Older South Africans need better support and basic services – and so do their caregivers

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In South Africa, most long-term care for older people happens at home through the efforts of family members, largely female kin, not through government services. With South Africas population growing older, combined with...

Nuclear energy is a risky investment, but that’s no reason for the UK government to avoid it

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The UK governments investment of around 14 billion in a new nuclear power plant marks a big economic shift for the countrys approach to energy. The Sizewell C plant in Suffolk will be the second of a new generation of...

House tax-and-spending bill and other Trump administration changes could make millions of people lose their health insurance coverage

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President Donald Trump has promised not to cut Medicaid many times over the past decade, including in the tax-and-spending legislative package he has made a top priority in his second administration. But several provisions...

Colorado’s fentanyl criminalization bill won’t solve the opioid epidemic, say the people most affected

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Colorado passed the Fentanyl Accountability and Prevention Bill in May 2022. The legislation made the possession of small amounts of fentanyl a felony, rather than a misdemeanor. Felonies are more likely than misdemeanors...

Data on sexual orientation and gender is critical to public health – without it, health crises continue unnoticed

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As part of the Trump administrations efforts aimed at stopping diversity, equity and inclusion, the government has been restricting how it monitors public health. Along with cuts to federally funded research, the...

Supreme Court ignores precedent instead of overruling it in allowing president to fire officials whom Congress tried to make independent

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What may be one of the U.S. Supreme Courts most important and far-reaching rulings in decades dropped in late May 2025 in an order that probably didnt get a second or even first glance from most Americans. But this...

Southern Baptists’ call for the US Supreme Court to overturn its same-sex marriage decision is part of a long history of opposing women’s and LGBTQ+ people’s rights

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The Southern Baptist Convention has lost 3.6 million members over the past two decades and faces an ongoing sexual abuse crisis. At its June 2025 annual meeting, however, neither of those issues took up as much time as...