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Living through the pandemic has been hard on America’s school children. A recent study suggests a doubling of disorders like anxiety and depression among young kids. What’s more, 1 in 1,000 school-aged children has lost a primary caregiver due to COVID-19.
Our education desk asked two professors who train future school psychologists – Sandra M. Chafouleas of the University of Connecticut and Amy Briesch of Northeastern University – about what to look for as the nation returns to class. Chafouleas and Briesch see an unfolding crisis. Not only are most schools understaffed with mental health professionals, but hiring more won’t be easy, even with federal dollars to spend.
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School districts are using federal COVID-19 relief funds to hire more mental health professionals.
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Sandra M. Chafouleas, University of Connecticut; Amy Briesch, Northeastern University
A shortage of school psychologists will pose serious problems as children return to school with higher levels of stress and anxiety, two experts on student mental health say.
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Environment + Energy
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Paul N. Edwards, Stanford University
The infrastructure bill being debated in Congress looks like a small but genuine down payment on a more climate-friendly transportation sector and electric power grid. What comes next is crucial.
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Karen D. Holl, University of California, Santa Cruz
Planting a massive number of trees can help slow climate change, but it is only part of the solution.
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Economy + Business
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Ravi Anupindi, University of Michigan
Each dose of Pfizer vaccine has a long and complex path involving mixing, storage at temperatures colder than the South Pole and specific protocols that must be followed before it becomes a jab.
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Health
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Mark C. Bicket, University of Michigan
Ending the opioid epidemic requires addressing not only treatment gaps in addiction and overdose, but also inadequate pain management.
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Sara Belligoni, University of Central Florida
After enduring a devastating wave of infections, deaths and lockdowns at the start of the pandemic, Italy is putting in place tougher anti-COVID measures, including a vaccine passport.
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Yan Liu, University at Buffalo
The usefulness of a drug is typically measured by its active ingredient. But traditional Chinese medicine shows that there’s more to healing than using the right chemical.
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Politics + Society
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Tazreena Sajjad, American University School of International Service
Don’t be misled by the scenes from Kabul airport. Most Afghan refugees don’t leave in an airplane and few will settle in the United States.
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Science + Technology
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Hayder Radha, Michigan State University
An autonomous vehicle expert explains how Tesla’s Autopilot works, what prompted US authorities to investigate the system and what changes might be in store for the company.
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Nadejda Williams, University of West Georgia
While they weren’t living through a pandemic, citizens of ancient Pompeii weren’t strangers to societal stress.
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Olivier Jolliet, University of Michigan; Katerina S. Stylianou, University of Michigan
A new study puts numbers to the health and environmental benefits – or impacts – of individual foods and shows how small changes can make a significant difference.
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Hanif Sufizada, University of Nebraska Omaha
Because the Taliban’s insurgency is so well financed, the Afghan government must spend enormous sums on war, too. A peace accord would free up funds for basic services, economic development and more.
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