Education

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Outlasting the Taliban's Ban on Women's Medical Education

The education ban has kept new female talent from entering Afghanistan's under-resourced health-care sector

From Talk to Action: Rethinking the Language of Climate Change

To motivate action on climate change, advocates need to use the right words

Aging

A Longer Life Begins in the Classroom

A new study measures how much extra life comes from being educated

Food

COVID-Era Learning Loss Tied to Food Insecurity

New data points to food security as a predicator of academic success during the pandemic

Migration

How Shepherds Access Health Care in Lesotho

Hurdles and innovations for nomadic and semi-nomadic people

Poverty

The Steep Price of Education in Africa

Education is unaffordable for many families in low- and middle-income countries

Gender

COVID-19 Led to Worse Social and Economic Consequences for Women

Around the globe, the pandemic set back girls and women in education, work, and homes

Environment

A New Era of Climate Action Calls for Climate Doctors

Educating this generation of physicians in climate resilience is critical

Governance

Getting School Health Right in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

School nutrition and health programs took a hit during COVID, now it's time to reinforce these school-based safety nets 

Governance

Supporting Kids With Long COVID as They Head Back to School

Schools will need to accommodate children with lingering post-virus symptoms

Gender

Gender Equality in the Global Return to School

COVID-19 is threatening to unravel decades of progress on women's education

Environment

The Kids Are (Not) Alright

Analyzing the evidence against—and in support of—reopening schools during COVID-19

Food

The Voices of the Navajos

After COVID-19, who will hear the Navajo Nation and address education, water infrastructure, and food insecurity issues?

Urbanization

I Am an ER Doctor in New York City

The unseen mental and emotional cost of the COVID-19 pandemic—chronicled in the journals of one emergency physician