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Why Is Good Medical Advice for Pregnant Women So Hard to Find?

A recent warning about the pain reliever acetaminophen is a reminder that health risks in pregnancy remain maddeningly, dangerously understudied.Xiaobin Wang is quoted at The New York Times. 

Victoria recorded highest number of daily COVID cases in Australia [Video]

Stuart

We examine Victoria’s highest tally of COVID cases and why it’s expected there’s worse to come. Plus students returning back to the classrooms and mandatory mask wearing in Victorian schools.Liz […]

Report finds inequities in Maryland’s early childhood education system [Video]

Minkovitz

A new report released Wednesday finds a quality early childhood education system must first be an equitable one. The report finds that quality childcare remains out of reach for families across […]

Keeping Kids Safe [Podcast]

Stuart

Liz Stuart, Professor of Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses keeping kids safe from Covid at Bloomberg.

CDC: Schools Without Mask Mandates More Likely to Have COVID-19 Outbreaks

Stuart

A new CDC study shows that schools without mask requirements are 3.5 times more likely to have COVID-19 outbreaks.Liz Stuart is quoted at Verywell Health. 

Can You Ask Someone If They’re Vaccinated? [Radio]

Stuart

In particular many of us are feeling anxious about how to tactfully ask friends, loved ones, colleagues and customers if they have been vaccinated, as it can be a very […]

Harvard Moves MBA Classes Online as Covid-19 Cases Rise [Video]

Stuart

Harvard Business School moved all first-year and some second-year MBA students to remote learning this week amid a “steady rise” in breakthrough Covid-19 infections, despite high vaccination rates and frequent […]

Where Are the Tests?

Stuart

Rapid testing — more formally known as antigen testing — allows people to learn within minutes whether they are carrying enough of the Covid-19 virus to be contagious.Liz Stuart is quoted […]

How are schools deciding to close due to COVID-19 cases? It all depends.

Stuart

Health experts said creating broad rules that can apply to every school — or even every class within a school — is difficult.Liz Stuart is quoted at The Philadelphia Inquirer. 

“A generation ago, the percentage of college-educated women having children outside of marriage was negligible. It’s no longer a rare event.”

Cherlin

—Andrew Cherlin,Benjamin H. Griswold III Professor of Public Policy, Department of Sociology,on his study showing that nonmarital childbearing has increased significantlyamong women of all educational levels over the past 25 […]