Shutting the economy down was necessary. But it was also painful.
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Belittling activists like Greta Thunberg because they are young is a mistake
Young people need to have a voice when issues affect them.
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YouTuber campaigns against ‘climate alarmism,’ drawing comparisons to Greta Thunberg
The German teen is the newest face of a think tank’s effort to promote what it calls “global warming realism.”
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Before Greta Thunberg was a global icon, she was a tormented child who refused to eat or speak
A new memoir, “Our House Is On Fire,” offers a view of Greta Thunberg’s rise through the eyes of her parents
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We need to inoculate against ‘alternate facts’ to fight COVID-19
Donald Trump’s smoke machine has been running full blast, puffing out misinformation to play down the danger of the Coronavirus epidemic in an effort to reverse the stock market’s plunge and increase his chances of re-election. But neither the COVID-19 virus nor the stock market are paying attention to what Trump has to say about the epidemic and increasingly the public isn’t either. COVID-19, like all forms of microbial life, is following its own biological […]
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Four ways to protect ourselves from COVID-19
Editor’s note: The World Health Organization has declared that COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, has a higher fatality rate than the flu. Brian Labus, a professor of public health, provides essential safety information for you, from disinfectants to storing food and supplies.
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What’s the difference between pandemic, epidemic and outbreak?
The coronavirus is on everyone’s minds. As an epidemiologist, I find it interesting to hear people using technical terms – like quarantine or super spreader or reproductive number – that my colleagues and I use in our work every day. But I’m also hearing newscasters and neighbors alike mixing up three important words: outbreak, epidemic and pandemic. Simply put, the difference […]
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There’s no easy exit for the US in Afghanistan
After 18 months of negotiations, the U.S. and the Taliban signed a peace deal on Feb. 29. It is expected that the deal will provide a plan for a comprehensive Afghan peace process. The deal addresses the security of foreign troops; the Taliban’s commitments to sever ties with terrorist organizations; prisoner exchange; a gradual withdrawal of U.S. […]
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Deal with Taliban short on answers for Afghans
The agreement includes a Taliban commitment to start direct negotiations with the Afghan government within 10 days over a cease-fire and political settlement of the war.
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US peace deal leaves Afghans to determine post-war landscape
Now that the U.S. has signed a deal with the Taliban to eventually leave Afghanistan, it will soon be up to Afghans on both sides of the conflict to decide what peace will look like