This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Regular exercise can improve brain function and may protect against dementia in middle-aged and older adults, with women benefitting almost twice as much as men, according to new research. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. All students have unique strengths and needs that vary over time and are expressed differently. This year, the world has experienced extraordinary unforeseen challenges with the dual pandemics of COVID-19…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the COVID-19 pandemic upends societies and economies, most governments around the world have responded swiftly and decisively. Many have taken far-reaching decisions and adopted legislation granting them temporary powers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea The discontinuation of the Biden administration’s monthly payments of the child tax credit could leave millions…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How quickly can we modify COVID-19 vaccines to tackle any new variants that arise? Jennifer Pancorbo has some answers. The ongoing battles with COVID variants Delta and Omicron highlight just…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Los Angeles families are divided along racial lines and income levels over how well the Los Angeles Unified School District handled remote learning and other issues during the pandemic, a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Aurora schools decided to shorten their quarantine period to five days, aligning with new state and federal guidelines, school nurses found out almost at the same time that families did.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People are understandably worn out, tired of thinking about COVID-19 and wanting to get back to a true normal. This so-called “pandemic fatigue” is real. But it’s also contributing to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The global COVID-19 health and economic crisis compels us to act in the short-term—in the here and now. We can’t look away from the human health consequences without giving our…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We now know that coronavirus — much like police brutality, mass incarceration, and climate change — is not colorblind. It’s not that the virus itself differentiates by race, but, as with other…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s been one year since George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer set off the largest protests in U.S. history and a national reckoning with racism. Beyond the protests,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Young people are largely unaware of the risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections, or STIs, through…