A $600 per week lifeline is about to run out of rope, threatening to leave millions of American families at the end of theirs. The pandemic unemployment assistance payments, which were approved in March as part of the government’s fiscal stimulus package, known as the CARES Act, are set to […]
Medicine
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif skillfully juggled his demanding duties as a professional football player with those of being a medical student and then a doctor during his six seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs. He would compartmentalize the workload, saying he was a football player when he was in Kansas City and […]
HUNTINGTON — Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine was selected as one of nine medical schools to offer a new scholarship for veterans pursuing a career in medicine. The Veterans Affairs Mission Act of 2018 created several programs to assist veterans in paying for medical school through scholarships […]
The fluorescent lights in the back of the ambulance glare above paramedic George Lombardo as he leans over to check his patient’s breathing, steadying himself as the vehicle races at 65 mph down the empty highway. The man is dying from COVID-19. A machine pumps oxygen into his lungs through […]
Women who stream on Twitch say the gaming landscape remains sexist and leads to harassment. Leonardo Alvarez Hernandez/Getty Images Recent allegations of sexual misconduct have rocked the gaming world. Several women who use the popular livestreaming platform Twitch told Insider that the allegations represented a larger problem of sexism in […]
Since mid-March, when most schools around the U.S. closed due to COVID-19 precautions, kids and teens have had to quickly adapt to learning virtually — which means more sitting and more screen time. Hanging out with friends after class or on weekends became a thing of the past as health […]