Health & Medicine

Without Janitors, Students Are in Charge of Keeping School Shipshape

Source: NPREd

Parents try to teach children to clean up after themselves. Now some schools are assigning sweeping, mopping, trash removal, and other cleaning work to students.

Meet the teen whose discovery could lead to a Covid-19 cure

Source: The Quad Cities Dispatch-Argus

As school doors were closing in the spring of 2020, one Texas 8th grader was using her knowledge and curiosity to tackle the pandemic.

The surprising downsides of empathy

Source: BBC

Empathy—the ability to understand the feelings of others—is an important aspect of emotional intelligence. However, the author of this piece suggests that empathy can have negative effects. Click the link to learn more.

Emotional Intelligence

Source: Nemours

Check out this link for some information on developing emotional intelligence, which includes skills like being aware of your own emotions as well as understanding how others are feeling.

Civic Participation

Source: HealthyPeople.gov

Participating in society in ways like volunteering or voting provides some surprising health benefits.

How a History Textbook Would Describe 2020 So Far

Source: The Atlantic

How might students in the future learn about the pivotal year of 2020? Read one historian’s chapter, written when the year was only half over.

Coronavirus pandemic adds risk to already dangerous job of firefighting in western U.S.

Source: KTLA-5

Read about the risks faced by first responders to the nation’s wildfires and what works to mitigate them.

Coronavirus face masks: Why men are less likely to wear masks

Source: BBC

Around the globe and regardless of politics, men are less likely than women to wear facial coverings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read about some of the reasons for this disparity.