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Why doesn’t the US value child care? A historic look The pandemic has laid bare the stunning paucity of opportunities for children and their parents — a situation that’s brought financial and emotional disaster not just to American mothers, but to the U.S. economy Written By: Alfred Lubrano / The Philadelphia Inquirer | 7:00 am, May 12, 2021 × Mai Miksic works for Public Citizens For Children and Youth. "COVID was a reckoning," she said. Jose F. Moreno / Philadelphi...

NIH BRAIN Initiative-funded project could help people with paralysis to communicate.

May 12, 2021 Enzo, a Labrador retriever and experienced therapy dog, enjoys some attention and relaxation during the WSU stress management study with students. By Scott Weybright, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences For college students under pressure, a dog may be the best stress fighter around. Programs exclusively focused on petting therapy dogs improved stressed-out students’ thinking and planning skills more effectively than programs that included traditional st...

How do I find out about concerts? How do I get more details about something I heard over the air? How do I submit events to WORT’s Music Calendars? Who do I contact with changes or cancellations? WORT’s Music Calendars are a great resource to find out about concerts in all genres and places. Usually you’ll find details in the online listing or links to get more information. There’s a link to to submit your event at the top of the calendar page. You can also submit events, changes and ...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Dr. Malanga (right) and Dr. Tyson-Hudson (center) conduct a follow-up examination on a wheelchair user with spinal cord injury. view more  Credit: Kessler Foundation/Jody Banks East Hanover, NJ. May 12, 2021. A team of specialists in regenerative rehabilitation conducted a successful pilot study investigating micro-fragmented adipose tissue (MFAT) injection for rotator cuff disease in wheelchair users with spinal cord injury. They demonstrated that MFAT injection has la...

Duty Station: Home-based Estimated Start Date: As soon as possible Closing Date: 21 May 2021 Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations, and as the leading UN agency in the field of migration, works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners. IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It does so by providing services and advice to governments and migrants. Context: The Labour Mobility and Huma...

May 12, 2021 Share This: Cindy Greenberg has been appointed interim dean of the College of Health and Human Development, effective June 1. She succeeds Laurie Roades, professor of public health who will enter the Faculty Early Retirement Program in the upcoming academic year. Greenberg joined Cal State Fullerton in 1999 as a tenure-track assistant professor in the nursing department. She was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2005 and professor in 2010. Progressively advancin...

Apps that claim to be educational may not be as beneficial to children as they seem, new research shows. A new study analyzed some of the most downloaded educational apps for kids, using a set of four criteria designed to evaluate whether an app provides a high-quality educational experience for children. The findings show that most of the apps scored low, with free apps scoring even lower than their paid counterparts on some criteria. The results suggest apps shouldn’t replace human interact...

Marina Martinez, a Down syndrome advocate and UGA student set to graduate this May, a role model for others in Destination Dawgs program.

 E-Mail IMAGE: Two implanted electrode arrays record the brain activity produced by thinking about writing letters. This information is then collected and processed in real-time by a computer, which converts that data... view more  Credit: Image courtesy of Shenoy lab & Erika Woodrum (artist) Scientists have developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) designed to restore the ability to communicate in people with spinal cord injuries and neurological disorders such as amyotrophic latera...