The Literacy Project is being supported by two local theater productions, "The Belle of Amherst" and "Take Ten." ...
One in four young adults across the U.S. is functionally illiterate – yet more than half earned high school diplomas, ...
In 2024, Solano County Library reported that 23 percent of Solano County adults read at or below a 3rd grade reading level.
All computers come with spellcheckers and iPhones autocorrect their users’ texts. But despite those everyday features, formal spelling instruction still pays off, the findings of a new study suggest.
Credit: Lenz Therapeutics. Vizz eye drops contain a cholinergic muscarinic agonist that causes contraction of the iris sphincter muscle, resulting in a pinhole effect that extends focus depth to ...
American Indian (AI) people have among the highest rates of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the United States. Fortunately, since its inception in 1988, the SHS (Strong Heart Study) and its ...
New research finds that declining health is not inevitable as we age. It can also be a time to get healthier and stronger. When Florene Shuber was around 82 years old, she noticed that sometimes she’d ...
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - Western North Dakota has a kids’ newspaper that is expanding to the eastern part of the state. Kid Scoop News is written for kids and given to students in schools. The North ...
In his new book, “Aging While Black: A Radical Reimagining of Aging and Race in America,” Raymond Jetson, a former state lawmaker and health department official from Louisiana, says the United States ...