Both health and healthcare will play vital roles in deciding the outcome of the forthcoming United States presidential election — even if, at first glance, the latest numbers don’t appear to support that claim. According to a Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) health tracking poll from February, 26% of registered voters said that healthcare was the…
Given the unprecedented challenges of recent months, it’s perhaps unsurprising that many of us are experiencing sleep deprivation. In a recent survey conducted in the United Kingdom, around 75% of respondents said that unease around the COVID-19 outbreak has caused sleep disruption, while 77% reported that lack of sleep has interfered with their day-to-day functioning.Lack…
As a white person living in the United Kingdom, I’ve been blind to the glaring racism that continues to happen all around us. We’re in the 21st century, and I’ve been going about my day-to-day life wearing rose colored glasses. While racism should be a thing of the past, the sad reality is that it’s…
Beyoncé is demanding action in the police killing of Breonna Taylor, writing an open letter to Kentucky’s attorney general Sunday urging him to charge the officers involved and lambasting the lack of public progress in the three months since the deadly shooting.“Your office has both the power and the responsibility to bring justice to Breonna…
Beyoncé is calling on Kentucky's attorney general to bring about justice in the wake of Breonna Taylor's death and ultimately "demonstrate the value of a Black woman's life."
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…