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/ 6 months agoWest Nile virus season returns − a medical epidemiologist explains how it’s transmitted and how you can avoid it
Most people who get infected with West Nile virus have mild symptoms, but in certain cases the illness can become serious...
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/ 6 months agoUS military presence in Syria carries substantial risks, but so does complete withdrawal
The US maintains close to 1,000 troops in Syria and supports Kurdish groups in the northeast and some opposition groups in...
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/ 6 months agoIn praise of the weird
Despite feeling some schadenfreude at watching politicians squirm over being derided as such, a scholar of speculative fiction wants to keep...
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/ 6 months agoWhat is mpox? A microbiologist explains what’s known about this smallpox cousin
The World Health Organization had declared mpox a global health threat in 2022 and 2024. While most mpox infections are mild,...
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/ 6 months agoReal-time crime centers are transforming policing – a criminologist explains how these advanced surveillance systems work
As police departments across the US and the world adopt real-time crime centers, there’s a need for better public understanding of...
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/ 6 months agoCatholics are debating whether to remove paintings by a priest accused of abusing women − but let’s not confuse the artist and the art, writes an art historian
Marko Rupnik’s art is on display in many churches. Should his paintings be removed in light of recent allegations?
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/ 6 months agoRaising the retirement age won’t defuse China’s demographic time bomb – but mass immigration might
By 2100, China’s population will likely be half its current size. It will also be a lot older, with fewer working-age...
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/ 6 months agoHispanic women are less likely to get PrEP treatment − new intervention could change that
Despite higher than average rates of HIV infection, Hispanic women have relatively low awareness of PrEP, an effective HIV-prevention medication.
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/ 6 months agoChicagoans watch films of the violent 1968 convention protests to get ready for the Democratic convention
As the Democratic National Convention returns to Chicago, there’s an appetite in that city to revisit films from the bloody and...
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/ 6 months agoKamala Harris’ sudden political rise echoes that of another female politician, New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern
Jacinda Ardern, like Kamala Harris, unexpectedly became the leader of her political party close to the election. The similarities don’t stop...
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/ 6 months agoLocal elections are less partisan because voters will cross party lines when issues hit close to home
4 in 10 voters would back a candidate from the opposing party for local office if that politician shared their views...
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/ 6 months agoStudents with mental health struggles linked to absenteeism and lower grades, showing clear need for more in-school support
More preteen boys are struggling with behavioral issues, while more teen girls are experiencing anxiety and depression.
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/ 6 months agoHow back-to-back hurricanes set off a year of compounding disasters for one city − and alarm bells about risks in a warming world
A National Academies report finds crucial lessons for everyone’s disaster planning and recovery in a town hit hard by two hurricanes,...
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/ 6 months agoUkraine’s cross-border incursion challenges Moscow’s war narrative – but will it shift Russian opinion?
The Kremlin has pushed a dual narrative: that the conflict represents an existential battle with the West, but that life goes...
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/ 6 months ago3 years after fall of Kabul, US Congress has still not acted to secure future of more than 70,000 Afghan evacuees in US
Attempts to pass the Afghan Adjustment Act have faltered, leaving tens of thousands of Afghans who fled chaos during the fall...
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/ 6 months agoAmericans love free speech, survey finds − until they realize everyone else has it, too
Americans agree that democracy requires freedom of speech. But a large minority also thinks it’s acceptable to bar certain subjects or...
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/ 6 months agoOffensive names dot the American street map − a new app provides a way to track them
A newly released app allows users to search for discriminatory roadway names, helping communities grasp the ubiquity of inequalities embedded in...
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/ 6 months agoHistorians diving for balloons and hoping for hot dish: What Smithsonian curators will be doing at the Democratic National Convention
Will there be Minnesota hot dish hats worn at the upcoming Democratic National Convention? Curators from the Smithsonian will be there,...
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/ 6 months agoPhilly schools are in disrepair − the municipal bond market is 1 big reason
The district spends only 43 cents of every dollar loaned to it.
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/ 6 months agoFuture lawyers learn key lessons from studying poetry in parks in this course
Parks around campus at this university become a place for law students to produce prose and draw parallels between nature and...
