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After India's brutal coronavirus wave, two-thirds of population has been exposed to SARS-CoV2

  • Written by Rajib Dasgupta, Chairperson, Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University
imageLining up for a vaccine at a municipal stadium in Hyderabad, India. AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A

Cases of COVID-19 are surging around the world, but the course of the pandemic varies widely country to country. To provide you with a global view as we approach a year and a half since the official declaration of the pandemic, The Conversation’s...

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Hospitals often outsource important services to companies that prioritize profit over patients

  • Written by Leonard L. Berry, University Distinguished Professor of Marketing, Mays Business School; Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Texas A&M University
imageMany hospitals outsource services to specialized companies. JazzIRT/E+ via Getty Images

Hospitals have long embraced the practice of outsourcing some services to specialized companies. Much of this outsourcing is for nonclinical tasks such as laundry, information technology and cybersecurity, and outsourcing those types of services can boost...

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How photography can build peace and justice in war-torn communities

  • Written by Pamina Firchow, Associate Professor of Coexistence and Conflict, Brandeis University
imageProject citizen-photographers from Las Cruces, Colombia.Edwin Cubillos Rodriguez, CC BY-ND

It’s not easy for most people to think about what peace and justice mean to them, or how to express it. But that’s what we ask people in war-torn communities to do, all around the world.

One place we did this is in Colombia, a country now testing...

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Afghan troops sought safety in numbers – igniting a cascade of surrender

  • Written by Todd Lehmann, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, University of Michigan
imageIn May, Afghan troops raised their national flag as the U.S. pulled out. Now, their flag is down too.Afghan Ministry of Defense Press Office via AP

The swift collapse of the Afghan military in recent days caught many in the U.S. by surprise, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

In the months after President Joe Biden’s April...

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What a baker from ancient Pompeii can teach us about happiness

  • Written by Nadejda Williams, Professor of Ancient History, University of West Georgia
imageAs they do today, threats of destruction loomed in ancient Pompeii.Art Media/Print Collector via Getty Images

In a testament to its resiliency, happiness, according to this year’s World Happiness Report, remained remarkably stable around the world, despite a pandemic that upended the lives of billions of people.

As a classicist, I find such...

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Immunocompromised people make up nearly half of COVID-19 breakthrough hospitalizations – an extra vaccine dose may help

  • Written by Jonathan Golob, Assistant Professor of Infectious Disease, University of Michigan
imageCancer and organ transplant patients, people with untreated HIV and people with other immunodeficiencies are at high risk of severe COVID-19 infection.burakkarademir/E+ via Getty ImagesimageCC BY-ND

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially recommended on Aug. 12 and Aug. 13, 2021, respectively, that...

Read more: Immunocompromised people make up nearly half of COVID-19 breakthrough hospitalizations – an extra...

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Answers to The Conversation's news quiz

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How closely do you read The Conversation U.S.? You can see answers to questions included in our newsletter below.

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Answers to The Conversation's news quiz

  • Written by Martin La Monica, Director of Editorial Projects and Newsletters, The Conversation (US edition)

How closely do you read The Conversation U.S.? You can see answers to questions included in our newsletter below.

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  5. Who has the power to say kids do or don't have to wear masks in school – the governor or the school district? It's not clear
  6. What the 'Lyme wars' can teach us about COVID-19 and how to find common ground in the school reopening debate
  7. Lesson from a robot swarm: Change group behavior by talking one-on-one rather than getting on a soapbox
  8. When hotter and drier means more – but eventually less – wildfire
  9. The US is taking a bite out of its food insecurity – here's one way to scrap the problem altogether
  10. Thinking objectively about romantic conflicts could lead to fewer future disagreements
  11. Individual dietary choices can add – or take away – minutes, hours and years of life
  12. 5 claves para entender el conflicto en Afganistán
  13. An Afghan American scholar describes his fear-filled journey from the chaos at Kabul airport to a plane bound for home in the US
  14. Warrior, servant, mother, unifier – the Virgin Mary has played many roles through the centuries
  15. How patients talk about cancer with family, friends and doctors
  16. Correctional officers are driving the pandemic in prisons
  17. Why did a military superpower fail in Afghanistan?
  18. An elite Virginia high school overhauled admissions for gifted students – here's how to tell if the changes are working
  19. Can health insurance companies charge the unvaccinated higher premiums? What about life insurers? 5 questions answered
  20. Mexico, facing its third COVID-19 wave, shows the dangers of weak federal coordination
  21. Fish fins are teaching us the secret to flexible robots and new shape-changing materials
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  23. Afghanistan only the latest US war to be driven by deceit and delusion
  24. Will recent political instability affect Haiti's earthquake response? We ask an expert
  25. America's moral responsibility for the tragedy unfolding in Afghanistan
  26. Climate change is relentless: Seemingly small shifts have big consequences
  27. Nursing home residents and staff are traumatized from the pandemic - collaborative care can help with recovery
  28. Organic food has become mainstream but still has room to grow
  29. The story of Nearest Green, America's first known Black master distiller
  30. An AI expert explains why it's hard to give computers something you take for granted: Common sense
  31. When the NCAA permitted colleges to pay stipends to student-athletes, the colleges also raised their estimated expenses
  32. As Colorado River Basin states confront water shortages, it's time to focus on reducing demand
  33. Afghans' lives and livelihoods upended even more as US occupation ends
  34. Schools can reopen safely – an epidemiologist describes what works and what's not worth the effort
  35. Rat poison is just one of the potentially dangerous substances likely to be mixed into illicit drugs
  36. Vladimir Putin plans to win Russia's parliamentary election no matter how unpopular his party is
  37. Why we missed hugs
  38. How a volcano and flaming red sunsets led an amateur scientist in Hawaii to discover jet streams
  39. 'Freezer burn' is a serious problem – preventing ice recrystallization may alleviate it
  40. Is it possible to recreate dinosaurs from their DNA?
  41. Deciphering the symptoms of long COVID-19 is slow and painstaking – for both sufferers and their physicians
  42. 250 preschool kids get suspended or expelled each day - 5 questions answered
  43. Afghan government collapses and Taliban on verge of controlling country: 5 essential reads
  44. Afghan government collapses, Taliban seize control: 5 essential reads
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  46. The disturbing history of how conservatorships were used to exploit, swindle Native Americans
  47. How religious fervor and anti-regulation zealotry laid the groundwork for America's $36 billion supplement industry
  48. Women make fewer political donations and risk being ignored by elected officials
  49. In Afghanistan, the US again gets to choose how it stops fighting
  50. Colleges are using federal stimulus money to clear students' past-due debts – an economist answers five questions