Feb 16 2022
Blueprint
The newest addition to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Covid Data Tracker reports on levels of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater. While researchers, public health departments, and some private companies …
FEBRUARY 2022
DECEMBER 2021
Dec 28 2021
Field Note
Robust genomic surveillance, along with transparency, communication, and global collaboration, is needed to detect and control emerging variants. To control the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) called on member …
Dec 22 2021
Field Note
Today, we are releasing a reporting scorecard that evaluates U.S. state data reporting for Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough infections (BI) against best practices we have identified. We assign states letter grades …
NOVEMBER 2021
Nov 17 2021
Blueprint
School Meals Are Undervalued The facts are clear: School meal programs have a positive impact on kids. Scientific studies repeatedly show the benefits of school meals: When children have their basic …
OCTOBER 2021
Oct 07 2021
Field Note
Agriculture accounts for 40% of Ethiopia’s GDP, employing about three-quarters of the country's workforce. Three quarters of farmers are smallholders who work on farms of about 2 acres, earning $707 …
Oct 07 2021
Human Impact
Uganda has the 7th highest inland fishery production in the world: the sector supports the livelihoods of over 5.3 million Ugandans and provides direct employment to over 1.2 million people. …
Oct 06 2021
Field Note
On the western edge of Bastrop, Louisiana., just across the road from Delta Community College, a former Jordache Jeans factory that has been sitting empty for decades may soon come …
Oct 06 2021
Human Impact
Nigeria has Africa’s 5th largest cattle herd, yet the country imports most of the milk it consumes – $1.3 billion worth per year. Small scale pastoralists account for 95% of …
JULY 2021
Jul 21 2021
Human Impact
It’s Saturday at the Austin flea market, and Yolanda Perez, 55, is doing brisk business selling parakeets, canaries and other birds, along with their colorful, intricate cages. Commerce is returning …
Jul 21 2021
Blueprint
Covid-19 has swept through the world like no other disease in the last century. Since its start, we’ve seen economies upended, health systems stretched beyond their limits, and millions of …