'Smart Vapes' Featuring Video Games Could Lure Youth To Addiction

Eight must-read stories about mushrooms, Kamala Harris, a promising HIV vaccine, and more. PLUS: Why the Olympics is emphasizing pleasure, and not just safe sex, for athletes.

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In this edition:

• What Teachers Really Need to Thrive

• Twice-a-year Shot Provides 100 Percent HIV Protection, Study Finds

• 'Smart Vapes' Featuring Video Games Could Lure Youths To Nicotine Addiction, UC Riverside Experts Say

• A Teen Was Charged In A Fatal Crash. His Parents Were Sentenced In The Case.

• Lateefah Simon On Kamala Harris’ Bay Area Roots

• Teens And Parents Have Wildly Different Views On Kids’ Support Needs

• This Is Literally Your Brain on Drugs

• The Olympics Have Long Promoted Safe Sex. Now It Wants To Focus On Pleasure.

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What Teachers Really Need to Thrive (Greater Good)

American teachers are increasingly stepping away from their jobs because of the educational systems and structures that prevent them from engaging in good teaching, which involves professional judgment, attunement to students’ multidimensional needs, and a connection to one’s purpose and values. The barriers to good teaching include overwork and underpay, in a profession that is increasingly undervalued—but that is not the whole story.

The results of a massive survey, America’s Teachers on Teaching in an Era of Change, indicate a strong correlation between teachers’ job satisfaction and feeling that their voices are heard. READ MORE

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Twice-a-year Shot Provides 100 Percent HIV Protection, Study Finds (Washington Post)

A twice-yearly injection could help prevent HIV infections, according to the results of a new study described by medical experts as a breakthrough.

In a randomized trial involving more than 5,000 young women and girls in South Africa and Uganda, none of those who received the prevention shots contracted HIV. The results were published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday.