Perseverance helps people achieve goals and is linked with well-being. But combined with chronic societal stressors, it can lead to cognitive overload that puts a strain on brain health.

Insurers in many ways are the face of US health care, which may help explain the public reaction to the murder of an insurance executive.

Weather disasters, particularly floods, can create health threats that linger for months, from infected cuts to mold growth to mental stress.

Weather disasters such as floods create health threats that can linger for months, from infected cuts to mold growth to mental stress.

Local governments are increasingly buying – and forgiving – their residents’ medical debt.

The emergency status allowed the federal government to cut through a mountain of red tape, with the goal of responding to the pandemic more efficiently.

In the wake of COVID-19, researchers can become trusted figures of authority who can re-appropriate their networks, skills and knowledge to better the lives of vulnerable populations.