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After George Floyd's death, many declared racism a public health crisis. How much changed?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoBut the coronavirus pandemic highlighted and exacerbated those disparities as people of color...
Even as Violent Crime Drops, Lawlessness Rises as an Election Issue
The New York Times via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoWASHINGTON — In mid-2020, the country was reeling from a surge in violent crime and civil upheaval...
The latest CDC data shows unintentional drowning deaths have been rising for years, with 2023 the...
Scripps News via AOL· 2 days agoUnintentional drowning deaths have been rising for years, with 2023 the deadliest for kids. Experts...
The latest CDC data shows unintentional deaths have been rising for years, with last year the...
KLAX-TV· 2 days agoExperts and swim instructors agree the pandemic had an effect on the number of deaths as people were...
Opinion: The ‘senior assassin’ game is all good fun — until it isn’t
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoOn top of that, most of today’s seniors spent a significant portion of their high school years...
Fentanyl is fueling a record number of youth drug deaths
Washington Post· 5 days agoFentanyl has largely fueled a more than doubling of overdose deaths among children ages 12 to 17...
Weekend reads: UNC drops DEI, autopsy results obscured, and Cooper’s veto to protect native trees
NC Newsline via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoA proposed NC law would limit family and public access to death records By Lynn Bonner Autopsy...
‘Deadly cocktail’: Here’s why some blue states are still reeling from job losses four years after...
BizPac Review· 1 day agoSeveral blue states are still reeling from job losses sustained during the COVID-19 pandemic, with economists pointing to the after effects of harsh lockdown policies as a ...
After years in decline, U.S. drowning deaths are rising again
WUSF 89.7· 4 days agoWhile it's not exactly clear what's causing the spike, public health experts believe the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic could be at least in part to blame. Adam Katchmarchi ...
Scranton shaken by five homicides already this year
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa. via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoSCRANTON — Five homicides already this year — all coming after a police officer survived getting shot — have unnerved the city. The spasm of killings was within fewer than 10 weeks, from early ...