Anyone following the news about a global vaccination gap and the recent measles outbreak that has affected a number of countries around the world is likely to have been exposed to a photograph of a thick needle plunging into the arm of a screaming baby or toddler.
As a teenager, Sheila Marcelo had big plans. She would leave her native Philippines to attend Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, then go to law school and become a lawyer. But when she was in college, life got in the way of those plans—she unexpectedly got pregnant, something she says she wouldn’t wish upon any young woman. The experience of juggling motherhood with school, caring for sick relatives, and then professional life opened her eyes to the lack of accessible and affordable childcare for working women in the United States.
Amid news of serious measles outbreaks in several countries around the world, the United Nations Children Investment Fund (UNICEF) released a report this week showing that 21.1 million children miss out on the first dose of the measles vaccine every year, creating a “pathway” to the global outbreak.
What do Silicon Valley and Sesame Street have in common? They’re both starting to take action against the harmful impact of kids and parents not being able to put down their phones.
Emily Oster has made a career out of trying to debunk conventional wisdom.
Alain Soral, one of France’s most prominent far-right provocateurs, has been sentenced to one year in jail for denying the Holocaust.
New Delhi, India
Adam Leylange and Jessica Johannesson had decided that 2018 was going to be the year they would try for a baby.
A landmark new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health this week adds to growing evidence of the terrible impact traffic air pollution has on young kids.
According to the judges of the 2019 Man Booker International Prize, “the finest works of translated fiction from around the world” in the past year were mainly written by women.
Seventy years ago today (April 4), representatives of a dozen countries gathered in Washington, DC to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The alliance would commit each member to come to the others’ defense in case of an attack, and reaffirm the values that World War II had so badly damaged: democracy, individual liberty, and the rule of law.
This spring, hundreds of thousands of high-school seniors in the US will open university admissions envelopes and find neither joy nor sorrow, acceptance nor rejection. Instead, they’ll get something rather more complicated: A spot on the waitlist.
In the hit 2015 Ukrainian TV drama Servant of the People, comedian Volodymyr Zelensky plays a high school history teacher who is propelled to fame, and eventually the presidency, when one of his students covertly films him ranting against corruption.
Adama S. claimed he was 15 years old when he arrived in France from Guinea in 2016 seeking asylum as an unaccompanied minor. But French authorities had doubts about the authenticity of his birth certificate. So, like many asylum seekers in France, Adama was given a bone test to determine his “true” age.
Fore more than three months, a small Protestant church in The Hague conducted round-the-clock religious services to protect an Armenian refugee family from deportation. Yesterday, the church announced that the family had received a permanent residence permit in the Netherlands.
Managing people is hard. Among other things, it typically involves filling out tedious amounts of paperwork and dealing with office politics on a whole other level. But it’s especially difficult for first-time managers, who don’t have the benefit of years of experience to help them navigate inflexible institutions or complicated work relationships.
On Monday (March 18), the British Medical Journal (BMJ) announced it would no longer publish advertisements from baby formula companies. The decision, which came as the result of several months of internal debate, will cost The BMJ an estimated £300,000 ($396,645) in 2020 and is part of a growing backlash against “Big Formula”—an industry worth $70 billion that produces and markets breast milk substitutes.
“No wonder they are angry.”
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Jodie Chesney and Yousef Ghaleb didn’t know each other, but they had a lot of common. The 17-year-olds both attended high school in big cities—London and Manchester, respectively. Friends and teachers described them as hardworking and ambitious students. And they both died last week from violent stabbings in public places, 24 hours apart.
French president Emmanuel Macron has issued an unprecedented appeal to European citizens for unity ahead of contentious EU elections in May.
This time last year, the United Kingdom was in the grip of a wave of freezing wind from Siberia called the “Beast from the East.” Temperatures in Greater London hovered around 0°C (30°F)—unusual for the area. Panicked Britons emptied supermarkets and stockpiled supplies for their very own armageddon.
Parents preparing to have a child have a million decisions to make, from how to give birth, to selecting childcare, healthcare, and schooling options. But a new report highlights how an essential ingredient to babies’ health starts with parents themselves—specifically, their mental health.
There are a lot of noteworthy allegations (paywall) in the New York Times’ new exposé exploring how presidential hopeful Amy Klobuchar treats her staff. For instance, the Minnesota senator purportedly ate her salad with a comb and threw binders in the direction of employees in frustration. But perhaps the most surprising revelation is that her office’s parental leave policy is at odds not just with the typical standards of Capitol Hill, but also with her stated beliefs of the importance of paid family leave.
