Archive for November 2025

A St. Louis University study released in April found that 32% of parents of LGBTQ+ children have considered leaving Missouri, and 48% of LGBTQ+ adults have considered moving. Political climate was the top reason for their desire to leave. Analyses at the national level affirm a correlation between LGBTQ+ inclusion and economic success. A 2023 Wells Fargo report showed that states with larger LGBTQ+ populations had higher rates of economic growth between 2010 and 2019. The analysis notes that people identifying as LGBTQ+ tend to be younger and higher educated, but it still found a correlation between representation and economic growth when the data was controlled for age and education variables.

Around 4.5 million women are going through the ­menopause right now—but it is still shrouded in stigma…. Some 750,000 women remain on NHS waiting lists for gynaecology services. But women are also fighting back. Socialists fought to make abortion rights a trade union issue in the 1970s. Today, they are organising to make the menopause a working class issue.

The number of social workers joining Wakefield Council is set to increase as figures reveal a rise in caseloads for the authority’s safeguarding staff, a meeting heard. Current data shows the average number of cases being dealt with by staff is above maximum target levels.

Free radicals from astrocyte mitochondria appear to trigger brain inflammation linked to dementia. A new class of molecules that blocks these radicals at their source could open a path to more effective neurodegenerative treatments

For now, Americans are struggling to stay afloat. But the current is moving in one direction, and it’s not toward shore.

Scientists have discovered a surprising benefit of the acne drug doxycycline: it may lower the risk of schizophrenia. Teens prescribed the antibiotic were about one-third less likely to develop the condition as adults. The effect could stem from the drug’s ability to reduce brain inflammation. Researchers say the findings highlight an unexpected new direction in mental health prevention.

North Carolina’s 34-year-old child fatality review system initially led the nation in preventing child fatalities, said Jennie Kristiansen, Chatham County DSS director and a member of the N.C. Child Fatality Task Force. But after 15 years of legislative changes, McLeod said, the system became “disjointed.” There was no collective process, no oversight, and no way to capture all local data and share it with other agencies statewide, she said.