The class of 2024 may be one of the most unique college classes. They faced both a pandemic and a racial reckoning — many just as they were beginning college and leaving home for the first time. Now, with diploma in hand, they reflect on the tumultuous journey they made to walk across the stage on graduation day.
A new survey by the U.S. Census Bureau highlights the ongoing mental health crisis, revealing that anxiety and depression rates are still twice as high as before the COVID-19 pandemic.
If you’re a parent struggling to get your kids off their devices and outdoors to play, here’s another reason to keep trying: Spending at least two hours outside each day is one of the most important things your kids can do to protect their eyesight.
Girls in the U.S. are getting their first menstrual period about 6 months earlier on average than they did in the 1950s and ‘60s. And more girls are beginning menstruation before the age of 9, which is considered a very early age. That’s according to a large new study published this week in the journal JAMA Network Open.
Nickolas Norberg, 37, died in October 2022, about five hours after he was taken to the Stearns County Jail. The final hours of Norberg’s life, the lawsuit claims, were spent “slowly spiraling towards an agonizing yet avoidable death.”
May is National Stroke Awareness Month. MPR News host Angela Davis talked about what to look for — because a stroke is an emergency, and the minutes and hours count.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reaffirmed the importance of properly cooking wild game after six people became sick from a parasite traced to bear meat that was served at a family reunion in South Dakota.