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The article "Her Hands That Held the Stars" tells the story of Akeisha, a young girl who longs to see the stars above the eversmog. Despite her father's strict rules, Akeisha sneaks onto the rooftop with her grandmother, Nana, and discovers that she carries the stars in her hands. Nana encourages Akeisha to chase her dreams and reach for the stars, symbolizing hope and opportunity in a world filled with challenges. The story highlights themes of courage, determination, and the pursuit of one's aspirations, offering a message of empowerment and resilience. [Extracted from the article]

Seven weeks into the spring semester, we were learning what it means to build community in our online classes and then, our lives quickly and drastically changed. School districts shuttered their doors in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and K-12 teachers moved to distance learning. This was a challenging moment for our school systems and many teachers and parents felt understandably overwhelmed. This narrative describes how two teacher educators partnered with a local county office of education to launch a professional development series to support K-12 teachers with virtual learning. We learned that building partnerships and proactively addressing educators' needs through a microlearning model of professional development helped teachers feel confident in this new remote learning environment., Introduction In March of 2020, our personal and professional lives changed drastically in response to the Covid-19 pandemic as educational institutions around the world closed physical campuses and instruction moved [...]

MARGIE CALLAHAN STOOD before the Orb, her mother on one side, First Minister Chao on the other. The metal walls gleamed like ice, and everything smelled vaguely of sanitizer. She'd [...]

'PIPPA, LOOK! It's right in the middle of the square!' I glanced over at my little brother, his face pressed to the window, breath fogging the glass. 'James, you're leaving [...]

Pippa is helping her younger brother, James, with his mathematics when he becomes distracted by a flying machine, built like a giant dragonfly, in the square outside their London townhouse. [...]

Pippa is helping her younger brother, James, with his mathematics while their governess, Hettie, is ill. But James becomes distracted by a flying machine, like a giant dragonfly, in the [...]

ObjectiveTo estimate the effectiveness of mRNA vaccines against moderate and severe covid-19 in adults by time since second, third, or fourth doses, and by age and immunocompromised status.DesignTest negative case-control study.SettingHospitals, emergency departments, and urgent care clinics in 10 US states, 17 January 2021 to 12 July 2022.Participants893 461 adults (≥18 years) admitted to one of 261 hospitals or to one of 272 emergency department or 119 urgent care centers for covid-like illness tested for SARS-CoV-2.Main outcome measuresThe main outcome was waning of vaccine effectiveness with BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) or mRNA-1273 (Moderna) vaccine during the omicron and delta periods, and the period before delta was dominant using logistic regression conditioned on calendar week and geographic area while adjusting for age, race, ethnicity, local virus circulation, immunocompromised status, and likelihood of being vaccinated.Results45 903 people admitted to hospital with covid-19 (cases) were compared with 213 103 people with covid-like illness who tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 (controls), and 103 287 people admitted to emergency department or urgent care with covid-19 (cases) were compared with 531 168 people with covid-like illness who tested negative for SARS-CoV-2. In the omicron period, vaccine effectiveness against covid-19 requiring admission to hospital was 89% (95% confidence interval 88% to 90%) within two months after dose 3 but waned to 66% (63% to 68%) by four to five months. Vaccine effectiveness of three doses against emergency department or urgent care visits was 83% (82% to 84%) initially but waned to 46% (44% to 49%) by four to five months. Waning was evident in all subgroups, including young adults and individuals who were not immunocompromised; although waning was morein people who were immunocompromised. Vaccine effectiveness increased among most groups after a fourth dose in whom this booster was recommended.ConclusionsEffectiveness of mRNA vaccines against moderate and severe covid-19 waned with time after vaccination. The findings support recommendations for a booster dose after a primary series and consideration of additional booster doses.

The Longitudinal Epidemiologic Assessment of Diabetes Risk (LEADR) study uses a novel Electronic Health Record (EHR) data approach as a tool to assess the epidemiology of known and new risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and study how prevention interventions affect progression to and onset of T2DM.