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The pandemic’s gardening boom shows how gardens can cultivate public health

by lisadtinsley June 8, 2022

Alessandro Ossola – Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis As lockdowns went into effect in the spring of 2020 to slow the spread of the coronavirus, reports emerged of a global…

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Heading into the third year of the pandemic, the US blood supply is at a 10-year low

by lisadtinsley March 15, 2022

Anna Nagurney – Professor and Chair in Integrative Studies, UMass Amherst The blood supply in the U.S. is now at its lowest level in over a decade. Many of the nation’s…

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Herbal skin treatments in Uganda get an important scientific boost

by lisadtinsley December 15, 2021

Jane Namukobe – Lecturer, Makerere University Herbal medicine is used all over the world, and Uganda is no exception. Figures suggest that up to 79% of the East African nation’s population favours…

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One virus, two countries: how the misuse of science compounded South Africa’s COVID crisis

by lisadtinsley December 13, 2021

Steven Friedman – Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg Now, and in the past, “following the science” on COVID-19 has landed South Africa in trouble. This is not an…

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As a patriot and Black man, Colin Powell embodied the ‘two-ness’ of the African American experience

by lisadtinsley October 18, 2021

Chad Williams – Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Professor of History and African and African American Studies, Brandeis University Colin Powell knew where he fit in American history. The former…

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Eighteen months of the COVID-19 pandemic – a retrospective in seven charts

by lisadtinsley September 13, 2021

Katelyn Jetelina – Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston A year and a half into what the World Health Organization officially declared a pandemic on March…

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What happens when the COVID-19 vaccines enter the body – a road map for kids and grown-ups

by lisadtinsley September 8, 2021

Glenn J Rapsinski – Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellow, University of Pittsburgh The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has changed the way people live around the world. As of…

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September 8, 2021 0 comment 244 views
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Dance and movement therapy holds promise for treating anxiety and depression, as well as deeper psychological wounds

by lisadtinsley September 7, 2021

Lana Ruvolo Grasser – Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Research Fellow, Wayne State University A few years ago, framed by the skyline of Detroit, a group of about 15 children resettled…

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Farmers markets are growing their role as essential sources of healthy food for rich and poor

by lisadtinsley August 27, 2021

Written by Edna Ledesma – Assistant Professor of Planning and Landscape Architecture, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Alfonso Morales – Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Planning and Landscape Architecture, University of…

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How to put women at the centre of Africa’s food systems

by lisadtinsley August 23, 2021

Written by Elizabeth Mkandawire and Melody Mentz-Coetzee  The number of hungry people in the world grew by a staggering 161 million people in 2020 to 811 million. More than one third…

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