By Félice Lê-Scherban, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Drexel University
Starting Nov. 1, 2025, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will stop being distributed in Pennsylvania due to the federal government shutdown, which began Oct. 1.
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By Joanna Gilmore, Adjunct Professor in Museum Studies and Bioarchaeology, College of Charleston
The movement to protect the long-obscured sites allows communities to reckon with painful histories through healing, remembrance and ancestral connection.
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By Robert Applebaum, Senior Research Scholar, Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University
Florida relies on marketplace plans far more heavily than any other state. If subsidies are eliminated, health insurance will be unaffordable for many Floridians.
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By Peace News
...peace journalism focuses on structural causes of conflict, multiparty interactions, and opportunities for peacemaking through careful attention to word choice and broad framing narratives.
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By Amnesty International
An Amnesty International delegation will join abortion providers and defenders from across the globe at two gatherings in Bogotá, Colombia, to review progress on expanding access to safe abortions and to discuss new strategies to counter rising threats to human rights. The delegation will take part in a number of panels at the Latin American […] The post Global: Amnesty delegation meets abortion defenders as backlash against human rights intensifies appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image © 2025 Rebecca Hendin for Human Rights Watch State laws requiring healthcare providers to notify a parent about a young person’s abortion decision cause harmful delays and can block access to health care.While policymakers have described parental notification as less onerous than parental consent laws, parental notification laws effectively grant parents—or a judge—veto power over a young person’s abortion decision.Lawmakers in states with parental notification laws should repeal these laws and affirm young people’s rights to make fundamental decisions about their…
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By Melissa Haswell, Professor of Health, Safety and Environment, School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology
Branka Miljevic, Associate Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Science, Queensland University of Technology
Lidia Morawska, Professor, Science and Engineering Faculty; Director, International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (WHO CC for Air Quality and Health); Director - Australia, Australia – China Centre for Air Quality Science and Management (ACC-AQSM), Queensland University of Technology
Levels of toxic compounds emitted by the Inpex LNG facility in Darwin are substantially higher than first estimated, posing risks to public health.
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By David E Kiwuwa, Associate Professor of International Studies, University of Nottingham
For the first time ever, the opposition parties in Cameroon have come “close” to unseating 92-year-old Paul Biya, who has run the country since 1982.
The stiffest competition for Biya in the 2025 election came from 76-year-old Tchiroma Bakary, a former ally and government spokesperson, who contested on the platform of Cameroon National…
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By Martalu D Pazos, Investigadora predoctoral en neuropsicofarmacología de derivados anfetamínicos y otras nuevas sustancias psicoactivas del Departamento de Farmacología, Toxicología y Química Terapéutica, Universidad de Barcelona., Universitat de Barcelona
David Pubill Sánchez, Catedrático de Farmacología, Universitat de Barcelona
Imagine a world where you can buy recreational drugs online and receive them in the post. Well, this world already exists, and not just with one or two substances, but hundreds. These drugs are known as new psychoactive substances (NPS), and their popularity shows no signs of slowing down.
They are created with one very clear objective: to imitate the effects of well-known drugs like cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy (MDMA) or LSD, but with slightly modified chemical structures that get around existing laws. Their “legality”…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Amid rising demand for aged care, major changes are rolling out from Saturday. Minister for seniors Sam Rae explains what the overhaul means for older Australians.
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