China’s Top Medical Adviser Says Omicron Risks Similar to Flu

China’s Top Medical Adviser Says Omicron Risks Similar to Flu

Sign up for Next Chinaa weekly email about the current state of the nation and where it’s headed next. Chinese officials have continued to downplay the risks of Covid-19 as restrictions are eased, with a top medical adviser saying the death rate of the omicron variant of the virus is in line with influenza. .

Rape case that shook Australian politics abandoned over mental health fears | CNN

Rape case that shook Australian politics abandoned over mental health fears | CNN

Sydney, Australia CNN — Prosecutors in Australia have ended a high-profile legal action against a former government employee accused of raping a colleague inside Parliament House, saying a new trial would pose a “significant and unacceptable risk” to the woman’s life. Australian Capital Territory (ACT) director of public prosecution Shane Drumgold told reporters on Friday … Read more

Why banning smartphones is good for mental health | CNN

Why banning smartphones is good for mental health | CNN

Why banning smartphones is good for mental health A campus that banned smartphones made its students happier. Why? Because phones are like any other addictive substance, says Anna Lembke, author of “Dopamine Nation”: “Over time, our brains will adapt” and put us “in a state of dopamine deficiency… similar to clinical depression.” or to an … Read more

Chicago Mental Health Crisis Pilot Promising, Small — and Still Using Police

Chicago Mental Health Crisis Pilot Promising, Small — and Still Using Police

A Chicago pilot program that dispatches mental health doctors and emergency medical responders to some 911 calls has connected 385 people to care without a single use-of-force incident or arrest in its first year, a promising start to a program designed to potentially reduce dangerous interactions with the police It’s also been a slow start: … Read more

Amazon releases results of its ‘Prime Early Access Sale’

Amazon releases results of its ‘Prime Early Access Sale’

Amazon publishes the results of its ‘Prime Early Access Sale’  Yahoo Finance Celestron Travel Scope 70DX is an ideal beginner telescope for just $89 during Prime Day  space.com Top 53 Prime Day Deals Still Going Strong (2022): Phones, Laptops, Espresso Machines  WITH CABLE The best Amazon Prime Day furniture deals for October 2022  Business Insider See full coverage on … Read more

White House seeks to tackle food insecurity at first hunger conference since 1969 | CNN Politics

White House seeks to tackle food insecurity at first hunger conference since 1969 | CNN Politics

CNN — Groceries cost 13.5% more than they did a year ago. Almost 25 million adults live in households where there is not always enough to eat. About 40% of food banks saw increased demand this summer. at a time when the food affordability is in the spotlight, the Biden administration is hosting a White … Read more

Gender-Affirming Care Improves Mental Health—and May Save Lives

Gender-Affirming Care Improves Mental Health—and May Save Lives

In the middle After a slew of proposed anti-trans legislation earlier this year, Spencer Cox, the Republican governor of Utah, made an impassioned plea to his state legislature as he tried to veto a bill that would bar trans youth from competing in female sports. “I want them to live” wrote about trans athletes in … Read more

Federal Liberals face criticism about $875M in missing mental health spending – National | Globalnews.ca

Federal Liberals face criticism about 5M in missing mental health spending – National | Globalnews.ca

Dianne Young says she sometimes walks the halls of addiction mental health recovery home he runs in PEI, wishing his son Lennon had had a chance to heal there. Lennon Waterman was 29 years old when he lost his battle with drug addiction and mental illness in 2013. His body was found along the banks … Read more