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Health Panel Recommends Anxiety Screening for All Adults Under 65

September 21, 2022D. J. Dean

The guidance comes as Americans are coping with illness, isolation and loss from the pandemic, as well as other stressors like inflation and rising crime. A panel of medical experts on Tuesday recommended for the first time that doctors screen all adult patients under 65 for anxiety, guidance that highlights the extraordinary stress levels that […]

The 988 lifeline is here! What you need to know

July 17, 2022D. J. Dean

If you’re having an emergency, you call 911. But what about a mental health crisis? Starting today, you can call 988, which is the new, shortened version of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s previous and still functioning 1-800-273-8255. The easy to remember number aims to make the resource more accessible amid a mental health crisis […]

Harris calls for assault weapons ban after back-to-back mass shootings

May 29, 2022May 29, 2022Klint Kubiak

Vice President Kamala Harris called for an assault weapons ban Saturday, saying that in the wake of two back-to-back mass shootings such arms are “a weapon of war” with “no place in a civil society.”

Elon Musk says he has $46.5 billion in financing to buy Twitter

April 24, 2022April 24, 2022Kid Ace

Elon Musk says he has lined up $46.5 billion in financing to buy Twitter, and he’s trying to negotiate an agreement with the company.

Covid-19 hospitalizations hit a pandemic low in the US, but strain on hospitals persists

April 3, 2022April 3, 2022Katie Moore

Fewer people are hospitalized with Covid-19 in the United States now than at any other point in the pandemic, but hospitals and staff continue to feel the strain.

Emergency declared in Kazakhstan’s capital, as fuel protests rage and government resigns

January 5, 2022January 5, 2022D. J. Dean

Unrest broke out in cities across Kazakhstan on Wednesday, as thousands angrily protested a sharp fuel price hike that sparked the resignation of the Central Asian country’s government.

Asia-Pacific wants to live with Covid. Omicron is threatening those reopening plans

December 6, 2021Katie Moore

Little is known about the potential dangers posed by the Omicron coronavirus variant but concern over its spread is already threatening to wreck reopening plans in Asia-Pacific. After more than 20 months of strict border controls and restrictions on daily life, many countries in the region had tentatively started to loosen up and live with […]