#Adults

Editorial: Teenagers and young adults are not the only people in need of new skills and a sense of purpose

October is Health Literacy Month, and a recent study shows that a third of adults struggle with basic everyday health tasks. Nana-Sentuo Bonsu introduces us to a volunteer group helping adults better navigate their health.

Around 13,000 people are diagnosed with a primary brain tumour in the UK each year, and brain tumours are the leading cause of cancer death in children and adults under 40. Glioblastoma (GBM), the mos

Older adults reported $3 billion in fraud losses to the FTC in 2025, five times the 2020 total. Investment scams topped $1 billion, social media was the costliest contact method, and six-figure losses made up 70% of the money.

Trump Accounts could be rolled out to adults, but that will require Congress to act. Here's what experts want to see.

The clocks go back this weekend, so embrace the longer nights with these family-friendly activities and events, from a stargazing festival to moonlit crazy golf

Most adults remain confident in the safety of long-standing childhood vaccines, though people’s views of the COVID-19 vaccine are heavily polarized, according to a new poll from health research organization KFF.…

A four-minute daily workout helped older adults improve balance and strength in just 12 weeks.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Lipfendra (enlicitide), the first oral inhibitor of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9), as an adjunct to diet and exercise to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), or “bad”…

The intro to the friend group and Paul Baker's (Jack Innanen) origin story will stream on Friday, July 31, after a surprise premiere at New York's Tribeca Festival.

About the Company GoGoGrandparent’s (GoGo’s) mission is to help older adults live independently in their home for as long as possible. We do that by tailoring existing on demand apps to the needs of people living with mobility, visual, cognitive and…

Join the NYPL this summer with reading challenges and their first ever Big Summer Book Club. Anyone with a NYPL card can checkout the e-book version of N.K. Jemisin’s The City We Became, no wait times. See more and participate here!…

The cigarette smoking rate among U.S. adults dropped to another all-time low last year.

New study by Emanuela Campisi (University of Catania) and Anita Slominska and Asli Ozyurek (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics) reveals that Italian and Dutch adults adapt their hand gestures in remarkably similar ways when explaining new concepts…

As the nation marks Mental Health Awareness Month, here’s a look at how Americans describe their mental health and who they feel comfortable talking to about it.

Nearly nine-in-ten U.S. adults say marijuana should be legal either for medical or recreational use. Just 11% say the drug should not be legal at all.

Most U.S. adults who go to religious services say they’ve recently heard from their clergy about at least one political or social issue.

Children, like all mammals, are born completely dependent on adults for survival. The primary task of childhood is to grow increasingly independent of this care, and so they are also born with instinctive drives to practice independence to the degree that…

A growing share of U.S. adults say religion is gaining influence, but most still want churches to stay out of politics, a 2026 survey finds.