Category Archives: National News Section

On Friday, March 10, the Bureau of Labor Statistics published a report which included preliminary national unemployment numbers for February.

By 2029, there will be 3.6 million computing jobs in the U.S., but there will only be enough college graduates with computing degrees to fill 24% of these jobs

Vinyl chloride – the chemical in several of the train cars that derailed and burned in East Palestine, Ohio, in February 2023 – can wreak havoc on the human liver.

Scientists have known for years that unhealthy diets – particularly those that are high in fat and sugar – may cause detrimental changes to the brain and lead to cognitive impairment.

U.S. weather disasters are getting costlier as more people move into vulnerable areas and climate change raises the risksof extreme heat and rainfall, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials warned as they released their annual billion-dollar disasters report on Jan. 10, 2023.

Controlled substances became a little less controlled during the pandemic. That benefited both patients (for their health) and telehealth startups (to make money).

Increased immigration, longer life expectancy and a decline in birth rates are transforming the U.S. workforce in two important ways.

32 years after Pan Am Flight 103 crashed over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988, Attorney General William Barr presented charges against another suspect in the explosion that killed 270 people.

Caregivers should approach a person experiencing dementia with respect and focus on their feelings, according to the Alzheimer’s Association’s holiday workshops that aim to help families deal with what can be an especially stressful time period.