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The COVID Pandemic May Have Aged Your Brain—Even If You Never Got Sick Immunologist Zachary Rubin explains how, according to a recent study, living through a pandemic might accelerate brain aging. By Zachary Rubin edited by Kelso Harper Join Our Community of Science Lovers! This video is part of “…

  Julie Rovner: Hello from KFF Health News and WAMU Public Radio in Washington, D.C. Welcome to “What the Health?” I’m Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News.  Usually, I’m joined by some of the best and smartest health reporters in Washington, but today we have a special episode. We’re taping this week on Monday, Nov. 3, at 10 a.m. As always,…

The Hospital Preparedness Program has provided nearly $2.2 billion to states, territories, major cities, and other entities over the past 17 years to ready health care systems for the next pandemic, cyberattack, or mass-casualty event. (Moment/Getty Images) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — President Donald Trump’s push to eliminate a federal disaster preparedness…

Market Insight · Gaming Hardware Hardware Crunch: Why Console Prices Are Rising – and What It Means for Gamers For the first time since the pandemic, American gamers are facing another round of console price hikes. Both Microsoft and Sony have quietly raised retail prices on the Xbox Series X/S…

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Data: House Clerk; Chart: Jacque Schrag/AxiosHouse lawmakers have met and voted just 87 days so far in 2025, fewer than every non-election year over the last two decades except 2021, when a global pandemic forced Americans to socially distance and stay home.Why it matters: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has…

Supporters of the United Left and other students during an election event on the JNU campus. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) elections are scheduled to be held on November 4, with results expected on November 6, according to a tentative poll schedule…

October 23, 2025 2:14 PM ET Teachers in Modesto, California are begging their school district to institute changes to behavior policies as students are becoming increasingly violent since returning to school after the COVID-19 pandemic. The teachers association for Modesto City Schools (MCS) confronted the district’s school board on Monday…

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the midst of a federal government shutdown, the U.S. government’s gross national debt surpassed $38 trillion Wednesday, a record number that highlights the accelerating accumulation of debt on America’s balance sheet. It’s also the fastest accumulation of a trillion dollars in debt outside of the COVID-19…

Christine Crooks, 18, of Toronto (right) and Juliana Pannunzio, 20, of Windsor (left) were both killed on Jan. 19, 2021. Photo by Postmedia Article content They were two young women from out of town. They were shot dead at an Airbnb in small-town Ontario in mysterious circumstances. A Scarborough rapper…