Month: October 2022

How much is the coronavirus to blame? View original article Contributor: Ariana Eunjung Cha

When participants were well rested, they scored well on a helping behavior test. But after sleep deprivation, 78 percent had less of a desire to help others. View original article Contributor: Erin Blakemore

The Utah trial has highlighted what the defendants argue is a lack of transparency for the treatment of animals at large corporate farms. View original article Contributor: Andrew Jacobs

Pink shirts. Pink glasses. Bright, neon pink hair. And pink flamingos. Everywhere you looked, there was a sea of pink at Amelia Earhart Park in Hialeah Saturday, where hundreds gathered … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

By next year, half of Medicare beneficiaries will have a private Medicare Advantage plan. Most large insurers in the program have been accused in court of fraud. View original article Contributor: Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz

Graham Dugoni was sick of seeing smartphones everywhere when he lived in San Francisco in 2014. So he decided to create device-free spaces for people like him: artists, educators, and anyone else who craved a digital break. The result is Yondr, a physical way to disconnect at concerts, schools, courtrooms, and private events. If a … Read more

Planned Parenthood Arizona appealed a lower court’s decision to revive an abortion ban from the 19th century that had no exceptions for rape and incest victims. View original article Contributor: Andrew Jeong

The mass pardon of people convicted of simple marijuana possession at the federal level could make it easier for thousands to vote, serve on juries, seek jobs. View original article Contributor: Perry Stein

With only 4 percent of eligible people fully boosted, experts fear thousands of people may die needlessly. View original article Contributor: Dan Diamond