Voting is a democratic right that gives each citizen the opportunity to influence how future governments address issues important to their community, including aspects of healthcare. But does casting one’s ballot offer any benefits to health? We take a look at some research that suggests that voting may help boost mental health.In a previous Special…
Plunging poll numbers, a shelved agenda and a coronavirus outbreak that ranks among the worst in the world have created sudden and deep challenges for Russian President Vladimir Putin, undercutting his carefully crafted image as a 21st-century czar reclaiming a global role for his country. With Russia’s oil export-dependent economy being ravaged by historically low…
ANALYSIS/OPINION: Where did Sleepy Joe go wrong? Remember what a champion of women or at least of Democratic women he was? Remember the role he played in the Violence Against Women Act? Recall, if you will, how he kissed the Democratic ladies affectionately and smelled their hair, at least until a group of indignant Democratic…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…