NPR6 hours agoSuicide rates rose in 2022 overall but declined for teens and young adultsverified_publisherNPR - Rhitu ChatterjeeIf you or someone you know may be considering suicide, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 9-8-8, or the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741. More than 49,000 people died from suicide across the U.S. in 2022, a 3% rise over the year before That's according to a new report …
NPR8 hours agoFree COVID tests headed to nation's schoolsverified_publisherNPR - Will StoneSchools across the U.S. will soon be able to order free rapid COVID-19 tests from the federal government. The administration's initiative will make available millions of tests for school districts as they enter the winter months — a time when COVID activity is expected to peak. Already, emergency …
NPR12 hours agoHow to break the cycle of childhood trauma? Help a baby's parentsverified_publisherNPR - Rhitu ChatterjeeTeresa Cox-Bates was only 11 years old when her father died, an event that dramatically altered her family's circumstances and shaped her childhood experiences. "I really remember us not having enough food to eat," says Cox-Bates, 37. Her mother worked as a paralegal back then, but struggled …
NPR12 hours agoThree hospitals ignored her gravely ill fiancé. Then a young doctor stepped inverified_publisherNPR - Brigid McCarthy, Laura KwerelThis story is part of the My Unsung Hero series, from the Hidden Brain team. It features stories of people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else. Forty years ago, Sarah Lubarsky came home from work and realized that her fiancé, David, was extremely ill. He was vomiting and …
NPR17 hours agoU.S. life expectancy starts to recover after sharp pandemic declineverified_publisherNPR - Pien HuangThe average life expectancy in the U.S. is now 77.5 years old, according to provisional 2022 data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That represents an increase of 1.1 years over 2021 numbers. "The good news is that life expectancy increased for the first time in two …
NPR23 hours agoTexas justices hear a case about the state's three overlapping bans on abortionverified_publisherNPR - Selena Simmons-DuffinThe Texas Supreme Court held a hearing on the state's medical exception to its abortion bans. Plaintiffs including women and doctors say the law is endangering lives in complicated wanted pregnancies.
