Health Besides scheduling stumbles and sleep habit disruptions, experts say the twice-yearly ritual can have more serious effects on human health. A selection of vintage clocks are displayed at the Electric Time Company, March 9, 2023, in Medfield, Mass. Next week across most of the U.S., the sun will set well before many folks step … [Read more…]
National News As Barkan confronted his mortality, he dedicated the rest of his life to changing the American health care system. Ady Barkan, at home in Santa Barbara, California, Sept. 17, 2019. Rozette Rago / The New York Times By Mike Ives, New York Times Service updated on November 2, 2023 | 10:47 AM Ady … [Read more…]
Local News Questions over Card’s mental health and his access to firearms have been a key issue in the investigation into the mass shooting, during which Card killed 18 people and injured 13 others at a bowling alley and a bar. Law enforcement officers outside of Schemengees Bar & Grill the morning after a mass … [Read more…]
National News Investigators are still searching for a motive for the massacre, but have increasingly been focused on Robert Card’s mental health history. A police officer keeps watch during a manhunt at a farm for the suspect in this week’s deadly mass shootings, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, in Lisbon, Maine. Police are still searching for … [Read more…]
Local News A police intelligence bulletin says the man, Robert Card, had been trained as a firearms instructor at a U.S. Army Reserve training facility in Maine. An active shooter remained at large Wednesday evening in Lewiston, Maine. A lockdown has been ordered. Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office By Associated Press updated on October 25, 2023 … [Read more…]
National News “Kids and teenagers are suffering from record levels of poor mental health and social media companies like Meta are to blame.” The Meta logo is seen at the Vivatech show in Paris, France, on June 14, 2023. AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File By BARBARA ORTUTAY, Associated Press October 24, 2023 | 12:16 PM A … [Read more…]
Business The drug store chain said it will remove a small number of oral decongestants that contain phenylephrine as the only active ingredient. Customers walk to a CVS Pharmacy, Friday, Nov 4, 2022, in Boston. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, FIle By TOM MURPHY, Associated Press October 20, 2023 | 11:02 AM CVS Health is pulling from … [Read more…]
Politics Former President Jimmy Carter has said that The Carter Center would have been a success had it accomplished nothing but his wife’s mental health work. Former first lady Rosalynn Carter discusses the Institute of Medicine report, “Crossing the Quality Chasm: Adaptation to Mental Health and Addictive Disorders,” during the 21st annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on … [Read more…]
Politics The fate of the newborns at Shifa Hospital captured global attention after the release of images showing doctors trying to keep them warm. This photo released by Dr. Marawan Abu Saada shows prematurely born Palestinian babies in Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. As Palestinian authorities are proposing an evacuation of … [Read more…]
Health A loss of primary care options spells trouble for health care costs and already-crowded ERs, according to Massachusetts Medical Society’s Dr. Barbara Spivak. Mass. General Brigham confirmed in a statement that certain primary care practices at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston are struggling with capacity. Lane Turner/Boston Globe Staff, … [Read more…]