Meet the 32-year-old founder who raised $3.5 million to help Gen Z feel not so alone in the world A new app is taking the loneliness problem head-on. Fortune · Oct 2
GOP Congresswoman claims 82% of women vaccinated in the first two trimesters miscarried. But the math doesn’t add up She didn’t share what the study actually found. We Got This Covered · Aug 12
Anthony Fauci Raised Miscarriage Danger in Private Texts While Telling Pregnant Women COVID Vaccine Was Safe Text messages from Dr Anthony Fauci reveal early concerns about COVID-19 vaccine risks for pregnant women, contrasting with public reassurances. The messages are part of a Senate investigation. International Business Times UK · Aug 10
A Lawsuit Settlement Highlights Trump's Hypocrisy on Government Meddling With Social Media Despite its rejection of the Biden administration's interference, the Trump administration is still asserting authority over online speech. Reason · Mar 25
Loneliness at work matters more than we think As loneliness reaches epidemic levels worldwide, work has become one of the main settings where connection is either strengthened or lost. In 2023, Vivek Murthy, the former surgeon general of the United States, labelled loneliness an “epidemic,” warning that its consequences rival those of other major health risks. The Conversation · Feb 10
Efforts to reconnect Americans face challenges in a lonely time It’s been called an “epidemic” of loneliness and isolation The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2025
Bit by bit, small US groups chip away at historic levels of social isolation Americans are disconnected from each other at historic levels, buffeted by what a former surgeon general calls an “epidemic of loneliness.” The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2025
50 Hilariously Spot-On Parenting Memes To Scroll Through Because You Deserve A Break Raising kids is one of the most rewarding things that you’ll ever do in life, but we’d be lying if we said that it was easy. Parenting requires constant, never-ending effort, and it’s going to challenge you in very creative ways. And every single parent we know could use a… Bored Panda · Dec 12, 2025
I helped build the architecture of addiction for social media and I see warning labels coming. That's just a start It's the movement Silicon Valley didn't see coming. We fantasize about four-day work weeks but we can't even protect five-day ones. Fortune · Nov 19, 2025
California could be latest state to mandate tobacco-style health labels on social media Minnesota approved similar legislation in July, the first state in the nation to do so The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2025
“Didn’t Even Know How To Respond”: 50 Chronic Patients Share The Dumbest ‘Cures’ They Heard The people who made these ridiculous suggestions must be kidding... r-right? Bored Panda · Aug 19, 2025
Teenage girls are the loneliest group in the world, a new WHO study finds Men and women are about equally likely to say they are lonely, though teenage girls report higher loneliness levels than other groups, a new report found. Euronews · Jun 30, 2025
Loneliness as deadly as obesity and smoking pack a day, top health expert warns American youth is particularly at risk and social media is a big factor drawing blame The Independent UK · May 26, 2025
The truth about alcohol and your brain: Scientists put a number on the years heavy drinking takes off your life Researchers discovered that heavy drinking could take 13 years off your life. Fortune · Apr 11, 2025
The Guardian - US · Mar 17, 2025 White House removes advisory defining gun violence as a public health issue Webpage listing statistics and information on shootings taken down as Trump seeks to protect second amendment
The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025 US Olympic and Paralympic Committee tabs former surgeon general Murthy for spot on board Former U.S. surgeon general Vivek Murthy is returning to the board of directors at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee
The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2025 This Valentine's Day, consider what all types of love bring to your life Valentine’s Day is for lovers — but you don’t need a romantic soulmate to celebrate
The Guardian - US · Feb 5, 2025 I want community – but am I prepared to put the work in? Community is billed as the cure-all for isolation, ageing and even climate change. Are we prepared to put the work in?
The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2025 New report card on American well-being finds U.S. is 'so wealthy but so unhappy‘ The economy is ‘really the only area where we are excelling,’ authors of the report wrote
Reason · Jan 15, 2025 A Scary Government Report Implies That Moderate Drinking Is Manifestly Reckless The focus on the health risks of alcohol consumption gives short shrift to the reasons people like to drink.
The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2025 Jack Daniels' parent Brown-Forman is cutting its workforce and closing its barrel-making plant Spirits giant Brown-Forman Corp. says it’s reducing its global workforce by about 12% and closing its barrel-making plant in Louisville
Reason · Jan 14, 2025 Be Skeptical of 'Beneficially Coercive' New Rules for Booze A New York Times essay helps illustrate why the surgeon general's new report on alcohol and cancer leaves out crucial context and nuance.
Fortune · Jan 8, 2025 The Surgeon General says he's 'deeply disturbed' after talking to Americans. These 3 factors could help “As I finish my tenure as Surgeon General, this is my parting prescription, my final wish for all of us: Choose community.”
Reason · Jan 8, 2025 Why We Are Still Arguing About the Health Effects of Moderate Drinking The evidence is vast but open to interpretation because observational studies are inherently ambiguous.
Reason · Jan 6, 2025 Surgeon General Gins Up a Questionable Drinking Causes Cancer Scare Stealth alcohol prohibition in the guise of an anti-cancer campaign.