Wellness is influenced by far more than individual choices. This beat covers health, healthcare, mental well-being, public health, and the social conditions that shape quality of life.
The Guardian reported this week that the UK recorded a provisional June temperature record of 36.4 degrees Celsius, while Switzerland hit 38 degrees in Basel and France closed more than 3,500 schools after classrooms reached temperatures as high as 40 degrees. Teachers’ unions warned the conditions were physically dangerous for students and staff. Hospitals in…
New CDC data shows young Black men dying by suicide at a higher rate than young white men for the first time since the government began tracking it. For the first time since the federal government began collecting this data, young Black men are dying by suicide at a higher rate than young white men,…
More than 20,000 runners took on the world’s largest ultramarathon, revealing a form of endurance culture built on grief, class, race, memory, and shared public ritual. The Guardian’s Rachel Savage reported from Durban and Pietermaritzburg that more than 20,000 runners stood outside Durban city hall on June 14 for the 2026 Comrades Marathon, the world’s…