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The Trump administration is asking for US$850 billion in stimulus spending. Given the debt’s already at record levels, can the US afford it?

People with weakened immune systems are at a high risk of severe and prolonged COVID-19 infections. An extra vaccine dose can bolster protection.

Weed, though far less dangerous than many other drugs, is not entirely without risk. Some 59% of people treating pain with medical cannabis experience moderate to severe withdrawal symptoms

Using a robust statistical model, researchers estimate that coronavirus vaccines had prevented 140,000 deaths by May 9, 2021.

The sliver of charitable dollars funding LGBTQ+ organizations rose in inflation-adjusted terms to $823 million in 2021 from $387 million in 2012.

One in 5 of the poorest US households don’t have a car and rely on public transportation to get around.

The demand was there.

Child care workers are at the center of the food insecurity crisis in America. In 2020, nearly one-third of them were food insecure.

Soaring inflation in the US has been driven in part by large increases in the price of groceries – a burden that falls disproportionately on lower-income families.

Carrying a pregnancy to term is riskier than having an abortion, especially for non-Hispanic Black women.