OLDER WORKERS MOST AT RISK OF VIRUS LEAST LIKELY TO TELEWORKBy Carol Hymowitz Older workers who are most at risk of getting seriously ill from Covid-19 are the least likely group able to work from home. Three- quarters of U.S. workers who are 65 or older—or about five million men and women—can’t telework, according to [...]

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An Unnecessary EpidemicBy Royalle Hurney The FDA’s general description of OxyContin states that it is “A long-acting (extended-release) opioid pain medicine that can put you at risk for overdose and death. Even if you take your dose correctly as prescribed you are at risk for opioid addiction, abuse, and misuse that can lead to death.”1 [...]

RECOMMENDED READING ADDING LIFE TO YEARS AND YEARS TO LIFE The UK government has set a goal of five more years of healthy life expectancy by 2035 and at the same time close the large social gap in healthy life expectancy. Currently in the UK, on average, women are living for 29 years in poor [...]