Category: Washington Post

Nearly 43 percent of young adults used marijuana in 2021

Nearly 43 percent of 19- to 30-year-olds say they used marijuana in 2021, according to federally funded research.

Want more plants, less meat in your diet? Here are 5 tasty tips.

You don’t have to give up meat. Just trimming the amount you eat can have real health benefits.

Trauma, time and mental health — new study unpacks pandemic phenomenon

A majority of Americans experienced time distortions at the beginning of the pandemic, researchers say.

Psilocybin as mental health therapy? Here’s what I found.

Interest in and use of the drug is growing, but much is unknown.

During the summer of revenge travel, covid struck back

Washington Post readers share their stories of trying to make the best of it when covid diagnoses disrupted long-awaited trips with loved ones.

The logistics of death can be overwhelming. New apps can offer help.

Creators of services say their goal of providing easily accessible and organized help for people in distress has never been more necessary.

A completely valid list of reasons I can’t exercise today

Really, I want to. It’s just that today, tomorrow and all the days after don’t really work for me.

Covid forecast: Major fall surge unlikely, but variants are a wild card

Infectious disease experts are guardedly optimistic that the reformulated covid boosters and built-up immunity will prevent a fall covid surge.

‘This is really weird. Who wakes up and their hand doesn’t work?’

As he underwent nerve surgery to solve the strange ailment, his doctors had to jettison their plans when they found something unexpected.

Twitter is struggling with Libs of TikTok’s attacks on children’s hospitals

The growing worries about violence have prompted raging debate inside Twitter over whether the Libs of TikTok account should be suspended.