News of the Week: Americans with serious mental illnesses die 15-30 years younger than those without mental illness
Each week we share articles on subjects that are important to NUHW and its members. Here are several must-read stories over the past seven days:
Americans with depression, bipolar disorder or other serious mental illnesses die 15 to 30 years younger than those without mental illness — a disparity larger than for race, ethnicity, geography or socioeconomic status, according to The New York Times.
Salaried managers and assistant managers at Lowe’s retailer are being required to enter binding arbitration agreements under the threat of losing their valuable bonuses, according to a copy of the contract obtained by HuffPost. By signing the contract, managers agree they won’t take Lowe’s to court with any claims or join in class-action lawsuits against the company. Instead, any grievance they have must be taken individually and in private to an arbitrator ― an arrangement that could significantly cut back workers’ legal claims of unpaid work.
USC President C.L. Max Nikias, whose tenure was tarnished by a series of damaging scandals, is stepping down from his post, the Los Angeles Times reported. The move comes after more than a week of uproar over the university’s handling of a longtime campus gynecologist accused of misconduct toward female students. More than 300 people, most of them former female patients of Dr. George Tyndall, have since come forward to USC, many with allegations of mistreatment and sexual abuse that date back to the early 1990s.
African American children are taking their lives at roughly twice the rate of their white counterparts, according to a new study that shows a widening gap between the two groups, the Washington Post reports. The results were seen in both boys and girls.