This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The good news? Enrollment in new cancer therapy clinical trials has returned to normal, at least within one large trial network, a year after the pandemic began. The bad news?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you started working from home in the last 16 months, you’re in good company. Over 100 million Americans transitioned from in-person to remote work during the pandemic. And if you…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For the youngest children, the pandemic’s academic and emotional toll might not have received as much attention as it has for older kids, but it has still been severe, according to a new report from the Saul Zaentz…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Covid-19 pandemic has been a time of great change and challenge for combatting loneliness. At NPC we’ve been working with grant holders of the Building Connections Fund to understand how they…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mandatory teacher vaccinations against COVID-19 became the hot topic in education circles again last week, with Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, making the media rounds on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many of her classmates dropped out of school when they got pregnant. But Irene chose a different path. From workshops on sexual education, to launching her own organization, she now…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On World Population Day, July 11, leaders and activists turn their attention to the urgent need to address population issues, including family planning. Access to sexual and reproductive health care…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the world begins to emerge on the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a new-found realization of the interconnectedness of the big, hard issues we face and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mahogany Praylor said goodbye to her youngest brother in April, expecting to see him soon: He was going to prison, but only for a few months. Kevin Praylor, 43, had…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. San Francisco will require businesses in high-contact indoor settings, including bars, restaurants, clubs, theaters and entertainment venues, to require proof of full vaccination from customers and employees to allow them…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Tanya Coke, director of the gender, racial, and ethnic justice program at the Ford Foundation, and Mindy Tarlow, managing director of portfolio strategy and management at the philanthropic collaborative Blue…
One in every nine children in Maricopa County is asthmatic. The Arizona county, home to Phoenix, has some of the most polluted air in the country. At least 13 percent…