This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As of April 2020, the United States had regained 96.7 percent of the employment that it had in April 2019—some 5.2 million jobs shy of 100%—and rural America had regained…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented pace and scale of innovation in vaccine development. Since COVID-19 was first recognised as a public health emergency of international concern by the World…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new study looking at the way human cells activate the immune system in response to SARS-CoV-2 infection could open the door to even more effective and powerful vaccines against…
According to latest numbers, 1 in 4 Americans don’t want the COVID-19 vaccine. Whether due to hesitancy, fear, mistrust or politicization, it’s clear that we’re not out of the woods…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. President Joe Biden plans to buy and donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to more than 90 countries, while calling on the world’s democracies to do their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It was one month after Hurricane Iota destroyed his family’s home that 31-year-old Jexis decided to leave his hometown of Choloma, Honduras. The storm arrived after months of joblessness he…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. July 1 is the date that President Joe Biden wants the country to be 70% vaccinated, and rural areas are far behind urban centers in progress toward that goal. Agriculture,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The last time Sean McQuiddy called home from federal prison, it was just before Christmas in 2020, and he had grim news: He’d tested positive for COVID-19. “If I don’t…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The recent surge of COVID-19 in South Asia challenges India’s traditional ability to aid its smaller neighbors, a change that could, in turn, affect India’s influence in its competition with China.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It was while working in a UK research lab that Francisca Mutapi first noticed the other scientists were approaching treatment to a disease she’d known since childhood from a totally…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Spiraling healthcare costs have been of grave concern to the healthcare industry, government, and public for at least 50 years. And while the debate remains heated over the appropriate strategy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One challenge as society reopens is identifying who has been vaccinated for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The new COVID-19 antibody test is similar to one used at home to determine…