The social-media age has exacerbated medical misinformation. It’s not unfixable. – Yurika.R

Nicholas Mootz About every other day, my aunt calls me up and shares with me a new health trend that she is starting to follow because a YouTube influencer claimed that it will slow her aging and prevent cancer. During these calls, I often find myself preparing dinner or at the grocery store. In my … Read more

Covid surge forces schools to close and bring back pandemic-era measures- and more are at risk as millions head back to class next week – Yurika.R

Johnson-Abernathy-Graetz (JAB) high school in Montgomery, Alabama, closed for two days and switched to remote learning just four days into its new term amid a surge in Covid cases

Schools in two states experiencing a rise in Covid cases announced they were closing facilities and switching to remote learning.  Alabama and Tennessee announced the closure of two schools — affecting more than a thousand children — just days into the new academic year, with officials saying the virus had forced them to shut and … Read more

Utah STEM Action Center and University of Utah Health Partner to Give Parents Early Math Learning Resources – Yurika.R

Utah STEM Action Center and University of Utah Health Partner to Give Parents Early Math Learning Resources

August 19, 2024 7:45 AM EDT | Source: Utah Department of Cultural & Community Engagement Salt Lake City, Utah–(Newsfile Corp. – August 19, 2024) – Early childhood is a great time to begin intentionally learning math. Why should we teach toddlers math? Because kindergarten math entry scores predict their future success. Multiple studies show that … Read more