It's not just right after giving birth. A new study shows that for a significant number of moms, symptoms persist for years. SOURCE: Mental Health - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Readers and Tweeters Shed Light on Vaccine Trials and Bias in Health Care
Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. On the ‘Subject’ of Vaccine Trial Participants In the piece about the AstraZeneca vaccine ... [Continue Reading]
Family Of Black Man Killed By Philly Cops Called For Ambulance, Not Police
Civil unrest ensued after two officers fired over a dozen shots Monday at 27-year-old Walter Wallace in front of his mother for having a mental health crisis. SOURCE: Mental Health - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
For People With Visual Impairments, Truly Secret Ballots Are Elusive
Norma Crosby remembers when she relied on blind faith to cast her vote. The 64-year-old Texan was born virtually without sight, a side effect of her mother catching rubella while pregnant with her. Friends and relatives stood beside her and filled ... [Continue Reading]
Florida Fails to Attract Bidders for Canada Drug Importation Program
Florida’s plan to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada — designed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and endorsed by President Donald Trump — has tasted its first bitter pill. No private firms bid on Florida’s $30 million contract to set up ... [Continue Reading]
Travel on Thanksgiving? Pass the COVID
Molly Wiese was truly stumped. Her parents and siblings live in Southern California, and Wiese, a 35-year-old lawyer, has returned home every Christmas since she moved to Minnesota in 2007. Because of the pandemic, Wiese thought it would be wiser to ... [Continue Reading]
Some Friendships Are Taking A ‘Pandemic Pause’ And That’s All Right
COVID-19 burnout is sapping our energy, making it difficult to nurture all but a few relationships in our lives. SOURCE: Mental Health - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
How To Spot Signs Of Trauma In Children During COVID-19
Yes, most kids are resilient and will come out of this just fine. But experts warn about a smaller subset who are battling significant traumatic stress. SOURCE: Mental Health - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Analysis: Winter Is Coming for Bars. Here’s How to Save Them. And Us.
If we really want to stem the spread of the coronavirus as winter looms and we wait for a vaccine, here’s an idea: The government should pay bars, many restaurants and event venues to close for some months. That may sound radical, but it makes ... [Continue Reading]
Child Regression Amid The COVID-19 Crisis: When To Worry And When Not To
Kids of all ages continue to slip into old behaviors as the coronavirus pandemic slogs on. Here's what parents need to know. SOURCE: Mental Health - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
‘All You Want Is to Be Believed’: The Impacts of Unconscious Bias in Health Care
In mid-March, Karla Monterroso flew home to Alameda, California, after a hiking trip in Utah’s Zion National Park. Four days later, she began to develop a bad, dry cough. Her lungs felt sticky. The fevers that persisted for the next nine weeks ... [Continue Reading]
New Bill Seeks To Reduce Police Violence Against People With Mental Illness
A proposal offered by Rep. Katie Porter would encourage local governments to send mental health first responders instead of police to some 911 calls. SOURCE: Mental Health - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Can Ordinary COVID Patients Get the Trump Treatment? It’s OK to Ask
When Terry Mutter woke up with a headache and sore muscles on a recent Wednesday, the competitive weightlifter chalked it up to a hard workout. By that evening, though, he had a fever of 101 degrees and was clearly ill. “I felt like I had been ... [Continue Reading]
‘An Arm and a Leg’: Vetting TikTok Mom’s Advice for Dealing With Debt Collectors
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. TikTok mom Shaunna Burns used to be a debt collector, so she knows a few things about what’s legal and what’s not when a company contacts you to settle a debt. We fact-checked her ... [Continue Reading]
Musicians Improvise Masks for Wind Instruments to Keep the Band Together
Trombonist Jerrell Charleston loves the give-and-take of jazz, the creativity of riffing off other musicians. But as he looked toward his sophomore year at Indiana University, he feared that steps to avoid sharing the coronavirus would also keep ... [Continue Reading]
7 Things People With Long COVID-19 Really Want You To Know
"There was one GP who just thought it was all anxiety." SOURCE: Mental Health - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Insomnio, pérdida de cabello y rechinar de dientes: cómo superar el estrés pandémico
A fines de marzo, poco después que el estado de Nueva York cerrara negocios no esenciales y pidiera a la gente que se quedara en casa, Ashley Laderer comenzó a despertarse cada mañana con un terrible dolor de cabeza. “Sentía ... [Continue Reading]
Sleepless Nights, Hair Loss and Cracked Teeth: Pandemic Stress Takes Its Toll
In late March, shortly after New York state closed nonessential businesses and asked people to stay home, Ashley Laderer began waking each morning with a throbbing headache. “The pressure was so intense it felt like my head was going to ... [Continue Reading]
Making Money Off Masks, COVID-Spawned Chain Store Aims to Become Obsolete
LONE TREE, Colo. — Darcy Velasquez, 42, and her mother, Roberta Truax, were walking recently in the Park Meadows mall about 15 miles south of downtown Denver, looking for Christmas gifts for Velasquez’s two children, when they spotted a store ... [Continue Reading]
New Moms Behind Bars Get Help From Someone Who’s Been There
INDIANAPOLIS — Nine years ago, Nina Porter gave birth in a hospital bed with one of her ankles chained to the frame. Corrections officers stood watch as Porter held her daughter, Gianna, to her chest for the first time. Back at a nursery inside ... [Continue Reading]
COVID Stalks Montana Town Already Saddled With Asbestos Disease
LIBBY, Mont. — Frank Fahland has spent most days since the pandemic began at the site of his dream house, working to finish a 15-year labor of love while keeping away from town and the people closest to him. Like thousands of people from Libby and ... [Continue Reading]
Meghan Markle On ‘Almost Unsurvivable’ Online Hate She Got While On Maternity Leave
Even though she was out of the public eye for most of the year, the Duchess of Sussex said she was the "most trolled person of 2019." SOURCE: Mental Health - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]