Health

Young Americans are most concerned about stopping school shootings (82 percent), reducing gun violence and mass shootings (72 percent), and protecting access to clean water and fresh air (72 percent),…

While mammograms are often the first step to detecting breast cancer, patients need additional tests after an abnormal screening result. Further imaging can determine if a finding is truly suspicious…

Abortion may be only the first domino to fall among rights that Americans enjoy, legal experts say. The Supreme Court’s June 24 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health marked the end…

We can’t always see the consequences of air pollution around us, but it’s taking years off our lives. According to a new Air Quality Life Index report from the Energy Policy Institute…

Heat waves are becoming supercharged as the climate changes – lasting longer, becoming more frequent and getting just plain hotter. One question a lot of people are asking is: “When…

Tampons have become the latest household product to fall foul of supply chain issues. Reports of a scarcity of the menstrual product, used by millions of women in the U.S.,…

The oldest art objects in the world — 100,000-year-old paint making kits — were discovered in a South African oceanside cave in 2012. As human population grew and expanded across…

With several states preparing to criminalize abortion now that Roe v. Wade is over, and some states talking about criminalizing traveling out of state to get an abortion, it’s worth remembering that…

On the north side of Denver, people have a word for the stench that often drifts through their windows and under their doors: purijuana. It’s a combination of the Purina pet…

We must shift how we understand and build societal health and prosperity, looking beyond economic growth to collective well-being and environmental sustainability. To solve the social, economic, and environmental challenges…

After two years of pandemic chaos, classroom disruptions, and trauma, this spring has seen school communities across the country rally their way back to something approximating normal. At the center…