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The Health Moonshot Biden Can Campaign On
I began my public health career more than 20 years ago, at a time when H.I.V. was ravaging many countries around the world. The U.S. government’s strategic response to attack this cruel disease abroad was PEPFAR, an American initiative that has saved ...
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When the Elderly Can’t Afford the High Cost of Long-Term Care
Readers suggest a variety of solutions in response to The Times’s “Dying Broke” series.
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Despite Wars, Earthquakes and Hurricanes, U.N. Cuts Appeal for Aid
With pledges already lagging badly for this year, the global organization said that it had been forced to pare down its request for 2024 to focus on only the most life-threatening cases.
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What to Know About Assisted Living
The facilities can look like luxury apartments or modest group homes, and can vary in pricing structures. Here’s a guide.
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To Become a World-Class Chipmaker, the United States Might Need Help
In President Biden’s vision for the U.S. economy, technological supremacy goes arm in arm with high-paying jobs for American workers. But what happens when those two objectives don’t line up perfectly? What has to give? This question is playing out ...
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Regents Exams May Become Optional for High School Graduation in New York
The tests had once been seen as a hallmark of academic rigor, but high-stakes graduation tests have fallen out of favor nationally.
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I Saw What Happened to America’s Postwar Plans for Iraq. Here’s How Israel Should Plan for Gaza.
I headed postwar Iraq planning for the U.S. State Department in 2002 and 2003. Once the White House decided in 2002 to remove Saddam Hussein by force, I cautioned my superiors that there needed to be serious planning for what would follow. The study ...
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If You Want Our Countries to Address Climate Change, First Pause Our Debts
When poor countries are forced to default on their foreign debt, as Ghana and Zambia have done, they pay a heavy price. Cut off from credit of any kind, spending on health, education and dealing with the damaging effects of climate change comes to a ...
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I Wish ____ Would Run
We asked readers which other candidates they would like to see in the presidential race.
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We Can Only Fight Learning Loss With Accountability And Action
The bad news about U.S. schools just keeps coming. We already knew from federal studies that students lost significant ground during the Covid pandemic and its related school shutdowns. What’s alarming about thelatest research, published in July by ...
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