There Is No Hiding From This’: Three Opinion Writers on Kennedy’s Confirmation Hearing
Alexandra Sifferlin, a health and science editor for Times Opinion, hosted an online conversation on Wednesday with the ...
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Countries are neglecting the existential threat of pandemics. Bold leadership is necessary
Too few leaders have learned the critical lesson that international cooperation is essential to pandemic prevention, ...
How tackling sepsis can save millions of lives—and prevent future pandemic deaths
Sepsis is an underestimated killer. Nearly a quarter of patients treated for sepsis in hospital will die, but because so many ...
First Reported H5N9 Bird Flu Outbreak In US As H5N1 Keeps Spreading
While the H5N1 bird flu keep spreading, there has been for the first time ever a reported H5N9 outbreak in the United States. This occurred on a duck farm in California ...
Data: Arizona children are falling further behind in reading, math
Arizona and the nation’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic ...
U.S. economic growth probably slowed at the end of last year
U.S. economic growth was strong in 2024, but GDP probably slowed toward the end of the year, as households and businesses ...
US children’s reading skills continue to decline post-pandemic, report says
Given every two years to a sample of America’s children, the National Assessment of Educational Progress is considered one of ...
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Gun Sales Are Plummeting. Here’s Why
A Trace analysis found that Americans purchased 6.5 million fewer guns last year than in 2020, when demand for firearms ...
Northrop posts quarterly profit vs year-ago loss on surge in military equipment demand
U.S. defense company Northrop Grumman posted a quarterly profit on Thursday, from a year-ago loss, as headwinds from its B-21 ...
Dubai International Airport, busiest for world travel, sees record 92.3 million passengers in 2024
Officials say Dubai International Airport saw a record 92.3 million passengers pass through its terminals in 2024.
Wash, dry, enroll: Helping people access health care, at the laundromat
State Medicaid and Affordable Care Act programs have long struggled to connect with lower-income Americans to help them ...
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Mass. leads in reading and math scores, but still lags pre-pandemic levels
Despite leading other states in math and reading on last year's National Assessment of Educational Progress, known also as ...