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How a pharmacy’s past can cut off care for whole communities

By Alexander Fernandez, Reporter Life News Today In many small American towns, the local pharmacy is more than a place to pick up a prescription. It is where neighbors fill blood pressure pills, find antibiotics for sick children and pick up a last-minute inhaler before the weekend. In rural communities with limited medical infrastructure, losing access to a pharmacy can be as consequential as losing a clinic or a hospital. Yet an increasingly common problem is emerging acr

Concerns Against Raising Retirement Age: white-collar lawmakers, blue-collar burdens

Your Money, Their Fight: How Congress Uses Healthcare Funds for Everything Else

Federal healthcare funding begins and ends with the American taxpayer. In 2024, individuals and employers contributed about $1.7 trillion to Medicare and Medicaid — roughly $848 billion for Medicare and $890 billion for Medicaid — according to federal budget data. Together, these programs account for more than one quarter of total federal spending, and nearly one in three Americans receives coverage through them. Each year, Medicare collects slightly more in revenue than it p

Beneath the Vaulted Silence: How the Library of Congress is losing the past it was built to protect

Alexander Fernandez A legacy neglected Imagine Abraham Lincoln’s handwritten Gettysburg Address stored away in a forgotten vault, its ink fading and its paper softening under a bloom of mold. Imagine an original Shakespeare manuscript left among stacks of books on the floor, exposed to dust, moisture, and time. As unlikely as this may seem, preservation specialists and internal audits indicate that some historically significant materials housed at the Library of Congress face