To ensure you have good coverage for both current and unforeseeable health needs, you should enroll in traditional Medicare. In traditional Medicare, you and your doctor decide the care you need, with no prior approval.
Welcome to the United Repair Centre, the latest venture helping Amsterdam become one of the world’s first fully circular cities by using refugees as full time employees to repair ripped or broken clothing that would otherwise be dumped in the bin.
Sex designation is not as simple as a glance and then a check of one box or another. Instead, the overwhelming evidence shows that sex is not binary. To put it another way, the terms “male” and “female” don’t fully capture the complex biological, anatomical and chromosomal variations that occur in the human body.
While reading study after study about Wevgovy and Ozempic, I learned that some food boost levels of an Ozempic-like hormone that naturally squelches hunger like a fly swatter smashes a mosquito. The result of less snacking and more satisfaction is dramatic weight loss.
The new “Port of Portland” airport terminal, built with local tribal timber is inherently fire resistant and less carbon-intensive. A giant roof for the main atrium is being built from Douglas fir, hemlock, and southern yellow pine sourced entirely from either Oregon landowners or Tribal nations.
An American-born journalist living on a kibbutz in Israel provides context and understanding for those not living at ground zero.
"STAMP has been referred to as ‘land development,' but the more accurate term is 'habitat destruction'—in one of the last unbroken landscapes in western New York,” says award-winning, indigenous author and environmental activist Robin Wall Kimmerer.
A young humpback whale was freed by rescuers in Alaska after it was discovered hog-tied to a 300lb crab pot. The rescue came after two local residents discovered the trapped whale a day earlier in the coastal waters near Gustavus.
Despite its limitations, this car-free iconic Great Lakes Michigan island vacation spot is leading on composting, with a thriving composting program in place since the 1990s.
According to early Irish literature, Samhain of long ago was a time for people to come together, under a command of peace, to feast, tell stories, engage in important sacred rituals and to commune with the dead.
Cranberry growers are bringing wetlands back from the dead in Massachusetts, the onetime cranberry capital of the world, as former bogs are transforming into thriving, carbon-storing swamps.
What can older adults who have lost their closest friends and family members do as they contemplate the future without them? If, as research has found, good relationships are essential to health and well-being in later life, what happens when connections forged over the years end?
Cheap, disposable clothing is causing an environmental disaster. Now, the home of haute couture is chipping in for its citizens’ garment repairs. The French government has set up a fund for clothing repairs financed by taxes on manufacturers and retailers in France’s fashion industry.
This statement is written and signed by Palestinians, Jews, and others who are committed to holding complex truths and striving to overcome polarization. We feel the pain of our people, identify with their pain, and need to work together to uplift our shared humanity.
Gary Batton, Chief of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, sends a greeting from the Choctaw Nation recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day for 2023 along with the rest of the country, as a day to commemorate the history, sovereignty and culture of all Native people.
Not only is the Medicare Advantage scam a screw job for healthcare providers and people who are on the programs and are unfortunate enough to get sick, it’s also preventing Americans from getting expanded benefits from real Medicare.
The Norwegian government has just completed the largest re-wilding project in its history. Polar bears, reindeer, Arctic fox, and many sea birds are now moving back into the Sveagruva mining town.
Founded in 1988, the Courage of Conscience Award honors individuals and organizations that have distinguished themselves for their humanitarian and peace activism. It has been received by Maya Angelou, Greenpeace, Pete Seeger, Mother Teresa, Rosa Parks and many other extraordinary individuals.
America gets a new Civilian Climate Corps this week that will put a new generation to work conserving our lands and waters, bolstering community resilience, advancing environmental justice, deploying clean energy, implementing energy efficient technologies, and tackling climate change.
The expo brings together thousands of like-minded people seeking natural healing products, practitioners, and information, and creates a welcoming atmosphere for fun, shopping, learning and rejuvenation to take place.
At the start of this school year, all public schools in New York — from pre-kindergarten through grade 12 — are required to offer two to five minutes of mindful breathing every day to improve mental health.
We are a country founded on laws. And a country founded on liberty. What law would put a farmer in jail for helping someone get well? I was stunned to learn that there are laws in many states that prohibit regular people from helping to heal each other.
You can help with passage of this bill by registering to give written or oral testimony, in-person or virtually, and adding your valuable citizen comments to the discussion of why this is an important issue for you.
A derelict oil tanker off the coast of Yemen had more than a million barrels of crude sitting around, on the verge of leaching into the Red Sea, until one remarkable American crowdfunded to orchestrate the removal of the crumbling ship.
What can college students do to harness this power to support their academic success and personal well-being? Here are five steps recommended by students and scholars.
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