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Should architecturally significant low-income housing be preserved?

  • Written by Ashima Krishna, Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
imageA 1974 photograph of Buffalo's Shoreline Apartments.George Burns/National Arcvhives at College Park

This past January, in Buffalo, New York, the second phase of demolition for a low-income housing complex called Shoreline Apartments commenced.

The property owner had long wanted to replace the crumbling buildings. Residents also sought a safer and...

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Is the COVID-19 pandemic cure really worse than the disease? Here's what our research found

  • Written by Olga Yakusheva, Associate Professor in Nursing and Public Health, University of Michigan
imageThe economic impact of coronavirus restrictions can also take a human toll.mladenbalinovac via Getty Images

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

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The coronavirus pandemic catapulted the country into one of the deepest recessions in U.S. history, leaving millions of Americans without jobs or health insurance....

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Rare neurological disorder, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, linked to COVID-19

  • Written by Sherry H-Y. Chou, Associate Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh
imageCOVID-19 has been linked to neurological problems in those with severe disease.Ralwel / Getty Images

The patient in the case report (let’s call him Tom) was 54 and in good health. For two days in May, he felt unwell and was too weak to get out of bed. When his family finally brought him to the hospital, doctors found that he had a fever and...

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There are many leaders of today's protest movement – just like the civil rights movement

  • Written by Sarah Silkey, Professor of History and Social and Economic Justice, Lycoming College
imageDemonstrators march in the Black Mamas March to protest police brutality, June 27, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images

The recent wave of protests against police brutality and systemic racism has inspired numerous comparisons with the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

Commentators frequently depict the charismatic...

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Supreme Court reforms, strengthens Electoral College

  • Written by Morgan Marietta, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell
imageOn Dec. 19, 2016, Colorado elector Micheal Baca, in T-shirt second from left, cast his electoral ballot for John Kasich, though Hillary Clinton had won his state's popular vote.AP Photo/Brennan Linsley

The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that states can require members of the Electoral College to cast their presidential ballots according to the...

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Social isolation: The COVID-19 pandemic's hidden health risk for older adults, and how to manage it

  • Written by Marcia G. Ory, Regents and Distinguished Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, Texas A&M University
imageThe same stay-at-home recommendations meant to protect older adults from COVID-19 can also leave them feeling isolated and lonely. Sladic via Getty Images

As coronavirus cases rise again, it can be hard for older adults to see any end to the need for social isolation and the loneliness that can come with it.

For months now, they have been following...

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What makes a 'wave' of disease? An epidemiologist explains

  • Written by Abram L. Wagner, Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of Michigan
imageDaily deaths from COVID-19 have rarely been below 600 in the U.S. since March.Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

Panic about a second wave of coronavirus cases is “overblown,” Vice President Mike Pence wrote in June, implying the U.S. has COVID-19 under control. On the other hand, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of...

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How did 'white' become a metaphor for all things good?

  • Written by Aradhna Krishna, Dwight F. Benton Professor of Marketing, University of Michigan
image'Jacob's Dream' by Salvador Rosa (c. 1665).artuk.org

Shortly after George Floyd’s death, one of my friends texted me that Floyd wasn’t necessarily a bad person, but, pointing to his prior stints in prison, added that “he wasn’t lily-white either.”

Soon thereafter, I read an article in The New York Times written by Chad...

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Digital contact tracing's mixed record abroad spells trouble for US efforts to rein in COVID-19

  • Written by Bhaskar Chakravorti, Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
imageSouth Korea's success in containing COVID-19 came at the price of sacrificing privacy.AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

Two public health measures – testing, to identify those infected, and contact tracing, to identify those who may have encountered an infected person – have become essential as countries around the world reopen their economies...

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Lessons from the 1918 pandemic: A U.S. city's past may hold clues

  • Written by J. Alexander Navarro, Professor of History of Medicine, University of Michigan
imageA list of rules from the U.S. Public Health Service in 1918 to reduce the chances of contracting or spreading the devastating flu pandemic. Getty Images / Fototeca Storica Nazionale

Coronavirus infection rates continue to rise, with the number of new cases climbing in dozens of states and the U.S. reporting record numbers of cases on individual...

