CBS News – More older adults in the United States are dying from unintentional falls, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics data brief out Wednesday, researchers found the death rate for falls in adults 65 and older increased with increasing age for both men and women.
From 2003 to 2023, the rate increased more than 70% for adults ages 65 to 74,...
Around the world, most people get their calories from three staple grains — rice, wheat and corn — which means that weather hazards to places where they are produced can have big repercussions for food security.
NORTH CAROLINA HEALTH NEWS – State lawmakers at the North Carolina General Assembly are pondering another bill that would affect transgender people.
Senate Republicans added language to House Bill 805 that would recognize only two sexes in state government rules and public policies.
The language echoes President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order that asserted this as the U.S. government’s position.
The new provisions — which don’t yet appear in any official online versions of House...
THE GUARDIAN – I’ve been eating Subway sandwiches for a quarter of a century. Mainly out of habit.
2001 Subway was something else: booth seating, ceiling fans with gold trim, leafy green house plants, faux brick and black-and-white New York cityscape wallpaper with a repeating Empire State Building frieze. Ahh.
My go-to back then was a foot-long turkey sub on “hearty Italian” bread, cheddar cheese (there was only cheddar), lettuce, tomato and cranberry sauce with a...
EDITOR'S NOTE: The word transgender is like the word unicorn - a real word for an imaginary thing. Use of this and other nonsensical expressions in an actual news story is that of the original publisher, KFF HEALTH NEWS. – HEADLINE HEALTH
NPR: Trump Administration Ends 988 Suicide Prevention Service For LGBTQ+ Youth
The Trump administration is ending specialized suicide prevention services for LGBTQ+ youth on the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
While anyone in a...