The global population suffers without access to COVID vaccines while America throws out millions of doses
The United States is wasting millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses even as shortages plague many parts of the world. At least 15 million doses were scrapped in the United States between March and September, according to one analysis of CDC data. A separate investigation...
Infectious Diseases: Parents accepted compulsory school vaccinations for decades prior to COVID
By James Colgrove, Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health; Dean of the Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program, Columbia School of General Studies, Columbia University The ongoing battles over COVID-19 vaccination in the U.S. are likely to...
A Twindemic: COVID-19 paired with flu season makes the need for vaccinations even more urgent
By Mark S. Roberts, Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh; and Richard K Zimmerman, Professor of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh As winter looms and hospitals across the United States continue to be deluged with...
The Long COVID: Study reveals one-third of people still affected by symptoms six months after infection
One in three people infected with coronavirus will experience at least one symptom of long COVID, a new study suggests. Much of the existing research into the condition, a mixture of symptoms reported by people often months after they were originally ill with...
When Colonial Americans faced sweeping lockdowns and mass inoculations to stop contagious diseases
By Woody Holton, Professor of History, University of South Carolina Many Americans of the founding era denounced government tyranny, celebrated the Declaration of Independence – and favored lockdowns and mass inoculations to combat a viciously contagious disease....
A Contagious Disease: Children of veterans are often secondary victims of wartime PTSD
There are an estimated 4 million military-connected children in the United States. With the longest war in American history finally over, these kids have been affected by war like no previous generation, especially in families where the veteran has PTSD. The Veterans...
Departure date for Tom Barrett remains unknown as candidates line up to replace Milwaukee’s Mayor
The timing of when Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will leave his post for the U.S. Embassy in Luxembourg is still unknown, but the field of people hoping to replace him continues to grow. As of October 20, seven people, including two Milwaukee Common Council members and...
A ticking time bomb: Facebook’s own research shows how social media can be made safer for teens
By Jean Twenge, Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University Right at the time social media became popular, teen mental health began to falter. Between 2010 and 2019, rates of depression and loneliness doubled in the U.S. and globally, suicide rates soared for...
Deactivating vs. Deleting: Where our life stories go when we decide to close a Facebook account
By Michael Humphrey, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Media Communication, Colorado State University The latest deluge of Facebook controversies has many people ready to kick the app to the digital curb, and there are plenty of guides on how to do it right. Even...
Indifference to suffering: Why the trade of enslaved people has been whitewashed from American history
By Joshua D. Rothman, Professor of History, University of Alabama For my recently published book, “The Ledger and the Chain,” I visited more than 30 archives in over a dozen states, from Louisiana to Connecticut. Along the way, I uncovered mountains of material that...
Annual “48 Hours of Homelessness” campaign raises funds to care for Milwaukee’s unhoused population
For outreach volunteers and housing advocates at the organization Street Angels, the numbers of unhoused people in Milwaukee is creating anxiety about the coming winter. As the group conducts its nightly outreach missions, handing out supplies and gathering raw data...
Proposed state law aims to criminalize Milwaukee’s homeless who temporarily live on public property
People living temporarily on public property would be subject to criminal charges, including fines and jail time, under a new Republican bill in the state Assembly. It has raised fierce opposition from critics who say it will harm people experiencing homelessness. The...
