Based at Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center, The Journalist’s Resource, where this piece was originally published, examines public policy news topics through a research lens — and research through a journalistic lens. Its goal is to get more high-quality research into the media and to summarize and contextualize high-quality research on newsy public policy topics. Two new studies add to the growing body of evidence that racism plays a key role in the persistent preterm birth disparities that exist between Black and white women in the United States. While there’s ongoing research on the association between preterm birth and factors such…
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Demodex are a family of eight-legged mites that live in the hair follicles and associated sebaceous or oil glands of many mammals. Two species are known in humans – Demodex folliculorum, which lives mainly in hair follicles on our faces (especially eyelashes and eyebrows), and Demodex brevis, which sets up home in the oil glands on the face and elsewhere. A Demodex mite under the microscope. Mohammed_Al_Ali/Shutterstock Newborns don’t have Demodex mites. In a study looking for them on adult humans, researchers could detect them visually in only 14% of people. However, once they used DNA analysis, they found signs…
Friends and family of Tyler Evans—a designer for progressive movements and leaders, including Sen. Bernie Sanders—have launched a GoFundMe to raise money for the Evans family in the wake of his hospitalization.The “solidarity fund” webpage explains that “Tyler has been in ICU care for the last week with subdural and epidural hematoma (blood accumulation between the brain and skull). He will have a road to recovery once he leaves the hospital, which will take several months, potentially up to a year.””Tyler has dedicated his life to the progressive movement and is a designer whose work has been seen by and…
We all imagine better versions of ourselves. Smarter. More attractive. Physically nimble to rock the dance floor, conquer martial arts, or run that ultramarathon. And as we grow older, we want to live longer, healthier lives—or even reverse the aging process itself. For eons, people have tapped into various resources to give themselves an edge. You’ve likely indulged in a strong cup of coffee that kickstarts your brain in the morning, or makeup that hides undereye circles after a sleepless night, or medication that keeps the brain focused. The question is, what’s acceptable? When do treatments cross the line from…
The outbreak began two months ago and is unfolding amid economic crisis and rising insecurity due to gang violence. Ninety per cent of confirmed cases have been in areas with a high burden of severe acute malnutrition. A ‘triple threat’ Children suffering from the condition, which is also known as severe wasting, are more vulnerable to cholera and at least three times more at risk of dying from it. “In Haiti right now, there is a triple threat to children’s lives –malnutrition, cholera and armed violence. And sometimes all three together,” said Manuel Fontaine, Director of UNICEF’s Office of Emergency…
The UN-brokered deal which is implemented through a Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) in Istanbul involving Russia, Ukraine, and Türkiye, was signed in July, to allow grain, oil and other foodstuffs to leave the war-torn country for markets overseas – many of which are in desperate need of food from Europe’s “breadbasket” to stave off the threat of famine. On Saturday, Russia said it was suspending its cooperation and would no longer guarantee the safe passage along the agreed humanitarian corridor of ships through the Black Sea, claiming that Ukraine had launched an attack on its military vessels in Crimea. Diplomatic…
RAYYAN, Qatar — As fans streamed out of a silver, pulsing stadium, minutes after Morocco’s dramatic and emotional victory over Spain on penalty kicks, Emad Benmoussa felt more than just pride in his team, the euphoria of the moment, the fatigue of traveling eight hours on a plane to see a soccer match and having to decide, now that they had won, whether to do it all again.He was also part of something greater.“You could feel the whole stadium was chanting for Morocco — Syrians and Egyptians and Palestinians, the entire Arab world,” he said. “It feels really — natural.”For…
Four new fantasy novels explore that most frightening of scenarios: inescapable doom. From damned souls to sacrificial demigods, the characters in these books are caught in snares from page one, which only makes their struggles to escape their fates that much more compelling.Noir and fantasy often seem to go together, but those two elements seldom uplift each other quite as well as they do in “Even Though I Knew the End” (Tordotcom), a novella by C.L. Polk. Magical detective Helen Brandt works to solve a string of serial murders in 1930s Chicago, but her own time is running out: She…
NICE, France — French writer Dominique Lapierre, who was celebrated for his historical work on the World War II struggle to liberate Paris and a novel depicting a life of hardship in a Kolkata slum in India, has died. He was 91.Lapierre died Friday, a local newspaper in southern France reported Monday, citing an interview with the author’s wife, Dominique Conchon-Lapierre.She told the Var Matin newspaper that Lapierre died “of old age” and that she was “at peace because (her husband) is no longer suffering.”French Culture Minister Rima Abdul Malak praised Lapierre as an author and journalist whose travels around…
Don’t worry, darling, you’re in good hands with Olivia Wilde’s daughter. The actress shared a glimpse at her and Jason Sudeikis’ 6-year-old Daisy in parent mode. In a post on Olivia’s Instagram Story, the little one was captured wearing pajamas, a pair of sneakers, what appeared to be her mom’s puffer jacket, a baseball hat and a black clutch. As the 38-year-old wrote, “Thought she was in bed and found her in full mom cosplay.” There’s a chance Daisy won’t just be looking to step into her mom’s jacket and hat, but also into Oliva’s shoes one day. After all, she…