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  2. Retractions and controversies over coronavirus research show that the process of science is working as it should
  3. 'Renewable' natural gas may sound green, but it's not an antidote for climate change
  4. Islam's anti-racist message from the 7th century still resonates today
  5. Six eyewitnesses misidentified a murderer – here's what went wrong in the lineup
  6. Nearly 3 in 4 US moms were in the workforce before the COVID-19 pandemic – is that changing?
  7. Ethical challenges loom over decisions to resume in-person college classes
  8. Why some Americans seem more 'American' than others
  9. A leading infectious disease expert explains how to be as safe as possible on this very different Fourth
  10. Don't expect Biden's VP pick to make or break the 2020 election
  11. How to manage plant pests and diseases in your victory garden
  12. Mexico City buried its rivers to prevent disease and unwittingly created a dry, polluted city where COVID-19 now thrives
  13. Presidents' panel: How COVID-19 will change higher education
  14. Black churches have lagged in moving online during the pandemic – reaching across generational lines could help
  15. Why 'I was just being sarcastic' can be such a convenient excuse
  16. Police with lots of military gear kill civilians more often than less-militarized officers
  17. Do dogs really see in just black and white?
  18. Group testing for coronavirus – called pooled testing – could be the fastest and cheapest way to increase screening nationwide
  19. The invention of satanic witchcraft by medieval authorities was initially met with skepticism
  20. Video: What we can learn from a book documenting the first vaccine, for smallpox
  21. Which drugs and therapies are proven to work, and which ones don't, for COVID-19?
  22. With the help of trained dolphins, our team of researchers is building a specialized drone to help us study dolphins in the wild
  23. From marmots to mole-rats to marmosets – studying many genes in many animals is key to understanding how humans can live longer
  24. COVID-19 and teletherapy may be changing how much you know about your therapist
  25. COVID-19 and telehealth may be changing how much you know about your therapist
  26. A summer of protest, unemployment and presidential politics – welcome to 1932
  27. Fireworks can torment veterans and survivors of gun violence with PTSD – here's how to celebrate with respect for those who served
  28. Monks, experts in social distancing, find strength in isolation
  29. Why companies as diverse as eBay, IKEA and Mars are increasingly supporting US clean energy policies
  30. TikTok teens and the Trump campaign: How social media amplifies political activism and threatens election integrity
  31. Muslim Americans assert solidarity with Black Lives Matter, finding unity within a diverse faith group
  32. Why are so many people lighting off fireworks?
  33. The US isn't in a second wave of coronavirus – the first wave never ended
  34. When France extorted Haiti – the greatest heist in history
  35. Why soldiers can't claim conscientious objection if ordered to suppress protests
  36. As Arizona coronavirus cases surge from early reopening, Indigenous nations suffer not only more COVID-19 but also the blame
  37. How small towns are responding to the global pandemic
  38. COVID-19 messes with Texas: What went wrong, and what other states can learn as younger people get sick
  39. National parks – even Mount Rushmore – show that there's more than one kind of patriotism
  40. How racism in US health system hinders care and costs lives of African Americans
  41. Money talks: Big business, political strategy and corporate involvement in US state politics
  42. As professional sports come back, members of the US women's soccer team are still paid less than the men's
  43. Fast food is comforting, but in low-income areas it crowds out fresher options
  44. In this era of protest over racism, will colleges embrace Black student activists?
  45. Coronavirus and cancer hijack the same parts in human cells to spread – and our team identified existing cancer drugs that could fight COVID-19
  46. The 'domestic terrorist' designation won't stop extremism
  47. 3 moral virtues necessary for an ethical pandemic response and reopening
  48. Northern Ireland's police transformation may hold lessons for the US
  49. Rethinking the K-pop industry's silence during the Black Lives Matter movement
  50. To achieve a new New Deal, Democrats must learn from the old one