US medicine spending shows rare dip Total U.S. spending on prescription medicines declined last year, a first in more than half a century. The dip was 1 percent, to $325.8 billion — a 3.5 percent drop after accounting for population growth and economic expansion, according to the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics. More
2 boys, 3 adults shot to death in Illinois town The nephew of a small-town Illinois mayor shot and killed five people, including two boys, before leading police on a chase that ended in an exchange of gunfire that left him dead, authorities said Wednesday.... More
Five Dead in Apartment Shooting Near Seattle Gunfire at an apartment complex left five people dead, including a suspect who was shot by arriving officers and a man and a woman in separate apartments. More
Senate rejects expanded gun background checks The Senate has rejected a bipartisan effort to expand federal background checks to more firearms buyers in a crucial showdown over gun control. Today's vote was a jarring blow to the drive to curb firearms sparked by December's massacre of children and staff at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. More
New research has linked video games to teen psychosis Teenagers who spend a lot of time playing video games are more likely to have a psychotic experience, according to a new study. 04/14/2024 - 12:00 am | View Link
Discrimination, mental health are linked, report finds. What is Penn State doing to help students? The report found that about one in five students nationally reported some form of identity-based discrimination in the past six months when surveyed at counseling centers. 04/9/2024 - 11:49 pm | View Link