Pre-coronavirus pandemic, the wellness industry was booming, and showing no signs of slowing down. The global wellness economy hit $ 4.5 trillion in 2018, accounting for 5.3% of total global economic output, according to a report from the Global Wellness Institute. You’ve no doubt seen the signs around you, from a heightened focus on self-care […]
I decided to become a doctor because of one basic assumption: it meant helping people every day. And I’m not alone — most physicians consider their profession to be a noble one. The nobility of medicine is reinforced in every aspect of the training doctors go through. We work hard to recognize illness when we […]
Rose Afriyie knows firsthand what it’s like to be a beneficiary of food programs. Afriyie, who grew up in the Gun Hill public housing projects in the Bronx in the ‘80s, tells SELF that food benefits helped her mother feed her family while attending nursing school. Money that would have otherwise been spent on groceries […]
It’s mask-on, mask-off at the White House. The news surrounding COVID-19 in President Donald Trump’s circle shows no signs of slowing down. On this week’s episode of “And THAT’S That,” we discuss the latest updates on the superspreader-in-chief spreading germs in the Oval Office and the historic vice presidential debate featuring Sen. Kamala Harris, who […]
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow insisted to reporters Friday that going back to school in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic is “not that hard.” “Just go back to school. We can do that,” Kudlow said. “You know, you can social distance, you can get your temperature taken, you can be tested, you can have […]
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By Michael Ollove Perhaps the chief takeaway from the rejected citizen initiative to expand Medicaid in Montana last month is this: Be careful when you poke a giant. Montana was one of four red states with Medicaid expansion on the ballot, and the only one where it failed. And the reason why, many close observers […]