After three decades and five combat deployments in Navy Special Operations, Stephen Jones’s life spiraled into blackouts, bouts of angry confusion and alcohol-fueled benders. Doctors diagnosed him with traumatic brain injuries inflicted by years of sea dives, parachute jumps, firefights and bomb blasts. The extract of an ancient African shrub known as ibogaine, he says,…

Children in low income households are more likely to be chronically absent from school for health reasons, according to a new report from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The finding adds a new piece to the puzzle for schools trying to combat chronic absenteeism – a post-pandemic phenomenon that has become a major…