The Guardian
- Covid hospitalizations among US children soar as schools under pressure
- ‘A viral Uzi’: Experts on how Omicron changes the holidays for Americans
- US hospitals struggle with staffing shortages and Omicron outbreaks
- Covid vaccinations lag among pregnant Americans amid surge in cases
- Covid pills are ‘very promising’ – but what are the challenges in using them?
- A new worry emerges: Wildlife passing on the virus
- FDA advisers recommend Pfizer’s Covid vaccine for kids aged 5-11
- US public health in crisis as Covid prompts curbs on officials’ powers
- Most nurses are vaccinated – so why do people think health workers are vaccine hesitant?
- America mulls vaccine mandates — will they work?
The Washington Post
- The Battle for Brown Grove
- Testing Alone Isn’t Enough to Ensure Safety During Holidays, Experts Say
- Traveling With Kids During the Pandemic
- She Found Relief for PTSD With a Different Kind of Therapy. But Does It Work?
- Police Turn to New DNA-Powered Technology in Hopes of Finding Killer
- In Nepal’s Capital, Plumes From Pyres and Pleas From Quake Survivors
- What Nepal’s Earthquake Felt Like From a Hotel in Kathmandu
- Watermen Go From Harvesting Oysters to Hauling Tourists
- D.C. ‘Bronies’ Feel the Love and Friendship of ‘My Little Pony’
- Virginia Man Immersed in the World of Competitive Guppy Breeding
- In Kate Zambreno’s ‘Green Girl,’ a Young American Wanders Through London
The New Republic
- Don’t Call It a Pandemic of the Stupid
- Bring Covid Vaccines Door-to-Door
- What Will Life in America Be Like in 2022?
- How to Restore the Glory of Government Science
- Can Platform Vaccines Really Save Us?
- Here’s What It Would Take to Reopen Schools Safely
- Behind the Conflicting Advice on Coronavirus Safety
- Women Scientists Are Bearing the Brunt of Quarantine Child-Rearing
- Climate Change Is Already Hurting Kids’ Health
- The Bittersweet Joy of Fat Bear Week
- The Growing Toll of the Global Gag Rule
- How One Inuit Community Won Against Big Oil
- The Erin Brockoviches of Ecuador
The Atlantic
- In Rwanda, “Human Bait” Volunteers Help Battle Malaria
- The ‘Anticipatory Anxiety’ of Waiting for Disaster
- Hawaii’s Epic Lava Leak Could Bring New Life to the Big Island’s Waters
- The Race to Save Arctic Cities As Permafrost Melts (CityLab)
- Should Women Be Paid for Donating Their Breast Milk?
- Facebook and the Illusion of Safety
ArcticToday
- How energy storage can be the key to developing renewable energy in remote Arctic communities
- How remote Arctic communities can tap into river power
- Coronavirus isn’t the only serious respiratory illness threatening Arctic residents
- How the Arctic’s limited infrastructure could make coronavirus deadlier in the region
- How geopolitics make the U.S. Navy’s plans for major Arctic operations so complicated
- Why domestic violence in the Arctic could surge with the coronavirus pandemic
- Why human trafficking is a serious — but mostly invisible — problem in Alaska
- A new China-Iceland Arctic science observatory is already expanding its focus
National Public Radio
- A guide to COVID tests: When to test, what kind to use and what your results mean
- The scientist in Botswana who identified omicron was saddened by the world’s reaction
- Rwanda’s genocide ended 26 years ago. Survivors are still finding mass graves
- Can a woman’s rising social status bring down rates of domestic violence?
- Rejection by the king of Nepal was not the end of the road
- The unanswered questions about anthrax
- Researchers are surprised by the magnitude of Venezuela’s health crisis
- The 7 Dwarfs whistle while they work to fight malaria
- Scientists discover the secret weapon of stomach viruses
- A novel virus killed 24,000 piglets in China. Where did it come from?
Other Features
- Schools Are Set Up to Fail in the Pandemic, The Nation
- Why This Pandemic Expert Bet It All, New York magazine
- Currents of Change, Johns Hopkins magazine
- In a Land of Thundering Reindeer, Suicide Stalks the Indigenous Sami, STAT News
- Solving the Suicide Crisis in the Arctic Circle, Pacific Standard
- HIV Rates Are Rising Across the American South in States That Didn’t Expand Medicaid, Pacific Standard
- Interest in Home Births Is Spiking as Coronavirus Complicates Labor Plans, VICE
- The Psychologist Helping D.C. Police Put Words to Trauma After the Capitol Attack, Insider
- Mental Health Care Is Becoming Accessible in Nepal, Outside
- Kathy Pico Is Just Getting Started, Outside
- The Surprisingly Simple Way To Save Babies’ Lives, BRIGHT
Essays
- He’s Starting School at Home, But I’m Just Happy He’s Here, Catapult
- I Thought Figure Skating Wasn’t for a Girl Like Me, Catapult
- Becoming the Person You Are: Meaghan O’Connell Writes Motherhood, The Millions
- “We’re Not Going to Change the Laws Until We Tell the Stories of the Silenced,” Catapult
- Facing the Beast: On Anxiety and Sisterhood, The Toast
- Nepal’s Earthquake Still Causes Me Tremors, USA Today
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Anguish in Arctic Scandinavia
Herding reindeer is part of a traditional way of life for an indigenous Arctic people known as the Sami. Their ancestral land — stretching across parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia — is where many still live by the rhythms of centuries-old traditions.
But a mental health crisis is taking root among the Sami. It’s a complicated equation, but climate change is playing a role. I reported from Arctic Scandinavia on this mental health landscape for the GroundTruth Project podcast.
Melody Schreiber 