Sat.Nov 06, 2021

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What Good Self-Care Looks Like (for You)

Success

Self-care can get a bad rap as a fluffy, self-indulgent kind of behavior-excusing activity used to market anything from expensive spa days to junk food and Netflix binges. Like the “treat yo self” episode from Parks and Rec where Donna and Tom take self-care to bank account-busting extremes, buying luxury goods and indulging in every sense. Taken this way, self-care fails to attend to root causes and may actually exacerbate stressors like poor finances or physical health.

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A simple solution to maintaining life-saving vaccines | Nithya Ramanathan

TED Talks

Refrigerators do much more than store your groceries -- they're also vital to preserving and distributing vaccines. Illustrating the realities of (and threats to) global vaccine supply chains, technologist and TED Fellow Nithya Ramanathan describes how smart sensors placed in fridges that store medical supplies can provide crucial, real-time data and ensure people get the life-saving care they need.

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