On Nov. 18, the World Health Organization released a statement declaring that its officials no longer consider Zika virus to be a public health emergency. Prior to the announcement, ZikaContinue Reading
When the Islamic State is mentioned in passing, an oversimplified narrative of good versus evil, predators versus prey, tends to result. Indeed, ISIL—the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant—has been quiteContinue Reading
Last month, The New York Times reported on a series of initiatives in Britain to address an unusual concern: loneliness. Describing it as a “serious public health issue” affecting mostlyContinue Reading
It’s February 1945. Liviu is fifteen years old, though he does not look it. The months in the camp have whittled him down to a child-like size, always shivering. Though he hasContinue Reading