This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As wildfires ravage the western United States and communities from the gulf to the mid-Atlantic recover from destructive hurricanes, the focus is on the federal government to act on climate,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The opening of Westside Park – the largest jewel on the BeltLine Emerald Necklace – has generated much excitement and is the result of years of hard work by many people and organizations. It…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. First, the bad news. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently warned that the world is already locked into at least 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming before 2050. The climate crisis…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Shakira Franklin drives from West Baltimore to her job near the city’s Inner Harbor, she can feel the summer heat ease up like a fist loosening its grip. “I…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. City and regional government leaders and policymakers are being invited to discover how real-time monitoring of urban greenhouse gases (GHGs) can help them in their efforts to tackle climate change.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Deaths from methamphetamine overdoses increased 180 percent from 2015 to 2019, and “Researchers found Native Americans and Alaska Natives still have the highest rate of methamphetamine use disorder and have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ebola is now a disease that can be diagnosed and treated. To prevent Ebola outbreaks from occurring in the first place, the world needs to be proactive to be better prepared. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than half of the 236 million people diagnosed with COVID-19 worldwide since December 2019 will experience post-COVID symptoms—commonly known as “long COVID”—up to six months after recovering. Governments, health…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Food security has long been recognized as an effective, much-needed response to the devastation from natural disasters. During the COVID-19 pandemic, food relief became a central need—and an area that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than 200 million U.S. residents have gotten at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine with the expectation that the vaccines slow virus transmission and save lives. Researchers know…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When I think of well-being, I don’t think of it as something that is purely psychological or for that matter, individual. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health is defined as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the midst of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is clear that it has disproportionately affected Black, Latinx, and American Indian families and communities. Though lack of adequate data makes it…