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  • New Wilson Quarterly Features Expert Insights on Climate Migration

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    From the Wilson Center  //  Reading Radar  //  November 5, 2021  //  By Shruti Samala
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    “Supporting the talents and potential of the refugees of today could lead to empowering the scientists, leaders, and innovators of the future. Instead of a lost generation, we have the opportunity to build a thriving generation full of promise,” says Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, in the forward of the Fall Wilson Quarterly (WQ), “Humanity in Motion: Scenes from the Global Displacement Crisis.”

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  • COVID-19 Vaccine Has No Demonstrated Impact on Miscarriage Rates in the United States, Research Shows

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    Covid-19  //  Dot-Mom  //  Reading Radar  //  September 29, 2021  //  By Deekshita Ramanarayanan
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    COVID-19 continues to pose a high risk to pregnant people who contract the virus. Despite this concern, hesitancy surrounding the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy remains, write the authors of a preprint article on COVID-19 vaccines and pregnancy outcomes. As COVID-19 vaccines become more widely available, some have raised concerns regarding potential links between receiving a COVID-19 vaccine and experiencing miscarriage (also known as spontaneous abortion), and other adverse outcomes. However, miscarriage is a common occurrence – around 10 to 15 percent of all pregnancies in the United States end in miscarriage – and multiple studies have found no increase in miscarriage in persons who received a COVID-19 vaccine.

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  • Most LGBTQ+ Individuals Remain in the “Global Closet”–At Great Cost to Global Health

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    Dot-Mom  //  Reading Radar  //  June 16, 2021  //  By Sara Matthews
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    Pride month 2021 is underway, with parades, celebrations, and advocacy movements all over the world. Given the month’s celebratory nature—along with the increasing acceptance of and recent victories for LGBTQ+ * (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, and others) communities in some countries—it might be easy to assume that most lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals are “out.” However, according to a study by the Yale School of Public Health, this is far from the case. The vast majority of lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals remain in the closet, concealing their sexual orientation from “all or most” people in their lives.

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  • COVID-19 Causes Lags in Childhood Vaccinations–“The Time to Catch Up is Now”

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    Covid-19  //  Dot-Mom  //  Reading Radar  //  May 21, 2021  //  By Sara Matthews
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    More than a year after it began, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt essential health services, including routine childhood immunizations, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) second pulse survey. The survey asked countries to report the level of disruption in their jurisdictions to 63 health services during the previous three months. 135 countries and territories from across the six WHO regions responded with data covering October 2020 to February 2021.

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  • COVID-19 Causes Dire Disruptions in Maternal, Child, and Reproductive Health Services

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    Covid-19  //  Dot-Mom  //  Reading Radar  //  March 31, 2021  //  By Sara Matthews
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    “The pandemic has undoubtedly resulted in more deaths and more illness – particularly for the most vulnerable women and children,” write the authors of a new United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) report examining the direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Asia. The report found that the disruptions in several essential health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic had a “substantial impact” on maternal and child mortality in the region.

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  • COVID-19’s Pregnancy Paradox: Greater Disease Risk but Lower Vaccine Priority

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    Covid-19  //  Dot-Mom  //  Reading Radar  //  March 10, 2021  //  By Sara Matthews

    “Greater attention to pregnant patients as a unique population at higher risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection sequelae, is critical to preventing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality,” write the authors of a study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology examining morbidity and mortality among pregnant women with COVID-19 in Washington state. The study found “markedly higher” hospitalization and fatality rates among this group compared with similarly-aged non-pregnant individuals.

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  • New U.S. Global Fragility Strategy Recognizes Environmental Issues as Key to Stability

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    Reading Radar  //  January 14, 2021  //  By Lauren Herzer Risi
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    A new Global Fragility Strategy, released late last year by the U.S. Department of State, signals a growing awareness of the role that environmental issues play in fragility, conflict, and peace. According to the State Department’s Office of Foreign Assistance, in the last five years alone, “the U.S. government has spent $30 billion in 15 of the most fragile countries in the world.” These “large-scale U.S. stabilization efforts after 9/11 have cost billions of dollars but failed to produce intended results,” writes Devex’s Teresa Welsh. As a result, Congress passed into law in 2019 the Global Fragility Act, legislation that directed the Department of State to lead the development of a new 10-year Global Fragility Strategy that sets out a new U.S approach to conflict prevention and stabilization in fragile contexts.

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  • A Dangerous Dichotomy: Women’s Paid and Unpaid Work During COVID-19

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    Covid-19  //  Dot-Mom  //  Reading Radar  //  November 11, 2020  //  By Sara Matthews
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    “While the global crisis has increased demand for research, such opportunities have created inequalities and distortion in the scientific community,” write the authors of a recent Social Science Research Network (SSRN) study that examines the gendered impact of COVID-19 in academia. The study finds that COVID-19 has disproportionately penalized the scientific productivity of female academics.

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