by Julian Nundy | 29 Jun 2020 | Health and Wellness
Cholera swept the globe half a century before COVID-19. But nothing, not even Keystone Cops, could stop our road trip to Moscow. 1849 Cholera prevention poster in New York City (Wikimedia Commons) When France, my home for many years, went into a strict lockdown to...
by Joyce Yang | 11 Jun 2020 | Health and Wellness, Westover School, Youth Voices
COVID-19 has hit the elderly hard and left many alone in confinement. But my grandmother in China has endured, even thrived, offering a lesson in tenacity. The author’s grandmother and two friends in a park after quarantine was lifted China’s population is...
by Helen Womack | 10 Jun 2020 | Europe, Health and Wellness
Ruled by a populist, Hungary is considered Europe’s bully. But its prime minister has shown common sense in managing COVID-19. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, left, checks medical supplies from China, Budapest, Hungary, 24 March 2020. (Tamas Kovacs/MTI...
by News Decoder | 9 Jun 2020 | Asia, Friends Seminary, Health and Wellness, United States, Westover School, Youth Voices
Youth around the world are fighting fake news and delivering groceries to the needy as they juggle online studies with community service during COVID-19. Nylu Bernshteyn on a food run for the #BrooklynShowsLove mutual aid project in Brooklyn, New York. These student...
by Alistair Lyon | 8 Jun 2020 | Middle East
Lebanon has largely dodged COVID-19. But its finances are in tatters — and so, too, its facade of prosperity. Disaster awaits. Anti-government protesters demonstrating against Lebanon’s economic and financial crisis, and to demand early parliamentary...