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Western wildfires are spinning off tornadoes – here’s how fires create their own freakish weather

  • Written by Charles Jones, Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of California, Santa Barbara
imageExtreme wildfires can fuel tornadoes, creating erratic and dangerous conditions for firefighters.David McNew/Getty Images

It might sound like a bad movie, but extreme wildfires can create their own weather – including fire tornadoes.

It happened in California as a heat wave helped to fuel hundreds of wildfires across the region, many of them...

Read more: Western wildfires are spinning off tornadoes – here’s how fires create their own freakish weather

Extreme wildfires can create their own dangerous weather, including fire tornadoes – here's how

  • Written by Charles Jones, Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of California, Santa Barbara
imageExtreme wildfires can fuel tornadoes, creating erratic and dangerous conditions for firefighters.David McNew/Getty Images

It might sound like a bad movie, but extreme wildfires can create their own weather – including fire tornadoes.

It happened in California as a heat wave helped to fuel hundreds of wildfires across the region, many of them...

Read more: Extreme wildfires can create their own dangerous weather, including fire tornadoes – here's how

Constant dieters might be choosing the wrong way to lose weight

  • Written by Peggy Liu, Assistant Professor of Business Administration and Ben L. Fryrear Faculty Fellow, University of Pittsburgh
imageBigger isn't always better. James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images

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Dieters looking for a healthier substitute of their favorite high-fat food – such as a bag of potato chips – typically have two choices in the grocery aisle: a smaller package of the exact same...

Read more: Constant dieters might be choosing the wrong way to lose weight

Reopening elementary schools carries less COVID-19 risk than high schools – but that doesn't guarantee safety

  • Written by Jennifer Head, Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Berkeley
imageSafety precautions like wearing face masks and leaving space between desks are also important to limit the coronavirus's spread.Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images

While only a fraction of the country’s 50 million public school kids headed back to school in-person this month, many have already found themselves back at...

Read more: Reopening elementary schools carries less COVID-19 risk than high schools – but that doesn't...

While the US is reeling from COVID-19, the Trump administration is trying to take away health care

  • Written by Paul Shafer, Assistant Professor, Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University
imagePeople affected by the downturn in the economy caused by coronavirus at a food bank in Central Florida in April, 2020. Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto/Getty Images

The death toll from COVID-19 keeps rising, creating grief, fear, loss and confusion.

Unfortunately for us all, the pain only begins there. Other important health policy news that would ordinarily...

Read more: While the US is reeling from COVID-19, the Trump administration is trying to take away health care

Voters aren’t the only ones who dread slow mail – struggling small businesses are also at risk from Postal Service delays

  • Written by Ednilson Bernardes, Professor of Supply Chain Management, West Virginia University
imageThe USPS has suffered delays in recent months.AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Thousands of baby chicks shipped to small poultry farmers through the U.S. Postal Service have arrived at their destinations dead in recent weeks.

This was just one of the disturbing results of changes to how the Postal Service operates, which have led to widespread delays...

Read more: Voters aren’t the only ones who dread slow mail – struggling small businesses are also at risk...

Approval of a coronavirus vaccine would be just the beginning – huge production challenges could cause long delays

  • Written by Bruce Y. Lee, Professor of Health Policy and Management, City University of New York
imageBillions of people are going to need a coronavirus vaccine and that demand is going to be hard to meet. Francesco Carta fotografo/Moment via Getty Images

The race for a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine is well underway. It’s tempting to assume that once the first vaccine is approved for human use, all the problems of this pandemic will be immediately...

Read more: Approval of a coronavirus vaccine would be just the beginning – huge production challenges could...

¿Tienes hijos o sobrinos pequeños? Estas son tres maneras de ayudarlos a interactuar pese al COVID-19

  • Written by Elizabeth Englander, Professor of Psychology, and the Director of the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center (MARC), Bridgewater State University
imageCuando los niños y adolescentes pasan demasiado tiempo aislados en casa, sus habilidades sociales y autoestima pueden sufrirSDI Productions/E+ via Getty Images

Con la pandemia de COVID-19 empeorando en la mayor parte de Estados Unidos, América Latina y en otras regiones del mundo, un número creciente de distritos escolareshan...

Read more: ¿Tienes hijos o sobrinos pequeños? Estas son tres maneras de ayudarlos a interactuar pese al...

Economic hardship from COVID-19 will hit minority seniors the most

  • Written by Marc Cohen, Clinical Professor of Gerontology and Co-Director of the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, University of Massachusetts Boston
imageThe financial ravages caused by COVID-19 will particularly impact Black seniors. Willie B. Thomas via Getty Images

For Americans 60 and older, COVID-19 is widespread and deadly. Its economic impact could also be devastating.

With a recession fast developing, much of the attention on the downturn focuses on working-age adults, but many older...

Read more: Economic hardship from COVID-19 will hit minority seniors the most

Voting by mail is convenient, but not always secret

  • Written by Susan Orr, Associate Professor of Political Science, The College at Brockport, State University of New York
imageNot everyone who votes at home gets to do so in complete privacy.Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

Voting by mail in 2020 could be a real life-saver for American democracy, allowing tens of millions of people to participate in the election while limiting the spread of the pandemic. It’s widely available, popular, well-protected against fraud and...

Read more: Voting by mail is convenient, but not always secret

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