Key Points Question  What are the effects of suicide-focused (direct) and other (indirect) psychotherapies on suicidal ideation and suicide attempts? Findings  In this systematic review and meta-analysis of 147 studies comprising 193…

A recent influx of studies has revealed the presence of microplastics in various organs throughout the human body, including the brain and testicles. However, the impact of these minuscule plastic…

September 26th marks the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. This year’s event comes amid ever-mounting tensions - with dangerously ambiguous changes to Russia’s nuclear doctrine, the…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Seventeen people, including 15 women, were killed in two mass shootings that took place at two homes on the same street in a rural town in South…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. announced an agreement with the Iraqi government Friday to wrap up the military mission in Iraq of an American-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group by next…

Mia Mottley told leaders at the annual general debate that over the last four years the world has faced ‘poly-crises.’   “We continue to wrestle with the climate crisis as…

Already the longest-lived of the 45 men to serve as U.S. president, Jimmy Carter is about to reach the century mark.  The 39th president, who remains under home hospice care, will turn…

NEW YORK (AP) — Our children are told when they’re little: Play nicely. Work together. Don’t hit. Use your words. Multiply that by nearly 200 countries, leaders of varied backgrounds…

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. suicides last year remained at about the highest level in the nation’s history, preliminary data suggests. A little over 49,300 suicide deaths were reported in…

On April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill emancipating enslaved people in Washington, the end of a long struggle. But to ease slaveowners’ pain, the District of Columbia Emancipation Act paid…