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Pull Over! We Need to Talk

By John Swartzberg, M.D., Chair, Wellness Letter Editorial Board
Our driving is getting worse. Traffic fatalities have been trending upwards over the past several years after falling for decades, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. The most dramatic upticks occurred since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2019, before the pandemic began, one person was killed in a car crash every 15 […]
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