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"The two most replicated, robust factors linked to suicide are economic change — downturn — and social disconnection," says Dr. Roger McIntyre, professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto. And both factors, he notes, are major hallmarks of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Act Now To Get Ahead Of A Mental Health Crisis, Specialists Advise U.S.

Suicide rates typically drop during natural disasters and other crises but then spike in the months or years after. So mental health specialists are looking to build psychological resilience now.

Iryna Merezhko at the Los Angeles pharmacy where she works.

A 14-year-old who fled Ukraine is in U.S. detention. His family doesn't know where.

It's been a week since Ivan arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border and asked immigration agents to let him in on humanitarian grounds. His family still hasn't heard from him.

Dueling signs dot Virginia's Arlington County as residents debate the zoning reform proposal. This photo first appeared in DCist. Click <a href="https://wamu.org/story/23/01/20/arlington-missing-middle-housing/">here</a> to read that story.

The U.S. needs more affordable housing — where to put it is a bigger battle

American suburbs mandated single-family homes generations ago, often to segregate areas by race and class. New laws allow more-affordable options like townhomes but construction so far has been slow.

Weekly Reporter Roundtable: Ohio medical PAC gives governor endorsement to Ramaswamy

The Ohio State Medical Association's PAC chose to support Republican Vivek Ramaswamy in the Ohio governor's race over Democrat Amy Acton, who is a licensed physician.

U.S. Catholics Want Action After Report Details Decades Of Child Sexual Abuse

Rachel Martin talks to John Allen, editor of the Catholic publication Crux, about how Catholics are reconciling their faith with the latest revelations of child sex abuse by clergy.

The lungs of a young woman in her 20s became so damaged by COVID-19 that she could not survive without her blood being oxygenated outside her body on an ECMO machine. She received a double-lung transplant on June 5. In this photo taken before the transplant, the patient is being monitored by the ECMO team at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

1st-Known U.S. Lung Transplant For COVID-19 Patient Performed In Chicago

A young woman in her 20s was healthy before the coronavirus struck her. After two months on a ventilator and ECMO device, her transplanted lungs are now working.

President Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House Tuesday.

Parts Of U.S. Could Relax Some Coronavirus Mitigation Before May, Trump Says

Trump teased that some states might be able to re-open in some form or change their practices before May 1. But he said federal guidelines on social distancing would stay in effect until then.

Democrat who called RFK Jr. a 'charlatan' says U.S. is vulnerable to next pandemic

Sen. Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from Washington, says Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is "not following the science," like he said he would during his confirmation hearings earlier this year.

The bitter cold gripping the U.S. is blamed for at least 40 deaths, 14 in Tennessee

Temperatures plunged below zero in parts of Tennessee, creating the largest power demand ever for the Tennessee Valley Authority. The icy blast stretches from Oregon to the Northeast.

President Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin leave a press conference after their meeting Monday in Helsinki. Trump sided against his intelligence officials, who have said Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

Trump's Refusal To Back U.S. Intel Over Russia At Putin Summit Sparks Bipartisan Ire

The leaders held a stunning joint news conference after speaking privately for about two hours, just days after a grand jury indicted 12 Russian intelligence agents on election-related charges.

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