young people

Gen Z and millennials want to have a chat about mental health. With politicians

4:44pm February 09, 2024

by Elena Moore

For young Americans today, who hold immense electoral potential, the volatile political world they came of age in may be affecting their mental health. Some politicians have started to talk about it.

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1,000 "Dark Brandon" signs were placed around Miami ahead of the third Republican Debate in Miami last November.

Politics & Government

Meme-ifying 2024: how some young organizers are working to get their peers engaged

11:27am January 22, 2024

by Elena Moore

Democrats are counting on young voters to come out in big numbers in 2024. And strategists say a strong online presence is a key way to keep them engaged. Which in part means, here come the memes.

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Anderson Clayton, 25, chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party, is the youngest state party chair in the country. She wants to help Democrats reach rural and young voters.

Politics & Government

A 25-year-old from a small town leads North Carolina's Democratic Party toward 2024

5:10am September 06, 2023

Anderson Clayton is the youngest — and only Gen Z — state party chair in the country. She wants to help President Biden win over young and rural voters in her state next November.

David Hogg speaks to gun control advocates during the March for Our Lives rally in Washington last year. Hogg first became a national organizer after a mass shooting at his high school in Parkland, Fla., more than five years ago.

'We're not just voting. We're also running.' David Hogg launches young candidate PAC

6:02am August 09, 2023

by Elena Moore

Young voters are growing as a dominant portion of the electorate. At the same time, more are becoming eligible to launch their own bids for office. Now, a new PAC wants to help them run — and win.

Apple AirPods are demonstrated during an event to announce new products on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, in San Francisco.

Health & Safety

More than 1 billion young people could be at risk of hearing loss, a new study shows

3:50am November 16, 2022

by Ayana Archie

Researchers compiled data from previous studies and found that recreational listening, such as on devices and at entertainment venues, posed a threat for those aged 12 to 35.

Abortion-rights advocates are using social media to reach young people who have more questions than ever about how to get an abortion.

Health & Safety

Long uncertain, young people's access to abortion is more complicated than ever

7:00am August 13, 2022

by Megan Burbank

As more states restrict abortion, the obstacles for minors who need the procedure are growing. Abortion-rights advocates warn the legal upheaval is leaving young people confused and without options.

Dr. Paul Nyquist points to spots of possible damage caused by a stroke brain scan. Over the past 30 years, strokes among adults 49 and younger have increased in some parts of the U.S.

Health & Safety

Stroke rates are increasing among young people. Here's what you need to know

2:52pm March 14, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

Hailey Bieber's blood clot in the brain shows that young people can experience stroke-like symptoms, too. And among young people, stroke rates are on the rise.

According to the UCLA researchers, people who faced any discrimination had a 26% greater risk of poor health than those who said they hadn't faced any.

A study links facing discrimination at a young age with future mental health issues

4:58pm November 08, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

And the risks may be cumulative. UCLA researchers found that those who faced more incidents of discrimination had an even higher risk of future health problems.

Serious cases of COVID-19 have grown in recent weeks in Americans 50 and younger.

COVID 'Doesn't Discriminate By Age': Serious Cases On The Rise In Younger Adults

12:26pm May 01, 2021

by Will Stone

With older adults vaccinated, doctors say a growing share of their COVID-19 patients are in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s, as more contagious variants circulate among people who are still unvaccinated.

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Young people today are getting ready to make the most of their youth by partying like these young women did back in the 1920s.

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Life In The Roaring 2020s: Young People Prepare To Party, Reclaim Lost Pandemic Year

4:54pm April 17, 2021

by Eva Tesfaye

With the end of the pandemic possibly approaching, young Americans are getting ready to make up for lost time and lost partying, much like their great-grandparents did a century ago.