This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The policies that helped financially struggling Americans stay in their homes and keep access to water and electricity during the COVID-19 pandemic also helped reduce the spread of the virus,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the third week of 2021, clinical laboratories nationwide tested 23,549 specimens for influenza. Of those, just 0.3 percent (65 tests) turned up positive — a number that is, to put…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than a third of people nationwide report they are either unlikely or at least hesitant to get a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available, a new study shows. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The abortion debate is at the center of U.S. political dialogue. As of June 2018, 49 percent of Americans consider themselves pro-choice, while 45 percent consider themselves pro-life. Voices from…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United States is failing deeply in containing the pandemic, but it also failing to provide the mental health services that this moment demands. Associate editor Sophia Crabbe-Field spoke with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in the blood of pregnant women cross the placenta efficiently and are found at similar concentrations in the blood of their newborns, according to a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People who are unable to make their rent or mortgage payments sleep less than their peers who don’t have such problems, and those who are forced to move because of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The mutations in the coronavirus indicate that the virus is working hard to survive, with transmissible COVID-19 variants being detected around the world. These mutations have increased the urgency of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We’ve spent much of the last eight years trying to answer a simple question: what are the world’s biggest and most urgent problems? We wanted to have a positive impact…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been a nightmare for many Americans as they struggle through multi-step registration and appointment systems. The federal government had envisioned states using one national vaccine…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than 2 million miles of natural gas pipelines run throughout the United States. In Appalachia, they spread like spaghetti across the region. Many of these lines were built in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Within a year of the first reported case of COVID-19, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine became the first fully-tested immunization to be approved for emergency use against the deadly virus. The lightning-speed development and approval…