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    Aging

    The Quest for Social Connection and Well-Being

    by Ali H. Mokdad, Dan Barnes, Sara Curran, Kyle Crowder, Jody Early, Meg Robertson

    Scientists have been slow at developing strategies that measure and promote well-being within communities

    Seattle Mariners infielders hug and dance as they celebrate beating the San Diego Padres 6-1, at T-Mobile Park, in Seattle, Washington, on September 14, 2022.
    Gender

    For Young Men, Alcohol Does Not Have to Be a Death Sentence

    by Max Griswold, Dana Bryazka, Katherine Leach-Kemon, Erin Mullany, Emmanuela Gakidou

    For males ages 15 to 49, drinking alcohol causes nearly 10 percent of all years lost to death and disability

    Two men are photographed from the waist up drinking beers out of the bottles at a a casual bar in the Manila metro area, in the Philippines
    Poverty

    Gaza and the West Bank: Reflections From a Psychiatrist

    by Mary Brophy Marcus

    Q&A with a Doctors Without Borders physician working in a traumatized region

    Palestinian children cover their eyes as they participate in a mental health support session in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on June 6, 2021.
    Governance

    When Someone Great Is Gone

    by Sonya Stokes

    Remembering Dr. Lorna Breen

    the family of Dr. Lorna Breen
    Governance

    Autism and Identity: Navigating Disability Versus Difference

    by Damian Santomauro

    A personal account describes the challenges many people on the autism spectrum face and the need for better support

    Damian Santomauro with his father on a countryside family trip in Victoria, Australia, circa 1992.
    Food

    Children, Hunger, Stress, and Coronavirus

    by Hannah Todd, Nicky Joseph

    We need to identify at-risk U.S. children and expand safety nets worldwide to keep kids fed, immunized, and looked after

    Four of the world's two billion children under the age of fourteen sit on a bench in the playground at St John's Primary School in in London on July 16, 2020 amid the spread of coronavirus. The photo shows four kids on a bench. One of them is looking at the camera. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs
    Environment

    The Psychological Toll of the Pandemic: What Isolation Does to the Brain

    by Robin Blades

    The worldwide increase in isolation during COVID-19 is sure to exact a psychological toll on people across the globe

    A child flies a kite inside a giant inflatable plastic bubble during a performance of the artistic group Cirk La Putyka called "Isolation" in a park, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Prague, Czech Republic