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How optimizing indoor humidity can help stop the spread of Covid and flu

Richard Zare — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 00:00:23 GMT

OPINION: Recent CDC guidelines for indoor air quality disregard the benefits of humidity. But research shows it can kill viruses and help thwart infections.

How to recover from the Great Education Disruption

Prachi Srivastava — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:00:15 GMT

OPINION: Children around the world were out of school for months, with big impacts on learning, well-being and the economy. How do we avoid a ‘generational catastrophe’?

How to short-circuit short-term thinking

Paul Van Lange and David Rand — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:31 GMT

OPINION: Human behavior is fueling major social dilemmas — from climate change to the Covid pandemic to the spread of misinformation. But that means it’s also the solution, if only we can harness psychology for the common good.

Question the ‘lab leak’ theory. But don’t call it a conspiracy.

Ivan Oransky — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 00:00:23 GMT

OPINION: If there’s one thing the pandemic has taught us, labels get in the way of facts and make the truth that much harder to find.

Let’s change how we pay for hospitals

John Colmers and Sherry Glied — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 00:00:01 GMT

OPINION: Many health facilities were already in fiscal straits before Covid-19 — except in Maryland. The state’s innovative and sound approach could be the answer to rescuing systems nationwide.

Why don’t kids tend to get as sick from Covid-19?

Sara Reardon — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 00:00:02 GMT

Some children have been hospitalized and some have died, but at a tiny fraction of the adult rate. As children head back to school, scientists are hoping that research will provide answers.

Building an immune system for the planet could prevent the next pandemic

David Bray — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 00:00:03 GMT

OPINION: We need a global information network that spans borders so we can spot — and stop — new pathogens before they threaten world health

What will history say about Covid? Museums scurry to collect — and prepare to remember.

Karen Emslie — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 00:00:30 GMT

A worn pair of nurse’s shoes. That coronavirus model Anthony Fauci used in public briefings. Oral histories, iconic photos and social media posts. All of us are curators now, and what we preserve — as well as what we don’t — will write the pandemic story.

Covid cut pollution and got us outside. Let’s keep it up.

Ebba Malmqvist — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 00:00:19 GMT

OPINION: Urban planners need to find ways to reduce traffic and provide equal access to green spaces

Demographers tackle Covid-19

Eryn Brown — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 00:00:15 GMT

What they learn could help steer the future of public health

A year of missing tests

Amber Dance — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 00:00:13 GMT

Standardized tests for K-12 students were largely dropped during Covid, leaving a gaping hole in our understanding of students’ progress.

Pencils down: The year pre-college tests went away

Amber Dance — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 00:00:13 GMT

Many colleges and universities stopped requiring the SAT and ACT during Covid. Will they go back to testing in the future? Select: (a) Yes (b) No (c) Depends (d) Not enough information.

What Sweden’s Covid failure tells us about ageism

Carl-Johan Karlsson — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 00:00:07 GMT

Experts say that growing age discrimination in the West is a result of policies that far predate the pandemic

Covid job loss: The cause of the next epidemic?

Jennie E. Brand and Sarah A. Burgard — Tue, 25 May 2021 00:00:25 GMT

OPINION: Being out of work — even for a just a few months — may be bad for your health

It’s time for a government reset — and the ideas are flourishing

M. Mitchell Waldrop — Fri, 21 May 2021 00:00:21 GMT

It started with thinking about sustainability. But after the many traumas of 2020, a lot of people are determined to make some fundamental changes in the machinery of governance.

Remote work can be a lot better than this

Ariane Ollier-Malaterre — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:26 GMT

OPINION: Under the right conditions (i.e., not during a pandemic), telework can be great for both employers and employees

Four ways HIV activists have saved lives during Covid

Monica Gandhi — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:13 GMT

OPINION: We owe these early fighters a debt of gratitude for transforming our response to public health crises.

Yes, all this screen time is hurting your eyes

Zhong-Lin Lu — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 00:00:09 GMT

OPINION: A neuroscientist says that he’s particularly worried about kids, who may have spent much of last year learning online. Some easy hacks can help.

How to convince people to accept a Covid-19 vaccine

John H. Tibbetts — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 00:00:31 GMT

Hesitancy rates are falling but they’re still sizable, especially among certain groups. Easy access and trusted community messengers are keys to moving the needle.

Growing a more resilient global food system

Bob Holmes — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 00:00:19 GMT

Covid-19 has been a stress test for the world’s food supply chains — and a preview of looming threats. That’s making efforts to improve the journey from farm to fork more urgent than ever.