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How the Trump administration accidentally insured over 200,000 through Obamacare

  • Written by Coleman Drake, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
One of the President's moves in health care had surprising results.Getty Images

With an eye on replacing the Affordable Care Act, the Trump administration took one particularly critical action in October 2017. It discontinued cost-sharing reduction subsidy payments to health insurers participating in the ACA marketplaces.

But the response to those...

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3 volunteering guidelines to heed during the coronavirus pandemic

  • Written by Jennifer A. Jones, Assistant Professor of Nonprofit Management and Leadership, University of Florida
Social distancing is easier at drive-through food pantries like this one in San Antonio.AP Photo/Eric Gay

Lending a hand is a big U.S. tradition. More than 77.4 million Americans volunteered in 2019, completing 6.9 billion hours of service worth an estimated US$167 billion.

Today, no matter how well-intentioned, there’s a risk that those...

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3 crisis-leadership lessons from Abraham Lincoln

  • Written by Adrian Brettle, Lecturer in History, Arizona State University
A meeting of President Abraham Lincoln and his Cabinet.Internet Book Archive/Flickr

In March 1861, as Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as president, the United States faced its greatest crisis: its sudden and unexpected dissolution. Seven of the then 31 states had already voted to secede from the Union.

What he did in the following months and years...

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Measuring maternal grief in Africa

  • Written by Emily Smith-Greenaway, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
In places where children die with tragic frequency, the collective grief of parents affects all society.Mary Long/Shutterstock

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

The big idea

Most parents living in industrialized countries today reasonably presume that all their children will survive childhood.

But child death remains...

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Who's at risk of not being counted in the 2020 census: 6 essential reads

  • Written by Emily Costello, Deputy Editor, The Conversation US
A Seattle man wearing a mask walks past posters encouraging participation in the 2020 Census.AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

The census aims to count everyone in the U.S. Of course, that’s not so easy.

Overall, the 2010 census was accurate, with a net overcount of just 0.01%. Still, some 16 million people were likely omitted from the final count.

The...

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Scientists at work: Uncovering the mystery of when and where sharks give birth

  • Written by Hannah Verkamp, PhD Student in Marine Biology, Arizona State University
Using new technology to answer questions about shark reproduction.Tanya Houppermans

If you have a toddler, or if you encountered one in the last year, you’ve almost certainly experienced the “Baby Shark” song. Somehow, every kid seems to know this song, but scientists actually know very little about where and when sharks give birth...

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Coronavirus impact: Meat processing plants weigh risks of prosecution if they're blamed for spreading infection

  • Written by Todd Haugh, Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
While there's no evidence COVID-19 can be spread through food, companies must weigh the risks all the same. Kryssia Campos/Getty Images

Tyson Foods recently suspended production at its Waterloo, Iowa, pork processing plant due to a growing coronavirus outbreak among employees. The plant was Tyson’s largest, employing some 2,800 workers and...

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Welcome to your sensory revolution, thanks to the pandemic

  • Written by Mark M. Smith, Carolina Distinguished Professor of History, University of South Carolina
No smell, no touch: People line up in Prague, Czech Republic, to get tested for the coronavirus. Getty/Gabriel Kuchta

The way we see, hear, taste, touch and smell may never be the same again.

Courtesy of COVID-19, we are undergoing a sensory revolution. All of the senses have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic – not because the senses...

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Failure to count COVID-19 nursing home deaths could dramatically skew US numbers

  • Written by Thomas Perls, Professor of Medicine, Boston University
The Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington, had the first known COVID-19 outbreak in a U.S. nursing home. In Massachusetts, one-third of nursing homes now have more than 30 COVID-19 cases.Jason Redmond/AFP/Getty Images

In New York state, 19 nursing homes have each reported 20 or more deaths from COVID-19. A nursing home in New Jersey reported 70...

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Lethargic global response to COVID-19: How the human brain's failure to assess abstract threats cost us dearly

  • Written by Arash Javanbakht, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
The Trump administration was not alone with its slow response to the COVID-19 crisis.Getty Images / White House Pool

More U.S. citizens have confirmed COVID-19 infections than the next five most affected countries combined. Yet as recently as mid-March, President Trump downplayed the gravity of the crisis by falsely claiming the coronavirus was...

