Resilience News

Julie Beitman has been correspondent David Pogue's friend and neighbor for over 15 years. But he's never seen her like this – repeatedly washing her hands, or wiping down her counter. "I'm very upset about this," Beitman said. "I'm upset. I watch the news around the clock. And that's all I think about."

The feeling of loss most of us experience when we reminisce about gathering together is not just in our imaginations.…

Read the full article.  Excerpt:  That is a question that academic Daniel Aldrich has dedicated his life to. In 2005,…

If you are going to invest time, energy and money into becoming more disaster resilient, what type of effort are…

When natural disasters strike, whether or not people in a community choose to evacuate may depend on the social ties…

Read the full article here.  Excerpt:  On Thursday, the WHO appealed to China to share raw data and blood samples…

Read the full article here. Excerpt: Haiti, already reeling from a recent 7.2-magnitude earthquake and lashing rains from Tropical Storm Grace, could face…

In a conclusion that even surprised its editors, the 2021 World Happiness Report found that, amid global hardship, self-reported life satisfaction across…

China is trying to reshape its pharmaceutical industry and take on an unprecedented role as a major vaccine supplier to…

The Covid-19 crisis has been a true test of the resiliency of our communities. It has shown the enormous gaps…

When disaster strikes, it’s often not individual preparedness or government intervention that enables people to survive and thrive—it’s social connections…

Systemic inequality in Boston has forced Black and Latinx residents with lower incomes to expose themselves to the COVID-19 virus…