Month: June 2023

The report highlights that while mental health conditions have historically been a major source of disability and mortality in the region, this has been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Washington DC, June 9, 2023 (PAHO) – Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, today urged leaders and decision-makers to ensure that mental health be placed at the top of political agendas and mainstreamed across sectors and policies to address worsening mental health in the Americas due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The pandemic has highlighted the central role of mental health in our well-being,” Dr Barbosa…

Most county leaders across the state are furious as lawmakers are expected to pass legislation late Friday to move the majority of municipal and regional elections even years Supporters point to national research showing a more than 18 percent increase in voter turnout during presidential election years. Sen. James Skoufis, the bill’s sponsor, says the change will maximize voter participation and improve New York’s democracy. “As it stands now, in many of these local, municipal and county elections, you have 20 percent or so of the voters deciding the outcome for the entire jurisdiction,” he said. “Why are you so…

TALLAHASSEE – State Rep. Fred Hawkins, R-St. Cloud, was selected Wednesday by South Florida State College trustees to succeed retiring school president Thomas Leitzel. Hawkins, who has served in the House since 2020, was the only finalist for the position. Details of Hawkins’ proposed contract will not be available until a June 21 trustees meeting, a South Florida State College spokesman said. Leitzel will retire on June 30, and Hawkins is expected to take over as chairman on July 3, pending approval of a contract. Hawkins did not immediately return a request for comment Wednesday from The News Service of…

The panel: Ellen Eldridge, Senior Health Reporter and Rosalynn Carter Fellow for Mental Health Journalism, GPB, @EllenEldridge27 Dr. Jennifer Olsen, CEO of the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers, @JenOlsen_DrPH Paige Alexander, CEO of The Carter Center @P_AlexanderCEO The breakdown: 1. Carter Center CEO Paige Alexander updates us on President Carter’s health. Last month, the family of former first lady Rosalynn Carter announced her dementia diagnosis. This comes after the Carter family announced that former President Jimmy Carter would enter home care earlier this year. Rosalynn Carter and Jimmy Carter rest at their home in Plains, Ga. Paige Alexander gives us…

North Carolina is at the center of national politics over the weekend as the current president and his predecessor travel to the state. What you need to know Biden visits Rocky Mount and Fort Liberty on official visits to the White House Friday Trump, Pence and DeSantis attend the NCGOP Convention in Greensboro, North Carolina, which is expected to be a swing state in the 2024 presidential race President Joe Biden will travel to Rocky Mount and Fort Liberty in North Carolina on Friday on official visits to the White House. The North Carolina GOP Convention is also underway, with…

CNN — Former President Donald Trump admitted on tape at a 2021 meeting that he had kept “secret” military information that he had not declassified, according to a transcript of the audio recording obtained by CNN. “As president, I could have declassified myself, but now I can’t,” Trump says, according to the transcript. CNN obtained a transcript of part of the meeting where Trump discusses a classified Pentagon document about the Iran attack. In the audio recording, which CNN previously reported prosecutors obtained, Trump says he did not declassify the document he is referring to, according to the transcript. Trump…

When he kicked off his presidential campaign in socially conservative Iowa, Gov. Ron DeSantis boasted about the six-week abortion ban he signed into law. Just a couple of days later, while campaigning to “live free or die” in New Hampshire, DeSantis avoid talking about it the question. If the early days of his presidential campaign are any indication, DeSantis must walk a hard line on abortion. Access to the procedure remains popular with most Americans, exposing DeSantis to some general election risk if he focuses too much on the issue. Polls show that more than 60% of Americans believe that…