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Mariannette Miller-Meeks at the Iowa State Fair, Aug. 13, 2010. Photo credit - Wikimedia Commons. Can Democrat Christina Bohannan beat Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks during the second contest between them in 2024? One can only hope... and do everything possible to see that she does. Going into her sixth campaign for the Congress, Miller-Meeks has become…

With Governor-elect Branstad's appointment of Mariannette Miller Meeks (MMM) as director of the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH), Blog for Iowa will have more reason to post about the state of public health in Iowa. As we said in our only post on the topic this year,  “Most Iowans don’t think about much about…

Tourist numbers across the EU started to recover in 2021 as COVID-19 travel restrictions were lifted, according to latest data from Eurostat.

'Futures literacy', hope and fraternity are three factors that should be taught to younger generations to enable them to create a better world post-COVID.

COVID-19 is still the biggest global concern, according to the latest Ipsos survey, but the new year has instilled optimism in some countries.

From pandemics to the pitfalls of AI, journalist Gillian Tett joins the Book Club Podcast to explain how an anthropologist’s view of global risks can help understand and solve them.

May 26, 2021 You are here: Home / World Economic Forum / This unique, 20-year study followed the lives of 12,000 children in the developing world. Here’s what it discovered This unique, 20-year study followed the lives of 12,000 children in the developing world. Here’s what it discovered (Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Natalie Marchant, Writer, Formative Content A 20-year study led...

You are here: Home / World Economic Forum / How COVID-19 is helping Oman develop a future-ready workforce How COVID-19 is helping Oman develop a future-ready workforce (Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sami Al Asmi, Curator, Muscat Hub The COVID-19 pandemic has hastened the digitalization of many Omani companies and made part-time and remote work a new reality; Oman’s workforce will ne...

coronavirus, health, COVID19, pandemic What is the World Economic Forum doing to manage emerging risks from COVID-19? The first global pandemic in more than 100 years, COVID-19 has spread throughout the world at an unprecedented speed. At the time of writing, 4.5 million cases have been confirmed and more than 300,000 people have died due to the virus. As countries seek to recover, some of the more long-term economic, business, environmental, societal and technological challenges and op...

Although this is the first time South Korea’s population has shrunk, the rate of population growth has been declining steadily for the past decade.