Los Angeles Times’ letters editor Paul Thornton implored Californians leaving the state to stop criticizing it on the way out. “To the people leaving California: May the road rise to meet you as you seek better lives in new places. Now, can you please extend some goodwill to those of us who remain?” Thornton asked … Read more
Chew on this. One in five American children are being given melatonin gummies and tablets by their parents to get them to sleep — despite ongoing warnings against giving the popular natural sleep aid to children and adolescents without a prescription. The increased numbers represent a shocking rise from just a few years ago, according … Read more
Every year, on the first Monday of September, Americans celebrate Labor Day, the federal holiday established in 1894 by President Grover Cleveland. The origins of the holiday date back 140 years. It was first celebrated in New York City in accordance with the Central Labor Union, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. In the late 1800s, American laborers … Read more
It’s not surprising that there’s unrest in the workplace. Wages haven’t kept up with the times — according to the Economic Policy Institute, productivity has grown nearly four times as much as the rate of pay from 1979 through 2021. As union members in the Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild – American … Read more
A rising number of women are succumbing to alcohol-related deaths, a new study published in JAMA Network on July 28 found. While males historically have been more than twice as likely to die from alcohol-related conditions than females, the gap appears to be narrowing. Researchers from Hofstra University in New York, Harvard Medical School and the University … Read more
Who’s really earning their Privy Purse coinage? King Charles, 74, has been dubbed the monarchy’s hardest-working royal in the last decade, according to figures compiled by the Daily Mail. The newly crowned sovereign has had his hands full with some 5,000 royal engagements in the last 10 years, they counted. His tally rivals his sister’s, … Read more
Earlier this year, CDC researchers pored through millions of American health records looking for patients who might have long Covid. But figuring out who has the condition isn’t easy. That’s because there is no test for long Covid. In fact, scientists still don’t know what exactly causes it. Long Covid is a catchall term to … Read more
Studies often come to contradictory conclusions on how diet and fitness impact our odds of developing diseases. A new, independent statistical tool aims to cut through that noise. One top expert said he has “a little more tolerance for eating red meat,” after developing the tool. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access … Read more
More children and young people are being hospitalized with colds and respiratory problems than ever after the Covid pandemic, official data suggests. Experts have repeatedly warned lockdowns and measures used to contain Covid like face masks also suppressed the spread of germs which are crucial for building a strong immune system in children. A retrospective … Read more
Both artists nabbed a seriously impressive roster of features for their respective projects, but only one can take the No. 1 spot. The numbers are in! As has been a regular occurrence this summer, it was an impressive weekend for new hip-hop album releases from everyone from Sauce Walka and Dro Kenji to Roc Marciano … Read more