"What is clear, as the second pandemic spring tilts into the second pandemic summer, is that efforts like the COVID Collaborative will be needed for some time to come."
— New York Times, June 16, 2021
Americans should be worried — and hopeful — that the Biden administration has announced it will end the Covid-19 public health emergency in May.
When will the COVID-19 pandemic end in the U.S.? Is it over when the president says so, by scientific consensus, or when the public thinks so? Historians of pandemics think it’s mainly the latter.
At least 10.5 million children have been orphaned by covid-19. David Cox reports on the global efforts to recognise and secure a future for them.
t’s easy to rattle off the visible effects the covid-19 pandemic has had on schools, starting with school closures in 2020 and continuing through mask debates, teacher burnout and ongoing behavioral challenges. One of the less visible effects of the pandemic is the number of grieving students now populating American schools.
Parent deaths rose 25% in 2020 and the virus explains only a fraction of the increase, with accidental overdoses and gun homicides driving that number.
Amid confusion and fatigue, only a fraction of eligible Americans have gotten the new Covid-19 booster.
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