Medicaid Expansions Saved Tens of Thousands of Lives, Study Finds

As Congress eyes sweeping cuts to Medicaid, the health care program for low-income adults that serves about 20% of people living in the U.S., a new study has a sharp conclusion: cuts to Medicaid will cost lives. The study, published in the National Bureau of Economic Research on May 5, tracked nearly 40 million people … Read more

Tens of thousands mourn Hezbollah leader Nasrallah in mass funeral in Lebanon

Tens of thousands of people gathered at a stadium in Lebanon’s capital Beirut to mourn Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a public funeral nearly five months after he was killed by an Israeli airstrike. Determined to project strength despite the devastating losses it has faced since Nasrallah’s death — including leadership uncertainty and mounting Israeli … Read more