An epidemic of sexual abuse involving evangelical church leaders is hurting victims across the country. Even worse, churches far too often have covered up the abuse. While the evangelical church is not a monolith and all churches should not be blamed for the failures of some, there is a pattern of abuse in a number […]
Proposed new vaping rules could block hundreds of e-cigarette products from being sold in North Carolina. The state Senate Judiciary Committee backed legislation on Wednesday to create a vaping registry that allows only federally authorized vaping products to be sold in North Carolina. Most vaping products on the shelves have not been authorized by the […]
Fayette County Schools is installing vaping sensors in four Lexington middle schools to confront what school officials have called an “epidemic” leading to addiction and health issues for Lexington students. The district will use settlement money from a lawsuit against the vaping companies, Superintendent Demetrus Liggins said last week. District documents identify the middle schools […]
Roughly two years after the Washington Attorney General’s Office reached a $518 million settlement with three drug companies who contributed to the state’s opioid crisis, Kitsap County leaders have decided to spend the initial portion of those funds on a variety of primary countywide prevention programs. The funding stems from an October 2022 settlement between […]
May 6—BEMIDJI — Nevaeh Kingbird, Jeremy Jourdain, Brandi Lynn, Krista Fisherman, Tim Stone. These are just a few of the names displayed on signs raised by family members and friends as they marched from Paul Bunyan Park to the Sanford Center on Sunday, May 5, to commemorate National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day. […]
Opinion. Native News Online’s most read article this past week was not about the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) epidemic that has gripped Indian Country. Instead it was about South Dakota’s Governor Kristi Noem, who killed a dog because she deemed the pup untrainable to become a hunting dog. Yes, she is the same […]
By Juan Bustamante and Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Mosquitoes are hatching earlier in Argentina and reaching cooler regions than before, as rising temperatures drive the country’s worst outbreak of dengue fever and raise the risk of more regular epidemics of the insect-borne virus, scientists said. So far in the 2023/24 season, the South […]
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Leading doctors have warned of a mysterious new “epidemic” of abdominal cancers in younger people. Following the Princess of Wales’s announcement of her diagnosis on Friday, specialist clinicians have said that in recent years they have seen a significant increase in under-45s presenting with cancers typically seen in older patients. Many are fit and outwardly […]
When Traci Letts finally found the perfect shoes for her son Mike – a pair of white Nike trainers with a splash of green – the store didn’t have the right size. So she went to another. “They had to be just right,” she said. “He always wanted to dress well.” The high-top shoes completed […]
For Yurok tribal member Billee Willson, the loss of her mother shaped her life. Her mother, Willson said, adored children. She had six of her own and taught at a Hoopa Valley elementary school. She loved jewelry making and doing beadwork and was exploring basket weaving. She was loved and cared for in her community. […]
This article was originally published in Washington State Standard. As the opioid epidemic continues to ravage Washington and the rest of the country, officials are considering new policies to curb youth overdoses and addiction. Washington’s Department of Health is offering opioid overdose reversal medication, known as naloxone or Narcan, to every public high school in […]