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For asthma patients, the novel coronavirus can be scary. Here's what you need to know

  • Written by S. Cindy Xi, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Southern California
Hospitals have started using albuterol inhalers with coronavirus patients, making the rescue medication harder for asthma patients to find in some areas.Alan Levine/flickr, CC BY

The new coronavirus’s ability to wreak havoc in the lungs is raising a lot of concerns and questions from my asthma patients. They already know how it feels to have...

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Coronavirus research done too fast is testing publishing safeguards, bad science is getting through

  • Written by Irving Steinberg, Dean for Faculty, USC School of Pharmacy; Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy & Pediatrics, School of Pharmacy & Keck School of Medicine of USC; Director, Division of Pediatric Pharmacotherapy, Dept of Pediatrics, LAC+USC
Science is happening fast and mistakes are being made Yagi Studio/ DigitalVision via Getty Images

It has been barely a few weeks since the coronavirus was declared a pandemic. The pace at which the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spread across the globe is jolting, but equally impressive is the speed at which scientists and clinicians have been fighting back....

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Here's how Americans coped during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Written by Melissa Cyders, Associate Professor of Psychology, IUPUI
Most people felt they were doing OK – with lots of TV and news updates.Erik Mclean/Unsplash, CC BY

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everyday life for Americans. How well are people across the country dealing with the new reality of closed businesses, shuttered schools, social distancing and the threat of the coronavirus itself?

As psychologyr...

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Coronavirus: Developing economies are getting crushed – here's why their rich neighbors should help them

  • Written by Rick Rowden, Adjunct Professorial Lecturer, American University School of International Service
Brazil and other developing countries are being hit hard by the pandemic.AP Photo/Andre Penner

The entire global community is now facing the unprecedented triple crisis of a global health pandemic, economic recession and global financial meltdown – and the fates of rich and poor countries have never been so intertwined.

Commodity prices are...

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Digital surveillance can help bring the coronavirus pandemic under control – but also threatens privacy

  • Written by Jennifer Daskal, Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Technology, Law & Security Program, American University
Digital footprints.Prasit photo/Moment via Getty Images

Israel’s top spy agency has been using secretly collected cellphone data to retrace the movements of those who tested positive for the coronavirus.

The Polish government launched the “Home Quarantine” app so that people in quarantine can upload geo-located photos proving...

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Why sports still matter – even in a time when you can't actually watch any

  • Written by Francisco Javier López Frías, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University
Baseball fans look through a fence of the stadium following the cancellation of a game in Fort Myers, Florida.AP Photo/Elise Amendola

Most of the sports world has ground to a halt over the coronavirus pandemic. The Tokyo Olympic Games, the NBA season, and soccer’s Champions League, along with many other major tournaments, have been postponed....

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Overloaded morgues, mass graves and infectious remains: How forensic pathologists handle the coronavirus dead

  • Written by Ahmad Samarji, Associate Professor of Forensic Science Education & STEM Education and the Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Phoenicia University
The mortuary in Girona, Spain, one of the countries hardest hit by coronaviurs. Marti Navarro/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Editor’s note: Most scientists and doctors in the coronavirus crisis are working to save the living. Those in the field of forensic pathology, however, focus on the dead.

Ahmad Samarji, a Lebanon-based scholar...

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Bernie drops out, as Democrats pick pragmatism over consistency

  • Written by Adam Hodges, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Linguistics, University of Colorado Boulder
Closing the door on another presidential run.Patrick Semansky/AP Photo

In many ways, Bernie Sanders is the anti-Trump. And, in important ways, he ran his campaign as the anti-Biden.

Sanders bowed out of the Democratic nomination race on April 8, repeating his runner-up status from four years earlier. His two runs at the White House have cemented his...

