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What doctors know about lingering symptoms of coronavirus

  • Written by William Petri, Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
imageGeoffrey McKillop (front) with his partner Nicola Dallet McConaghie as they left the hospital where he was discharged after surviving coronavirus. Liam McBurney/PA Images via Getty Images

With over 2 million cases in the U.S. since the coronavirus pandemic began in late December, there are now many people who have recovered from COVID-19. At the...

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Why safely reopening high school sports is going to be a lot harder than opening college and pro ball

  • Written by Tamara Hew-Butler, Associate Professor of Exercise and Sports Science, Wayne State University
imageOngoing testing, say the authors, is critical to bringing back amateur sports.Getty Images / Erik Isakson

Along with the revival of professional sports comes the yearning for a return to amateur sports – high school, college and club. Governing officials are now offering guidance as to when and how to resume play.

However, lost in the...

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How fake accounts constantly manipulate what you see on social media – and what you can do about it

  • Written by Jeanna Matthews, Full Professor, Computer Science, Clarkson University
imageAll is not as it appears on social media.filadendron/E+ via Getty Images

Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram started out as a way to connect with friends, family and people of interest. But anyone on social media these days knows it’s increasingly a divisive landscape.

Undoubtedly you’ve heard reports that...

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A massive public health effort eradicated smallpox but scientists are still studying the deadly virus

  • Written by Patricia L. Foster, Professor Emerita of Biology, Indiana University
imageToday smallpox can only be found in deep freeze inside a few highly secured laboratories, like this one at the CDC in 1980.CDC, CC BY

Smallpox was a terrible scourge on humanity, killing hundreds of millions of people over the centuries. But its origin remains obscure. Egyptian mummies from 3,000 to 4,000 years ago, including that of Pharaoh Ramses...

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1 in 10 HBCUs were financially fragile before COVID-19 endangered all colleges and universities

  • Written by Gregory N. Price, Professor of Economics, University of New Orleans
imageHoward University, in Washington, D.C., recently got its finances in order.Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

By reducing enrollment and disrupting instruction, the COVID-19 pandemic is generating financial distress for all colleges and universities.

Schools that were already financially fragile before this health emergency...

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Teach police nonviolence, scholars say, and how to work with local residents

  • Written by Jennifer Earl, Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona
imagePolice in Tulsa, Okla., march toward a crowd of demonstrators on June 20, 2020.Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

Editor’s note: Calls to reform, defund or even outright abolishpolice in the U.S. are coming from many corners of American society. The Conversation asked several scholars who study different aspects of policing to explain...

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Museums preserve clues that can help scientists predict and analyze future pandemics

  • Written by Pamela Soltis, Distinguished Professor and Curator, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
imageSpecimens like these at Dublin's Natural History Museum contain valuable information about the evolution of pathogens and host organisms. Kieran Guckian, CC BY

In less than 20 years, communities around the globe have been hit by a string of major disease outbreaks: SARS, MERS, Ebola, Zika and now, COVID-19. Nearly all emerging infectious diseases...

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President Trump revives J. Edgar Hoover's tyrannical playbook

  • Written by Stephen M. Underhill, Associate Professor, Marshall Univeristy
imageJ. Edgar Hoover testifies before the House on Un-American Activities Committee.Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Throughout his presidency, Donald Trump has denounced his critics for the same claims made against him, attacking their credibility and portraying himself as a victim of conspiracies.

His lies are well documented, yet he accuses reporters of...

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To fight US racism, research prescribes a nationwide healing process

  • Written by Benjamin Appel, Associate Professor of International Relations, Michigan State University
imageThe National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, documents the lynchings of more than 4,400 people between 1877 and 1950.AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz

As the U.S. prepares to celebrate another year of its independence, the country is paying renewed attention to the founders, and how their legacy of slavery is linked to systemic racism.

C...

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When Supreme Court justices defy expectations

  • Written by Alison Dundes Renteln, Professor of Political Science, Anthropology, Public Policy and Law, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageJustice Neil Gorsuch, a Trump appointee, surprised many court watchers by authoring the decision to expand the Civil Rights Act.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in the important and much-anticipated case, Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, that the LGBTQ community is protected from employment discrimination.

