For baby boomers, JFK death ripples still
We cannot get past it, we Americans. Not a half century later. Maybe not even ever. The president with the easy grin in whom so
Report finds aging U.S. faces crisis in cancer care
WASHINGTON — The U.S. is facing a crisis in how to deliver cancer care, as the baby boomers reach their tumor-prone years and doctors have
Census: Rural areas lose population for first time
Rural America is losing population for the first time ever, largely because of waning interest among baby boomers in moving to far-flung locations for retirement and recreation, according to new census estimates.
Prison dilemma: surging numbers of older inmates
NEW YORK — In corrections systems nationwide, officials are grappling with decisions about geriatric units, hospices and medical parole as elderly inmates — with their high rates of illness and infirmity — make up an ever increasing share of the prison population.