It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted women around the world. The negative impacts of the pandemic on women are well-documented. Women have experienced increased rates of unemployment, heightened burdens of care, decreased access to health services and higher rates of domestic violence. But what’s also alarming is new evidence that the pandemic has harmed the ability...

It comes as no surprise that Merriam-Webster declared “pandemic” the word of the year. The biggest stories all stemmed from one story: COVID-19, a disease that affects the respiratory system, is transmitted by breath and fittingly surrounds us like air. It touched everyone on the planet in some way – a devastating shared fate. But here’s another...