WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden took executive action Tuesday that seeks to increase the number of background checks conducted during gun sales as the White House reverts to unilateral ways to tackle gun control amid bleak prospects in Congress.…
The recent tragedy surrounding Lindsay Clancy and her children underscores popular misconceptions about a grave and mysterious disorder. By Jessica Winter On August 1st, Lindsay Clancy, a labor-and-delivery nurse at Massachusetts…
Experiencing high levels of stress during pregnancy is known to place mothers and their infants at risk of mental health problems. A reportpublished today in JAMA Network Open highlights some of the impact…
Children who experience the death of a parent are known to be at an increased risk of depression and other internalizing problems later in life. A study in the Journal of the American…
While many men reported feeling less lonely as their careers progressed, the majority of women surveyed said the opposite. U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has long described loneliness as…
What the normalisation between two regional powers means and does not mean. By Marwan Bishara On March 10, Saudi Arabia and Iran announced an agreement to restore bilateral relations. That’s…
Excessive use of phosphorus is depleting reserves vital to global food production, while also adding to the climate crisis Our planet faces “phosphogeddon”, scientists have warned. They fear our misuse…
Liam Reilly and Kia Fatahi, CNN A monument honoring famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman was unveiled in Newark, New Jersey, this week, replacing a statue of Christopher Columbus removed in 2020…
As the world marked International Women's Day, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that progress for women is "vanishing before our very eyes." Margaret Brennan takes a look at that…
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Heather Bable speaks rapidly, recalling the terror of the night when a train loaded with hazardous chemicals derailed less than a half-mile from her home in East…