Many schools in Hampton Roads are now using telehealth to help students get medical and mental health care without leaving campus. In Newport News and Portsmouth, a program run by Sentara gives families a quick way to see doctors through video calls set up right in the school building. A nurse first
Researchers digging into U. S. health surveys from 2005 to 2018 asked whether the total number of years a woman’s body naturally supports pregnancy might shape her mental health decades later. The study zeroed in on postmenopausal women, a group already at higher risk for depression, to see if their
Researchers recently looked into whether what people post on X (the app once called Twitter) could connect to suicide rates after Canada ran media campaigns. Instead of just counting posts, they tried matching online conversations with real-world statistics. Canada’s media push aimed to guide how su
A quiet suburb known for low crime was shaken when a 53‑year‑old nurse was killed in her car on a Saturday night. The victim, a mother of three who worked at Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia, was shot by a man named Steve Jahn. Police had earlier responded to a 911 call from Jahn, who was in cris
The article looks at how faith can help people with early psychosis. It shows that different religions see mental illness in many ways. For example, Christians, Muslims and Indigenous groups each have their own ideas about what causes psychosis. These beliefs influence how people look for h
A 20‑year‑old woman has filed a lawsuit against Meta and Google, saying that their apps caused her to lose control of her life and damage her mental health. The case raises the question: can a company be held responsible for how much we use their products? She argues that social media can beco
A woman who once identified as transgender talks on a popular radio show. She says that big news outlets are not telling the whole story about people who commit violent acts after changing gender. She links these incidents to deeper mental health problems that are ignored when the focus is only on g
The Chicago Bulls have decided to part ways with guard Jaden Ivey, citing behavior that the team believes harms its reputation. Ivey’s decision to leave came after a series of outspoken videos on his Instagram, where he criticized the LGBTQ community and called Catholicism “false. ” These rema
"The night a former first lady walked beside a humanoid robot at an education conference, the media buzzed with excitement. The machine, created by a tech firm to help with chores, seemed like the next big step in learning tools. At the same time, courts declared that major social media companies we
A recent survey found that many workers think about quitting because of stress. The study looked at full‑time employees in big companies across the country. It asked about mental health at work and home. The results are clear: 25 percent of people have thought about leaving their job. They say the
