Experts believe Washington 'must break its promise on Social Security' to protect it from 'imminent insolvency.' Is the situation really that dire?

Decades of delayed action have only exacerbated the shortfall. Bloomberg’s editorial board argues that Washington must “break ...
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The Journey of Disability Assessment Reform in Saudi Arabia

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the World Bank (WB) have been closely collaborating on disability-assessment reforms and ...

Illness is more than just biological – medical sociology shows how social factors get under the skin and cause disease

Medical sociology examines how social, cultural, political and economic factors shape health in ways that medicine alone ...
IEEE

Factors Influencing Social Media Adoption in Government Organizations: A TOE Framework and PLS-SEM Model Analysis

Abstract: In an era marked by rapid technological advancements, societal activities across diverse domains have undergone significant transformation. Within the information society, individuals and ...

Woman with Limb Differences Was Told She Was 'Cursed.' Then She Embraced Her Disabilities Through Modeling (Exclusive)

Liberia-born content creator Samrica opens up to PEOPLE about how she turned the challenges she faced in childhood into ...
Frontiers

Model-Based and Model-Free Social Cognition: Investigating the Role of Habit in Social Attitude Formation and Choice

Do habits play a role in our social impressions? To investigate the contribution of habits to the formation of social attitudes, we examined the roles of model-free and model-based reinforcement ...
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Social Security Disability faces pressure as policymakers weigh major changes

Many Americans expect to work well into older age, yet a large share end up leaving the workforce earlier than planned, often because of unexpected health problems. For those who can no longer work, ...