Preventing new pandemics + controlling crowds in national parks | Top 5

+ honoring Japanese American WWII vets US Edition - Today's top story: The next pandemic is already happening – targeted disease surveillance can help prevent it [View in browser]( US Edition | 6 June 2021 [The Conversation]( Academic rigor, journalistic flair Welcome to Sunday! The most popular stories on our site this week looked at [a strategy for preventing the next pandemic](, [tips for planning your post-COVID-19 life](, [a proposed solution to crowding in national parks](, [a study of weight stigma that took place in six countries]( and [heroic Japanese-American soldiers during World War II](. Editor’s pick: Today, my daughter will attend her senior prom. It’s 2021, so the dance will take place on a football field instead of a hotel ballroom. With the drop in COVID-19 cases, the principal has just agreed to allow dancing. After a year of social isolation, we’ve found the pre-prom shopping and beauty rituals both strange and strangely reassuring. It reminded me of a recent article by Aja D. Reynolds, an assistant professor of education at Wayne State University. She brings readers to Chicago, where prom sendoffs are “a rite of passage for many Black girls in which their communities celebrate the girls as they take what will be one of many [symbolic steps on their journey toward womanhood](.” Congratulations to everyone graduating this spring. It’s definitely time for a party. Emily Costello Managing Editor Sustained surveillance for disease outbreaks at global hot spots may be the key to preventing the next pandemic. MR.Cole_Photographer/Getty Images [The next pandemic is already happening – targeted disease surveillance can help prevent it]( Maureen Miller, Columbia University A more coordinated effort by scientists, stakeholders and community members will be required to stop the next deadly virus that's already circulating in our midst. You don’t need to pick up exactly where you left off; you can think about how you want your life to look. Thomas Barwick/DigitalVision via Getty Images [Going beyond ‘back to normal’ – 5 research-based tips for emerging from pandemic life]( Bethany Teachman, University of Virginia After more than a year of idealizing life without COVID-19, people are starting to reenter 'normal' life. Clinical psychology provides guidance on how to prepare for your post-pandemic reboot. - [Overcrowded US national parks need a reservation system]( Michael Childers, Colorado State University It's hard to preserve national parks "unimpaired," as US law directs, when they're overrun with tourists who stray off paths, strew trash and harass wildlife. A parks scholar calls for crowd control. - [Weight stigma is a burden around the world – and has negative consequences everywhere]( Rebecca Puhl, University of Connecticut Negative attitudes about people with larger body sizes or higher weight are consistent across Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the UK and the US. - [Japanese American soldiers in World War II fought the Axis abroad and racial prejudice at home]( Susan H. Kamei, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Young Japanese American men who were incarcerated because they were presumed to be disloyal were considered loyal enough for compulsory military service. You’re receiving this newsletter from [The Conversation](. Not interested anymore? [Unsubscribe](. 303 Wyman Street, Suite 300 Waltham, MA 02451