In the Headlines

July 2021

Afghanistan’s Neighbors Wary as U.S. Seeks Nearby Staging Area

Associated Press

COVID-19’s Effects on Kids Are Even Stranger Than We Thought

The Atlantic

More Americans Gaining Access to Opioid Addiction Treatment, but Race Matters

U.S. News & World Report

The Equipment Our Disabled Athletes Need

Governing

Marijuana Breathalyzers Are on the Road to Becoming Reality

Discover Magazine

The FDA Is a Melting Iceberg

The Atlantic

How Do You Solve an Extinction Mystery? Put a Tiny Computer on a Snail.

The New York Times

Legalizing Marijuana Leads to an 8% Drop in Opioid-Related ER Visits in First Six Months After Law Goes into Effect, Study Finds

Daily Mail

After Backlash, Predictive Policing Adapts to a Changed World

The Wall Street Journal

In Amazing Leap, Scientists Map the Feeling of Touch into the Brains of Subjects with Paralysis

The Hill

U.N. Warns Excluding Women from Top Jobs Threatens COVID-19 Recovery

Reuters

Emotional Distress Damages for Disability Bias on Tap at SCOTUS

Bloomberg Law

Lack of Women at the Top of Public Service Threatens Post-Pandemic Recovery Efforts, U.N. Report Finds

Forbes.com

Can Helping Dogs Live Longer Unlock the Secrets of Human Aging?

MarketWatch

Stop Calling Food ‘Exotic’

The Washington Post

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto Speaks on Duolingo's IPO and Luring Venture Capital to the Steel City

TechCrunch

Is Working from Home Damaging Your Eyes?

Popular Science

What to Look for in a Physical Therapist

The New York Times

The Challenges of Bipolar Disorder in Young People

The New York Times

Prosecutors Say Spreadsheets from Trump Organization Offer a Road Map for Its Indictment

The Washington Post

Five Things to Know About the Trump Organization Indictment

The Hill

Ninth Circuit Goes 1-11 Before Justices Who View Law Differently

Bloomberg Law

Pennsylvania's Election Audit Moves Follow the Partisan Playbook

The Hill

‘Garden-Variety Corruption’: The Long, Underwhelming Arm of the Law Comes Down on the Trump Organization

Politico

June 2021

Massive Study Finds Smartphones Really Are Addicting. But Skeptics Remain Cautious

Fast Company

New Alzheimer's Drug May Create a Policy Dilemma for Democrats

Axios

Americans Seek Urgent Mental-Health Support as COVID-19 Crisis Ebbs

The Wall Street Journal

Frederick S. Humphries, Former Florida A&M University President, Dies at 85

The Washington Post

Mysterious Skull Fossils Expand Human Family Tree—But Questions Remain

Nature

Flawed Data Led to Findings of a Connection Between Time Spent on Devices and Mental Health Problems—New Research

The Conversation

Chinese COVID-19 Gene Data That Could Have Aided Pandemic Research Removed from NIH Database

The Wall Street Journal

Experts: Benefits of COVID Vaccine Outweigh Small Heart Risk

Associated Press

The Caregiving Crisis Didn’t Start with COVID-19—It Won’t End with Biden’s $400 Billion Plan

Ms. Magazine

After Weeks of Declining Vaccination Rates in the U.S., They Went Back Up in June. Will the Momentum Last?

TIME

Here’s How Pittsburgh’s Accelerators Helped Startups Survive the Pandemic, and Lessons Learned Along the Way

Technical.ly

What’s Behind the Rising Profile of Transgender Kids? 3 Essential Reads

The Conversation

5 COVID-19 Takeaways That Changed Medicine

Discover Magazine

The Struggle to Mandate Covid-19 Vaccines for Health Care Workers

CNN

How College Sports Will Return to Normal

Forbes.com

Treating a Deadly Lung Disease with a Little Help from Amoebas

Scientific American