Teen drug overdose deaths rose sharply in 2020, driven by fentanyl-laced pills : Shots
Teens started dying in greater numbers from fatal drug overdoses in 2020, raising alarm that the trend could continue or worsen. tillsonburg/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption tillsonburg/Getty Images Teens…
Red States Push L.G.B.T.Q. Restrictions as Education Battles Intensify
Last April, a high school senior in Utah named Gabriela Merida joined a student town hall hosted by her governor. She introduced herself, noted the pronouns she used and broached…
Prevalence of STDs among U.S. teens underscores importance of testing
A recent study estimated that 15- to 24-year-olds account for half of all new STIs annually in the United States, and one in four sexually active teen girls has an…
How the Kitchen Can Heal and Help You Love Food Again
By Douglass Williams, as told to Champ Clark I was diagnosed with Crohn’s when I was 16. We knew something was wrong. At first, they thought it was appendicitis, but…
‘I’m living for both of us’: a love letter to my deceased best friend | Death and dying
At first, I didn’t understand what happened to my best friend. We spoke on a Tuesday and then he was dead on a Thursday. When I first met him, I…
Jim Al-Khalili on the joy of science and how to stay curious
Physicist and broadcaster Jim Al-Khalili discusses the power of wonder, the importance of overcoming our biases and the biggest mysteries in fundamental physics Humans 23 March 2022 By Richard Webb…
Spain reverses plan to open borders to Britons without Covid vaccine | Spain
The Spanish tourist board in London has performed a U-turn on its announcement that the country will open its borders to unvaccinated British holidaymakers. The tourist office first told travellers…
Guadalupe Maravilla as Artist and Healer
In his Brooklyn studio, the El Salvador-born artist Guadalupe Maravilla got ready to activate “Disease Thrower #0,” the latest in his acclaimed series of sculptures that deploy the powers of…
Inuit from Nunavut share culture at drum dancing festival in Greenland
The voices of Inuit singers and drummers soared through the Katuaq cultural centre in Nuuk, Greenland, last month — sometimes dissolving into laughter, sometimes ringing out with harmonies. For days, the…
Health Check newsletter: Six lessons from the covid-19 pandemic
By Clare Wilson Empty streets during the coronavirus outbreak, Manchester, UK, April 2020 Alamy Stock Photo On 23 March, it was two years since the UK went into its first…