Even as Peninsula College’s enrollment grew 46 percent — from about 1,140 full-time-equivalent students in 2022-23 to roughly 1,665 in 2024-25 — statewide support per student fell nearly 22 percent, ...

Early-life stress may physically alter how DNA is packaged in the brain, leaving stress-related genes primed to activate more easily years later. In mice, researchers were able to block this effect, ...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has defended a stricter approach to international students, saying those who come to Canada on temporary study visas should return to their home countries when their ...

An economic study found that GLP-1 medications, which include Ozempic and Wegovy, resulted in employees taking 17 percent less long-term sick time. “The reduction in long-term sickness leave is ...

GLP-1 medications are linked to a 17.3% drop in long-term sickness leave over four years, according to a working paper published in July by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Researchers ...

GLP-1 drugs could lead to cost savings for workers and their employers by reducing employee sick leave, a new economic study finds. Researchers found that patients who used the drugs, sold under brand ...

Nearly 1 in 5 adults has experienced a mental illness, making them the most common health conditions in the U.S. Mental health conditions are characterized by a clinically significant disturbance in ...

Paid paternity leave may help improve the mental health of new fathers, a new study from Northwestern University found. New fathers who took unpaid leave from their jobs were 58% more likely to ...

A new study from Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago highlights the critical role paid paternal leave plays in supporting new dads' mental health following ...

Officials at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago placed an art therapy professor on paid leave after a student complained that an assignment featuring a mock patient who “felt deeply affected ...

Deloitte and Zoom are among the employers reducing support for working parents, signaling a retreat from family-friendly benefits. By Claire Cain Miller Claire Cain Miller has covered family policies ...

A host of factors go into deciding whether to have a child, from finances and medical expenses to one's lifestyle and living situation. But in the US, another sometimes crucial detail is the companies ...