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Category: Public Health

Counting Zoom Sheep
Posted inOpinion

OP-ED | Dumbing America Down, Digitally

Tom Purcell, CagleCartoons.com by Tom Purcell March 31, 2023, 4:45 amMarch 30, 2023, 12:35 pm

Opinion writer Tom Purcell says IQs have dropped for the first time in the American history, and the experts aren’t quite sure why. It’s a drastic reversal of the “Flynn effect,” a phenomenon in which “IQ scores have substantially increased from 1932 through the 20th century, with differences ranging from three to five IQ points per decade.”

MIRA's trash-to-energy plant in Hartford
Posted inEnergy & Environment

Connecticut Bill Would Raise Bar For Permitting Facilities In Already Polluted Areas

Avatar photo by Lisa Prevost for Energy News Network March 30, 2023, 9:00 amMarch 30, 2023, 9:37 am
Congressional Smoking Lapel Pin
Posted inEditorial Cartoons

Congressional Smoking Lapel Pin

Avatar photo by R.J. Matson, Editorial Cartoonist March 30, 2023, 4:30 amMarch 29, 2023, 11:59 pm
Police investigate a shooting in Queens
Posted inCriminal Justice

The US Surpasses 125 Mass Shootings In 2023—Here’s Every Event Mapped

Avatar photo by Lauren Liebhaber for Stacker March 29, 2023, 10:00 amMarch 29, 2023, 10:15 am
Posted inPublic Health

Public Health Committee Scales Back Safe Drug Use Site Proposal

Avatar photo by Hugh McQuaid March 27, 2023, 1:51 pmMarch 27, 2023, 1:51 pm
Posted inOpinion

OP-ED | Reconnecting at the State Capitol

Jonathan L. Wharton by Jonathan L. Wharton March 24, 2023, 4:45 amMarch 24, 2023, 12:32 am
Gun violence prevention legislation announced
Posted inPublic Safety

Gen Z Lawmaker Proposes New Office To Prevent Gun Violence

Avatar photo by Robert Mayer March 23, 2023, 5:15 amMarch 23, 2023, 1:02 am
Posted inPublic Health

Lawmakers Weigh Drug Use ‘Harm Reduction Centers’

Avatar photo by Hugh McQuaid March 22, 2023, 2:30 pmMarch 23, 2023, 4:07 pm
Posted inPublic Health

Flavored Nicotine Ban Stalls in Public Health

Avatar photo by Hugh McQuaid March 21, 2023, 2:14 pmMarch 21, 2023, 2:15 pm
Show Off Neighbors!
Posted inEditorial Cartoons

Show Off Neighbors!

Rivers, Cagle Cartoons by Rivers, Editorial Cartoonist March 21, 2023, 4:30 amMarch 20, 2023, 5:13 pm

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