You Can Get Through This Dark Pandemic Winter, Using Tips From Disaster Psychology

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December 21, 2020

Dear Reader, I'm filling in for Sunya today. This week, as coronavirus cases and deaths continue to climb, the country is facing a dark pandemic winter—but tips from disaster psychology could help. A large methane leak in California has exposed a longstanding lack of oversight of the oil and gas industry. And the White House will get a deep cleaning before Biden takes office.

Tanya Lewis, Associate Editor, Health & Medicine @tanyalewis314

Mental Health You Can Get Through This Dark Pandemic Winter, Using Tips From Disaster Psychology Deaths are surging, and mental health is strained. But coping strategies people use amidst other catastrophes can help By Melinda Wenner Moyer

Environment Large Methane Leaks Reveal Long-Standing Shortfalls in Oversight New rollbacks could make controlling fugitive emissions from oil and gas infrastructure even harder By Chiara Eisner

Policy & Ethics The Biden Administration Must Double Down on Science It's absolutely necessary if we're going to weather the inevitable crises we'll continue to face By John Podesta,Bidisha Bhattacharyya,Bianca Majumder

Space See Fast Radio Bursts Come of Age An incipient field of radio astronomy is about to go mainstream By Katie Peek

Public Health The White House--Scene of COVID Outbreaks Under Trump--Will Get A Deep Clean For President-elect Biden Fears about lingering coronavirus are prompting a massive disinfection initiative before the Bidens move in By Phil Galewitz,Kaiser Health News

Public Health How to Minimize COVID Risk and Enjoy the Holidays Experts suggest limiting travel and keeping Thanksgiving and other celebrations small and outdoors By Christie Aschwanden

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