Half of incarcerated individuals have either a chronic medical or a mental health condition. But social distancing and rigorous hygiene are unattainable for many US jails and prisons.
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The war in Syria has reached a crisis point, with close to 400,000 deaths and more than 11 million people displaced.
The number of births in the United States have been falling for the last three decades, reaching their lowest number in 32 years.
In a handful of cases, defendants in murder cases have said that they were defending themselves from a same-sex pass or attempted sexual assault.
The US is unique in its criminal punishment policies – as the recent sentencing of neo-Nazi James Fields Jr. demonstrates.
New England Patriots CEO Robert Kraft’s criminal charges in a suspected sex trafficking case draw new attention to this illicit underground economy.
The current government shutdown is now the longest in American history, affecting about 800,000 federal employees.
After Australia’s tough flu season, some experts predict that the U.S. is in for a few difficult months. What does that mean for you?
There are many myths around Sharia. A scholar explains the moral and ethical principles behind it, as also why there are different interpretations.
To the mark the eighth annual Open Access Week, we asked our readers what they wanted to know about the initiative. Here are their questions with answers from our experts.
Thanks to IVF and donor conception, infertile couples, single women and lesbian couples now have a better chance of starting families. But while common, it’s rarely openly discussed.
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