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... new report from researchers at the Federal Reserve and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that after the 1918 flu pandemic, cities that implemented strong intervention measures, like closing businesses and schools, early on in the outbreak were more successful at reducing mortality and also saw stronger economic growth after ...
... guns. Biden doesn't offer a price tag for his voluntary buyback proposal but proposes a $900 million, eight-year grant program for evidence-based intervention programs in 40 cities with high homicide rates. The idea reflects a point Biden and some other candidates make often when campaigning: Mass shootings ...
... as the daughter of an alcoholic who struggled with addiction for years before getting sober. The wide-ranging plan, released Friday, includes funding for early intervention of mental health disorders and drug use, a national suicide prevention campaign, better access to opioid addiction and other types of treatment and recruitment ...
... was 75, raised his hand to hit Christal — something he hadn’t done in his old age — and her fiancé, Allen Holtzman, stepped in to intervene. In a flash, Bill pulled the .22 pistol out of his pocket and fired at Holtzman’s chest, knocking him down to the couch ...
... could have been much worse. Today, James Shaw Jr. tearfully told state House members that he wasn't trying to be a hero when he intervened. James Shaw Jr.: I didn't actually do it to save people. I did it just to save my life. So, in me saving ...
... AB 685, known as California’s Human Right to Water Bill, which ensure the state’s commitment to affordable and clean water. Salceda called the bill’s passage “an incredible moment for California.” One of the bill’s biggest advancements was establishing a database of water systems that are not ...
... naloxone. To be fair, Maryland has also instituted measures beyond education to fight opioid misuse, including steps outlined in the CDC’s recommendations, and the bill introducing the education component at colleges does expand access to naloxone. Data Sorely Needed The classes at Maryland colleges might provide more data for ...
... the cost, didn’t seek medical care. “Some of my family warned me that if I went to the hospital and couldn’t pay the bill, I’d get a bad credit record,” said Uribe, 41, who made about $300 a week and had no health insurance. “I wanted to ...
President Obama has commuted the sentences of more federal prisoners than any other president, and he’s on track to leave far fewer federal inmates in federal prison since the 1960s. Hari Sreenivasan offers a look through the life of a former prisoner. Then William Brangham gets an assessment from Wesley Lowery of The Washington Post...
The U.S. government has long recognized that while freer trade would bring broad benefits to Americans through lower prices on everything from clothing to TV sets, there would be real costs. And they would be concentrated in certain parts of the country, and among certain workers, especially in manufacturing. The government promised to help, but...
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