall ready-to-wear collection as the head of Maison Martin Margiela.

This end of this season of Keeping Up with the Kardashians has revolved around several plot lines; Kim’s pregnancy, the family’s ongoing tensions with Caitlyn Jenner, Scott Disick’s eventual breakup with Kourtney, and Khloe’s ongoing relationship with her ex, NBA player Lamar Odom. On Wednesday, after Odom was found…