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While Susan Alleman thought surviving breast cancer would mean putting the hardest chapter of her life behind her, it turns out that was just the start of her travails. Alleman is among millions of Americans who are now seeing their health care premiums rise. Many are being forced to...
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Según investigadores de la Universidad Estatal de Míchigan, el número de estudiantes autistas que cursan estudios universitarios es mucho mayor de lo que se creía hasta ahora. Las estimaciones anteriores situaban la población de estudiantes universitarios autistas en tan solo 60,000 en todo el país. Esas cifras se basaban en datos...
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Autistic students are attending college in far greater numbers than previously believed, according to researchers at Michigan State University. Earlier estimates placed the population of autistic college students as low as 60,000 nationwide. The figures were based on old and limited data, including a sample formed more than 25...
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Después de más de 10 años de existencia, la ley de marihuana medicinal de Texas se ha ampliado para incluir más enfermedades y afecciones. El Programa de Uso Compasivo, que permite a los médicos recetar dosis bajas de THC, ahora cubre a pacientes con dolor crónico, lesiones cerebrales traumáticas, enfermedad...
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After more than 10 years in existence, Texas’ medical marijuana law has been expanded to include more illnesses and conditions. The Compassionate Use Program, which allows doctors to prescribe low doses of THC, now covers patients with chronic pain, traumatic brain injuries, Crohn’s disease and several other conditions. The...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters No se trata exactamente del “milagro de Mississippi”, pero los resultados de lectura en California han ido mejorando gradualmente desde que el estado invirtió miles de millones en transformar la forma en que los estudiantes aprenden a leer. Sin embargo, la escasez de tutores de alfabetización...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters It’s not quite the “Mississippi Miracle,” but California’s reading scores have been inching upwards since the state poured billions into changing the way students learn to read. A shortage of literacy coaches, however, may be preventing students from improving even more. In 2013, before California overhauled its...
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Las camionetas grandes y las SUV están contribuyendo a un fuerte aumento en las muertes de peatones, que se han incrementado un 75 % desde 2009 tanto en California como en todo el país, según una nueva investigación de The New York Times. El diario The Times descubrió que...
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Big trucks and SUVs are contributing to a sharp rise in pedestrian deaths, which have increased 75% since 2009 in California and nationwide, according to a new investigation from The New York Times. The Times found that about 3,000 pedestrians killed between 2016 and 2024 would be alive today if cars...