Six months after COVID-19 nursing home lockdowns, aging experts see social isolation as a cause of health decline and a reason to cautiously reopen.
The ripple effects of New York鈥檚 shutdown are harshest in places outside the city鈥檚 core 鈥� mostly communities of color. Part 2 of a series.
The pandemic has created new desperation for some, and deepened existing inequality for others. In Queens, neighbors rush to each other鈥檚 aid.
Known survivors of COVID-19 greatly outnumber lives lost. In New York, many of those who have recovered are moved to serve.
In an era of coronavirus fears, Americans are pledging to pay it forward by sharing their relief checks to organizations and neighbors in need.
Communities are looking for ways to ease the social isolation of elders, a problem greatly magnified by the COVID-19 pandemic.
A growing group of Uyghurs in the diaspora are finding the courage to speak up, hoping their chorus of voices can save family abroad.
For those in Generation X who are taking care of both their parents and their children, the coronavirus pandemic is posing a major challenge.
As unexpected front-line workers in a crisis, food store clerks win praise, respect, and even formal 鈥渆mergency worker鈥� recognition in some states.
Six states have ordered public schools to close, adding to the more than 420 million K-12 and college students on five continents already at home.
Conflicting perceptions of safety cloud the debate on safe injection sites. Critics argue they enable drug use. Supporters say they enable survival.
Disagreement on climate change can often stifle conversation. Must the discussion stop when we start butting heads?
She鈥檇 always been there for me in my career; it鈥檚 only fair that the tables would turn. The Ms. Senior Missouri USA pageant was her time to shine.
As the world鈥檚 refugees number a record 25.9 million, the U.S. is welcoming in historic lows since the modern refugee program began in 1980.
A new conservative group is scrutinizing social media and other information sources to find 鈥渄irt鈥� about mainstream media reporters.
Portland, Maine, faces a Thursday deadline to find homes for 137 asylum-seekers of the more than 400 housed at its Expo Center.
Even as Americans are drinking more, interest in the sober curiosity movement is swelling. The trend coincides with a wellness obsession.
Singer R. Kelly and financier Jeffrey Epstein faced new charges of sexual crimes after journalists鈥� investigations. Both were denied bail this week.
Access to land is a major barrier to entering farming. One solution is land-link programs that pair landowners with those starting out.
As climate change and shifting industry practices reshape the fishing business in Maine, seaweed is becoming an attractive alternative crop.
