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. 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…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Rural hospitals are often the lifeblood of their communities, in terms of jobs provided and lives saved, but hundreds have shuttered in recent decades and the pandemic has accelerated that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. An American Farm Bureau Federation poll shows that the stigma surrounding mental health issues and getting help for them is declining in rural and farming areas, though it’s still a significant obstacle. “AFBF…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United States is one of three high-income nations that does not guarantee paid sick leave for workers. As of March 2020, 25 percent of private-sector workers had no access to paid sick…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The pervasiveness of COVID-19 has exposed the structural failures of the healthcare system for immigrant populations, who have consistently been at risk during the pandemic. With over 244 million migrants…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Editor’s note: The omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has fueled a rapid surge in cases globally. We asked a team of virologists and immunologists from the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The National Toxicology Program, or NTP, released its 15th report on carcinogens last month, adding eight new substances to a growing list of recognized cancer-causing agents found in many consumer products and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “The U.S. has more than double the amount of abandoned oil and gas wells than previously thought, according to a preliminary analysis by the Interior Department,” Zack Budryk reports for The Hill. “In a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From the earliest days of the pandemic, COVID-19 has wrought a far higher toll in communities of color than in the general population – thrusting the long-standing issue of health…