How Getting Sick Can Cost You Billions
Our experts discuss the complete economic burden of this disease and how you can stay healthy this winter.
You’re Being Influenced By Political Ads – Here’s How They’re Doing It
Our experts break down the psychology behind these advertisements – including the reason behind why we’re seeing so many more negative ones.
Sick And Desperate: How GoFundMe Exposes America’s Failing Health System
Our expert explains why crowdfunding isn’t filling the gap left by America’s broken healthcare system.
Climate Change Will Cause Forced Migration – Are You Vulnerable?
Our experts discuss what the future will look like if we’re able to make the necessary changes – and if we’re not.
Medical Notes: Overcoming Your Fear Of The Dentist, Solving Severe Food Allergies, And Why Teenagers May Be Too Busy
Are you over-Food allergies are on the rise? Are you scared of the dentist? A new link to Alzheimer's disease. Are teenagers too busy?
Cancer Drug Shortage: Deciding Who Lives And Who Dies
Our experts explain the effects of this ongoing shortage and how we can make sure it doesn’t happen again.
Can We Fix Our Healthcare System Without Starting From Scratch?
Dr. Amy Finkelstein, a professor of economics, has a plan that aims to please both sides of the political divide.
Domestic Violence: The Tragic Side-Effect of Stay-At-Home Orders
While stay-at-home orders were great for slowing the spread of Covid, they essentially trapped victims with their abusers. As numbers of domestic violence reports rose, women’s shelters were overwhelmed with people in need of safe housing.
Climate Change & National Security
The future of climate change impacts a lot more than our crops. Natural disasters and mass migrations of people threaten the health and safety of populations and governments around the world. Experts discuss how climate change creates economic, sociological, political, and military issues.
Kids Who’ve Lost Parents to Covid
New estimates show that more than 167,000 children under 18 (a number growing rapidly) have lost a parent or major caregiver to Covid-19. Psychologists say deaths under such circumstances are also much more difficult for survivors to adjust to and will have a major impact on the US. Experts discuss how these “forgotten grievers” are coping and what actions …
Can 911 Respond to Mental Health Crises?
Up to 15% of calls to 911 involve people having a mental health breakdown, yet many call centers, especially in rural areas, have no one with any training on what to do or who to dispatch in those cases.
Saving Preschool Education
Preschool teachers have left the profession in huge numbers, closing some schools and threatening others. With nowhere to safely leave their children, millions of people are unable to return to work, sabotaging economic recovery. An expert discusses the low wages behind the 10% (or more) drop in early educators and how current legislation may finally turn …
