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- The Kent meningitis outbreak: what is happening and why? March 20, 2026Causes of meningitis, what the public health response has been, and how the situation differs from CovidThe deadly outbreak of meningitis in Kent has fuelled concerns about how far the disease will spread and seen the return of people wearing masks and queueing for vaccines. The scenes are reminiscent of the Covid crisis, but meningitis […]Ian Sample Science editor
- Itâs always been a fight to get children the early years care they deserve. Itâs time to fight again | Polly Toynbee March 20, 2026Labour recognises how crucial education is at the start of life, but still the poorest children are missing outThe news is very good (mostly). The cost of full-time childcare in England for children under the age of two has dropped by a phenomenal 39% since last year, thanks to government funding. This stat, from the […]Polly Toynbee
- Efforts to shut down pro-Palestinian speech face series of setbacks in court March 19, 2026Rulings in cases alleging antisemitism on US campuses say common pro-Palestinian speech is constitutionally protectedFew debates from the last few years have been more contentious than whether criticism of Israel and Zionism is antisemitic, threatens Jewish people or violates their civil rights. Allegations of antisemitism have cost people jobs, provided pretexts for censorship and fueled […]Tom Perkins
- Playing with dolls can help children develop imagination and social skills â UK study March 18, 2026Psychologists at Cardiff University and Kingâs College London compared children given dolls with those given video gamesPlaying along with dolls can help boys and girls develop more sophisticated imaginations and better social skills, compared with children who play on electronic devices, according to research.Psychologists at Cardiff University and Kingâs College London found that children given […]Richard Adams Education editor
- Say gay: feminist magazine reclaims Charlie Kirk-style campus tours after Florida DEI cuts March 18, 2026Florida restricted teaching around sex, gender and race. Lux is now giving students a forum for these issuesSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxOn a Tuesday night, at Floridaâs only public liberal arts college, a small group of students gathered in a classroom to discuss issues deemed […]Lex McMenamin with photographs by Megan May in Sarasota, Florida
- Florida professors quietly defy restrictions on race and gender: âThis is how authoritarianism worksâ March 18, 2026Sociology faculty are refusing to alter syllabi, even as state targets how race, gender and inequality are taughtSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxAcross Florida universities, some sociology professors are quietly choosing not to alter their courses in response to new state guidelines restricting how topics like […]Brianna Holt
- From the archive: âParents are frightened for themselves and for their childrenâ: an inspirational school in impossible times â podcast March 18, 2026We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.This week, from 2022: Austerity, the pandemic and now the cost of living crisis have left many schools in a parlous state. How hard do staff have to work to give kids the […]Written by Aida Edemariam and read by Lucy Scott. Originally produced and sound designed by Jessica Beck with additions by Nicola Alexandrou. The executive producer was Ellie Bury
- EU calls for urgent reboot in talks with UK to stop reset deal failing March 16, 2026Time is running out to find agreement on areas such as tuition fees EU citizens would pay in Britain and rules for food safetyThe EU is hoping to urgently reboot talks on the âresetâ of relations with the UK as negotiations are in danger of foundering before a planned July summit.At a public meeting of […]Lisa OâCarroll in Brussels and Kiran Stacey in London
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