Month: June 2021

Ms. Cole examined the link between abuse at home and problems in the classroom, and sought to make schools “trauma sensitive.” View original article Contributor: Neil Genzlinger

The findings run counter to claims that influenza is more threatening to children than Covid-19 is. View original article Contributor: Apoorva Mandavilli

Reports of a decline in male fertility rely on flawed assumptions, a new study contends. View original article Contributor: Rachel E. Gross

For many people, after more than a year of the pandemic, travel feels like something to dread. But it can still mean liberation, the author and psychologist argues. View original article Contributor: Andrew Solomon

(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden announced Thursday the U.S. will donate 75% of its unused COVID-19 vaccines to the U.N.-backed COVAX global vaccine sharing program, acting as more Americans have been vaccinated and global inequities have become more glaring. Of the first tranche of 25 million doses, the White House said about 19 million will … Read more

The U.S. still hasn’t reached a high enough level of vaccination to achieve “herd immunity” because vaccine demand is falling. While only months ago, it was hard to get an appointment, now vaccines are widely available and people just aren’t getting them. This is a marketing issue: the federal government is failing to penetrate the … Read more

With every person who gets vaccinated, our communities become that much better protected against COVID-19. However, that bubble of protection isn’t being shared across the United States equally—and some of the most vulnerable people are getting left behind, even as 51.9% of the population is fully vaccinated as of June 2. A U.S. Centers for … Read more

In 2020 alone, there were at least 3 million deaths from COVID-19, though the true figure is probably 2-3 times higher. In 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage on and is likely to last well into 2022 and beyond. For ten weeks in a row, from the first week of February, 2021, new daily … Read more

Latin America, South and Southeast Asia and Africa will be among the recipients of an initial 25 million excess doses that the Biden administration is sharing this month. View original article Contributor: Sheryl Gay Stolberg

Latin America, South and Southeast Asia and Africa will be among the recipients of an initial 25 million excess doses that the Biden administration is sharing this month. View original article Contributor: Sheryl Gay Stolberg