By Adam Barnes
Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco found nearly half of young adults in the U.S. experienced mental health symptoms during the middle of the pandemic's second year. Meanwhile, more than a third said they were unable to receive counseling treatment. |
By Brooke Migdon
Lawmakers in Kentucky this week voted to override Gov. Andy Beshear's veto on a law barring transgender women and girls from competing in school sports that match their gender identity. Beshear vetoed the measure last week, saying he worried how the legislation will impact the wellbeing of trans people in the state. |
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By Joseph Guzman
The Drug Enforcement Agency is sounding the alarm over a troubling trend in which people are overdosing after unknowingly ingesting the highly potent synthetic opioid fentanyl. There have been at least seven confirmed mass overdose events in the U.S. in just two months, resulting in 58 overdoses and 29 overdose deaths. |
By Shirin Ali
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope spotted the largest icy comet nucleus ever seen by astronomers, as it inches closer to the Sun and offers scientists a closer look. Named cometC/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein), the icy giant has been traveling 22,000 miles per hour from the edge of the solar system. |
