This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Cities had to get smarter faster than ever in the last 19 months as they faced the coronavirus crisis, the racial reckoning after the murder of George Floyd, climate-related extreme…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic began, rising mental health problems in the United States had health advocates and providers worried about the need for additional support for struggling college students—and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Healthy Eating Research (HER) recently released research that aims to understand the strategies that best increase consumer demand for healthier products. The report, A National Research Agenda to Support Health Eating Through Retail…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Having a poorly understood condition is frustrating. From the doctors’ visits, to multiple ineffective treatments, to reductions in quality of life, it can feel as though there is little hope.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The high costs of COVID-19 are evident in lost jobs, dramatic falls in GDP growth, compromised schooling, shuttered restaurants, and much more. Some of these losses will be recovered over…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To understand how rural America has been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, it is important to grasp that rural America is not a monolith. Communities are diverse both in terms…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the course of the pandemic, it’s been apparent to anyone who works with or parents small children how deeply the nation’s difficulties have been felt by its youngest citizens.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Gun violence increased by more than 30% in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study. The researchers say that stress, domestic violence, lack of social…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “We have a partnership with a regional food bank,” a principal once told me on a school visit. “Each Friday, every eligible student gets a red backpack full of food…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When schools closed down last spring, some parents and educators responded by forming “pandemic pods,” or small groups of students who came together outside of school to learn during the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a founding partner of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB), and Malaria is at the forefront of the global COVID-19 response.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many Americans now have the green light to get a COVID-19 vaccine booster – and the flexibility to receive a different brand than the original vaccine they received. On the…