The American Rescue Plan, passed two years ago, provided $350 billion of flexible aid to be divided among thousands of governments. Those governments had spent just 43% of that money as of this spring
The measure aims to control the rising prices of this essential dietary staple for the country’s low-income population
Up to a year after a bout of COVID-19, some people can develop problems ranging from blood clots to irregular heartbeats to a heart attack. It’s not clear why and doctors still are grappling with how to help
Just over 9,000 people were admitted to the hospital in the week ending July 29, which was up by about 12% from the previous week
Since 2020, Netflix, Amazon, and HBO have increased filming in the South American country, which avoided shutting down during the coronavirus pandemic
Dr. López-Gatell admits that the number of infections in the country has increased — as the National Autonomous University of Mexico has pointed out — but rules out the massive use of face masks
The National Institutes of Health is leading the studies, an anxiously awaited step in U.S. efforts against the mysterious condition that afflicts millions
The myth of the midlife crisis remains very much alive in the collective imagination, but sociologists and historians question whether it is still relevant
The author of ‘Lucy by the Sea’ describes what drives her writing: ‘I have always wanted to know what it feels like to be another person’
Cohen claimed in his lawsuit that the Trump Organization had promised to pay his legal expenses and did so for a time, footing more than $1.7 million in legal fees
The University of Barcelona professor and director of the eating disorders unit at Bellvitge Hospital discusses the importance of talking about mental health in treating eating disorders (ED) and obesity
Cases of disease linked to mosquitos, ticks, and fleas tripled in the U.S. between 2004 and 2016, according to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control
The Democratic presidential candidate was filmed falsely suggesting Covid-19 could have been ‘ethnically targeted’ to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people
US intelligence is divided between the two hypotheses but have ruled out the virus being created as a biological weapon
The Food and Drug Administration’s scientific advisers said the next round of shots in the U.S. should only include protection against the newest variants that are now dominant worldwide
The FAO deputy director and regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean analyzes the perfect storm of conflict, climate, post-pandemic inflation, and inequality that is driving world hunger
A committee of lawmakers found Johnson’s actions were such a flagrant violation of the rules that they warranted a 90-day suspension from Parliament
A study suggests that immunologic resilience, the body’s ability to restore its immune functions and control inflammation, may influence the response to infections and other ailments
The GPS tracking of thousands of mammals confirmed that they moved more than usual, but only where strict confinement was applied over long distances
The allegations were made this month by the United States’ ambassador to South Africa, who said he was sure that weapons and ammunition were loaded onto the Russian-flagged cargo ship when it docked at the Simon’s Town naval base near Cape Town
Despite the progress, scientists still don’t know what causes it, why it only strikes some people, how to treat it -– or even how to best diagnose it. Better defining the condition is key for research to get those answers
Upon measuring the happiness of crew members, it has been found that spirits have fallen in the first quarter of 2023
The National Institute of Migration has closed its emergency office in Tapachula and stopped issuing transit permits as the U.S. warns illegal entry will be met with deportation
Top U.N. officials and health industry leaders are trying to tackle an alarming surge in tuberculosis, which is now killing more people worldwide than Covid-19 or AIDS
The classification of a health threat as a global emergency is meant to warn political authorities that there is an “extraordinary” event that could constitute a health threat to other countries and requires a coordinated response to contain it
Walensky, 54, has been the agency’s director for a little over two years. She expressed “mixed feelings” about the decision and didn’t say exactly why she was stepping down, but said the nation is at a moment of transition as emergency declarations come to an end
The announcement on Friday marks a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies worldwide and killed at least seven million people worldwide