This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In February of 2017, 64 healthy adult Kenyans checked into a university residence in the coastal town of Kilifi. After a battery of medical tests, they proceeded, one by one,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Pollution, poverty, and race collide in many disadvantaged communities across California—and the country—and some argue that the state’s climate policies haven’t helped. While California has already cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 13% since…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The 2020 presidential election hasn’t yet come to a definitive conclusion, due in part to the power of the internet to enable and reinforce an alternate reality in which widespread…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A change in administration in January will bring a new pandemic strategy for the United States. President-elect Joe Biden has announced his transition COVID-19 advisory council, and there are high expectations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. About 70% of those who bought a firearm during the COVID-19 pandemic reported having suicidal thoughts throughout their lives, compared to 37% of the rest of the community of gun owners.…
The evidence is clear – the COVID pandemic has hit Native Americans, communities of color, and other high-risk and vulnerable populations the hardest, putting front and center the nation’s systematic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and countless others this year underscore systemic racism’s detrimental role in our criminal justice system. And consistent with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is accumulating genetic mutations, one of which may have made it more contagious, according to a study of more than 5,000 patients in Houston,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In portions of rural America, residents lack access to safe wastewater sanitation. Without proper infrastructure, people on septic systems, mobile-home owners, and even those attached to sewer systems may end…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Several large universities are planning to increase coronavirus testing in the spring after seeing outbreaks in the fall. The University of Florida, the University of South Carolina, and the University…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. November has brought encouraging news about several COVID-19 vaccines. But members of the general public will probably not be vaccinated before the spring or summer of 2021 at the earliest.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated America’s nursing homes, but the reasons aren’t as simple as people might think. To understand how nursing homes became the source of over one-third of…