The...

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  3. Islamic State militants incite attacks, gloat at US protests and pandemic deaths
  4. America's Black female mayors face dual crises of COVID-19 and protests – but these women are used to uphill battles
  5. Islamic State calls for followers to spread coronavirus, exploit pandemic and protests
  6. The psychological trauma of nurses started long before coronavirus
  7. Crop pathogens are more adaptable than previously thought
  8. Does coronavirus aid to news outlets undermine journalistic credibility?
  9. 5 reasons to make sure recess doesn't get short shrift when school resumes in person
  10. George Floyd protests aren't just anti-racist – they are anti-authoritarian
  11. Self-driving taxis could be a setback for those with different needs – unless companies embrace accessible design now
  12. Journalists believe news and opinion are separate, but readers can't tell the difference
  13. What some foundations are doing differently because of the coronavirus pandemic: 4 questions answered
  14. AI could help solve the privacy problems it has created
  15. What is the slowest thing on Earth?
  16. Devil in the detail of SCOTUS ruling on workplace bias puts LGBTQ rights and religious freedom on collision course
  17. What the Supreme Court's DACA ruling means for undocumented students and the colleges and universities they attend
  18. Latest legal hurdle to removing Confederate statues in Virginia: The wishes of their long-dead white donors
  19. From grandfather to grandson, the lessons of the Tulsa race massacre
  20. The right way to breathe during the coronavirus pandemic
  21. A field guide to Trump's dangerous rhetoric
  22. 5 ways the world is better off dealing with a pandemic now than in 1918
  23. Holding on and holding still, a son photographs his father with Alzheimer's
  24. Python skin jackets and elephant leather boots: How wealthy Western nations help drive the global wildlife trade
  25. We caught bacteria from the most pristine air on earth to help solve a climate modeling mystery
  26. National survey shows that social service nonprofits are trying to help more people on smaller budgets as the coronavirus pandemic and economic downturn unfold
  27. Supreme Court ruling on Dreamers sends a clear message to the White House: You have to tell the truth
  28. Domestic abusers use tech that connects as a weapon during coronavirus lockdowns
  29. What do struggling small businesses need most? Time – and bankruptcy can provide it
  30. Living near active oil and gas wells in California tied to low birth weight and smaller babies
  31. Land loss has plagued black America since emancipation – is it time to look again at 'black commons' and collective ownership?
  32. 5 reasons police officers should have college degrees
  33. The Supreme Court decision to grant protections to LGBT workers is an important expansion of the Civil Rights Act
  34. Conservation could create jobs post-pandemic
  35. What is the 'zero gravity' that people experience in the vomit comet or space flight?
  36. Here's why some people are willing to challenge bullying, corruption and bad behavior, even at personal risk
  37. Tracing homophobia in South Korea's coronavirus surveillance program
  38. Rural America is more vulnerable to COVID-19 than cities are, and it's starting to show
  39. Dead white men get their say in court as Virginia tries to remove Robert E. Lee statues
  40. Can you visit your dad safely on Father's Day? A doctor gives you a checklist
  41. How Hemingway felt about fatherhood
  42. Black Americans, crucial workers in crises, emerge worse off – not better
  43. Quarantine bubbles – when done right – limit coronavirus risk and help fight loneliness
  44. Supreme Court to decide the future of the Electoral College
  45. Pandemic, privacy rules add to worries over 2020 census accuracy
  46. Can Asia end its uncontrolled consumption of wildlife? Here's how North America did it a century ago
  47. I study coronavirus in a highly secured biosafety lab – here's why I feel safer here than in the world outside
  48. How 'vaccine nationalism' could block vulnerable populations' access to COVID-19 vaccines
  49. How the coronavirus escapes an evolutionary trade-off that helps keep other pathogens in check
  50. Black religious leaders are up front and central in US protests – as they have been for the last 200 years