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  2. How the US military could help fight the coronavirus outbreak
  3. 5 lessons from the coronavirus about inequality in America
  4. A global mask shortage may leave farmers and farm workers exposed to toxic pesticides
  5. From pews to patients – churches have long served as hospitals, particularly in times of crisis
  6. Jewish history explains why some ultra-Orthodox communities defy coronavirus restrictions
  7. Coronavirus bailouts will cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars – unlike past corporate rescues that actually made money for the US Treasury
  8. The coronavirus genome is like a shipping label that lets epidemiologists track where it's been
  9. Are people with pets less likely to die if they catch the coronavirus?
  10. How to listen to your loved ones with empathy when you yourself are feeling the strain of social distancing
  11. Tomanowos, the meteorite that survived mega-floods and human folly
  12. Coronavirus drifts through the air in microscopic droplets – here's the science of infectious aerosols
  13. How the Hubble Space Telescope opened our eyes to the first galaxies of the universe
  14. As the coronavirus interrupts global supply chains, people have an alternative – make it at home
  15. Mass graves for coronavirus victims shouldn't come as a shock – it's how the poor have been buried for centuries
  16. 6 tips for parents who home-school
  17. 'Reopen' protest movement created, boosted by fake grassroots tactics
  18. #TyphoidMary – now a hashtag – was a maligned immigrant who got a bum rap
  19. Deaths and desperation mount in Ecuador, epicenter of coronavirus pandemic in Latin America
  20. Price controls don't work – but mask rationing is the exception that proves the rule
  21. Diary of Samuel Pepys shows how life under the bubonic plague mirrored today's pandemic
  22. Coronavirus is spreading through rural South’s high-risk population – reopening economies will make it worse
  23. What is a brain freeze?
  24. How to score an internship during the COVID-19 pandemic
  25. BP paid a steep price for the Gulf oil spill but for the US a decade later, it's business as usual
  26. Scientists are working to protect invaluable living collections during coronavirus lockdowns
  27. Renters still left out in the cold despite temporary coronavirus protection
  28. Hajj cancellation wouldn't be the first – plague, war and politics disrupted pilgrimages long before coronavirus
  29. Why farmers are dumping milk down the drain and letting produce rot in fields
  30. Why there isn’t a one-size-fits-all plan for states to reopen their economies
  31. Turkey releasing murderers – but not political opponents – from prison amid coronavirus pandemic
  32. A smart second skin gets all the power it needs from sweat
  33. Cracks in COVID-19 treatment reveal need to bolster primary care
  34. Can an intelligence test forecast which quarterback draft prospects will have NFL success?
  35. Beating coronavirus requires faith leaders to bridge gap between religion and science
  36. 5 ways parents can support their college-age children who've been forced to return home due to COVID-19
  37. Blood sugar levels may influence vulnerability to coronavirus, and controlling them through conventional means might be protective
  38. Teens are wired to resent being stuck with parents and cut off from friends during coronavirus lockdown
  39. Robots are playing many roles in the coronavirus crisis – and offering lessons for future disasters
  40. Taking advantage of unpaid leave can increase the chances that workers will face economic hardship
  41. Chronic conditions worsen coronavirus risk – here's how to manage them amid the pandemic
  42. To protect people in the Great Lakes region from climate extremes, weatherize their homes
  43. 5 ways that colleges and universities are pitching in to deal with the coronavirus pandemic
  44. Linking self-driving cars to traffic signals might help pedestrians give them the green light
  45. How South Korea flattened the coronavirus curve with technology
  46. How much coronavirus testing is enough? States could learn from retailers as they ramp up
  47. Pharmacists could be front-line fighters in battle against opioid epidemic
  48. The coronavirus pandemic might make buildings sick, too
  49. Global tourism industry may shrink by more than 50% due to the pandemic
  50. States are putting prisoners to work manufacturing coronavirus supplies