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Don't rely on a quarantini to boost your immune system during coronavirus

  • Written by Katherine Basbaum, Clinical Nutritionist, Cardiology, University of Virginia
A patron buys a frozen margarita to go in New York City April 2, 2020. Is the quarnatini a safer option? Getty Images/Stephanie Keith

As an adult following the stay-at-home recommendations who also enjoys an occasional adult beverage, the “quarantini” Twitter post – a proposed cocktail of gin and Emergen-C, a fizzy vitamin...

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  1. Math misconceptions may lead people to underestimate the true threat of COVID-19
  2. Social distancing increased over the course of human history – but so did empathy and new ways to connect
  3. In the rush to innovate for COVID-19 drugs, sound science is still essential
  4. The long history of US racism against Asian Americans, from 'yellow peril' to 'model minority' to the 'Chinese virus'
  5. Porn use is up, thanks to the pandemic
  6. A coronavirus vaccine that wouldn't require a shot
  7. America is drinking its way through the coronavirus crisis – that means more health woes ahead
  8. Domestic violence growing in wake of coronavirus outbreak
  9. A virtual Passover may be the first for many, but Judaism has a long history of ritual innovation
  10. With Boris Johnson in intensive care, who runs the UK?
  11. ¿Qué tipo de vacunas están desarrollando los laboratorios contra el coronavirus?
  12. Beyond sanitizing and social distancing – a healthy circadian rhythm may keep you sane and increase resilience to fight COVID-19
  13. What does 'recovered from coronavirus' mean? 4 questions answered about how some survive and what happens next
  14. Hoarding during the coronavirus isn't just unnecessary, it's ethically wrong
  15. Striking Amazon, Instacart employees reveal how a basic economic principle could derail our ability to combat the coronavirus
  16. 6 ways to build motivation to do your schoolwork now that you're forced to learn online at home
  17. A world without sports
  18. Crops could face double trouble from insects and a warming climate
  19. Coronavirus versus democracy: 5 countries where emergency powers risk abuse
  20. Democratic governors are quicker in responding to the coronavirus than Republicans
  21. Why Latino citizens are worrying more about deportation
  22. The CDC now recommends wearing a mask in some cases – a physician explains why and when to wear one
  23. Doctors are making life-and-death choices over coronavirus patients – it could have long-term consequences for them
  24. Social media fuels wave of coronavirus misinformation as users focus on popularity, not accuracy
  25. Stuck at home with your partner? Look to retirees for how to make it work
  26. Here's how scientists are tracking the genetic evolution of COVID-19
  27. Shipwrecked! How social isolation can enrich our spiritual lives – like Robinson Crusoe
  28. Census 2020 will protect your privacy more than ever – but at the price of accuracy
  29. Why wear face masks in public? Here's what the research shows
  30. 'Tiger King' and America's captive tiger problem
  31. Government secrecy is growing during the coronavirus pandemic
  32. Coronavirus case counts are going to go up – but that doesn't mean social distancing is a bust
  33. Blue dye from red beets – chemists devise a safer new pigment option
  34. Blue dye from red beets – chemists devise a new pigment option
  35. How high will unemployment go? During the Great Depression, 1 in 4 Americans were out of work
  36. China's big donors are pitching in to deal with the new coronavirus – and not just in their own country
  37. 7 things public schools do besides teach kids academic basics
  38. Social distancing works – just ask lobsters, ants and vampire bats
  39. How coronavirus has ended centuries of hands-on campaigning for politicians
  40. We spoke to hundreds of prison gang members – here's what they said about life behind bars
  41. Census undercounts are normal, but demographers worry this year could be worse
  42. How coronavirus threatens the seasonal farmworkers at the heart of the American food supply
  43. A small trial finds that hydroxychloroquine is not effective for treating coronavirus
  44. How the coronavirus recession puts service workers at risk
  45. Governors take charge of response to the coronavirus
  46. Insider trading by members of Congress may be difficult to prove
  47. Coronavirus: Strategic National Stockpile was ready, but not for this
  48. Why undocumented immigrants still fear the 2020 census
  49. What the coronavirus does to your body that makes it so deadly
  50. Express gratitude – not because you will benefit from it, but others might