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Deaths and desperation mount in Ecuador, epicenter of coronavirus pandemic in Latin America

  • Written by Dennis Altman, Professorial Fellow in Human Security, La Trobe University
Coffins await burial at the Jardines de Esperanza cemetery in Guayaquil, Ecuador, April 10, 2020. Eduardo Maquilon/Getty Images

Dead bodies are lying at home and in the streets of Guayaquil, Ecuador, a city so hard-hit by coronavirus that overfilled hospitals are turning away even very ill patients and funeral homes are unavailable for burial.

Data...

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Price controls don't work – but mask rationing is the exception that proves the rule

  • Written by Amihai Glazer, Professor of Economics, University of California, Irvine
The shortage of masks could get worse.Aleksandr Zubkov/Getty Images

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people wear a cloth face covering for their nose and mouth to protect others from the spread of the coronavirus. Research shows masks lead to a more than threefold reduction in how much flu virus people spray into the...

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Diary of Samuel Pepys shows how life under the bubonic plague mirrored today's pandemic

  • Written by Ute Lotz-Heumann, Heiko A. Oberman Professor of Late Medieval and Reformation History, University of Arizona
There were eerie similarities between Pepys' time and our own.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

In early April, writer Jen Miller urged New York Times readers to start a coronavirus diary.

“Who knows,” she wrote, “maybe one day your diary will provide a valuable window into this period.”

During a different pandemic, one...

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Coronavirus is spreading through rural South’s high-risk population – reopening economies will make it worse

  • Written by Anne Cafer, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Mississippi
In the rural South, chronic illnesses are common, the population is older and health care options have been declining as hospitals close. All put the population at higher risk from COVID-19.AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis

In the rural South, the COVID-19 pandemic is becoming a silent disaster.

As rural residents commute to jobs in cities and...

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What is a brain freeze?

  • Written by Tyler Daniel Anderson-Sieg, Doctoral Student in Biomedical Sciences, University of South Carolina
Cold and sweet in the heat.Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

What is a brain freeze?

Has this ever happened to you? You’re eating a delicious ice cream cone or frozen lemonade, so...

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How to score an internship during the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Written by Jon Schlesinger, Lecturer in the Schol of Arts and Sciences, and Director of the Hiatt Career Center, Brandeis University
Forty percent of employers have moved to virtual internships.fizkes/Getty Images

Editor’s Note: Even though unemployment has reached a record high due to business closures and social distancing measures brought about by the new coronavirus, you can still snag an internship if you know how to adapt and get creative. That advice comes from Jon...

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BP paid a steep price for the Gulf oil spill but for the US a decade later, it's business as usual

  • Written by David M. Uhlmann, Jeffrey F. Liss Professor from Practice and Director, Environmental Law and Policy Program, University of Michigan
Pools of floating crude oil at the site of the sunken Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, April 27, 2010.Benjamin Lowy/Getty Images

The largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history began ten years ago, on April 20, 2010. A massive explosion killed 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, and a blowout spewed more than 3 million barrels of oil...

Read more: BP paid a steep price for the Gulf oil spill but for the US a decade later, it's business as usual

Scientists are working to protect invaluable living collections during coronavirus lockdowns

  • Written by Matt Kasson, Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology and Mycology, West Virginia University
Campus shutdowns mean researchers must be classified as essential personnel to tend collections, like these fungus-colonized plants.Cameron Stauder, CC BY-ND

During World War II, a devoted group of botanists guarded the world’s oldest collection of plants over the 28-month-long siege of Leningrad. Nearly a dozen of them starved to death,...

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Renters still left out in the cold despite temporary coronavirus protection

  • Written by Kirk McClure, Professor of Urban Planning, University of Kansas
Protesters demanding a freeze on rents in Minneapolis. Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via Getty Images

Emergency relief for renters across America may protect them from the threat of eviction during the coronavirus crisis – but it won’t last for long.

The economic shutdown necessitated by COVID-19 has undermined the ability of...

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Hajj cancellation wouldn't be the first – plague, war and politics disrupted pilgrimages long before coronavirus

  • Written by Ken Chitwood, Lecturer, Concordia College New York | Journalist-fellow, USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture, Concordia College New York
Muslim pilgrims wear masks while praying at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on Feb. 27, 2020.Abdel Ghani Bashir/AFP via Getty Images

Saudi Arabia has urged Muslims to delay their plans for the hajj, amid speculation that the obligatory pilgrimage may be canceled this year due to the coronavirus.

Earlier this year, Saudi...

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  11. Robots are playing many roles in the coronavirus crisis – and offering lessons for future disasters
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  16. Linking self-driving cars to traffic signals might help pedestrians give them the green light
  17. How South Korea flattened the coronavirus curve with technology
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  19. Pharmacists could be front-line fighters in battle against opioid epidemic
  20. The coronavirus pandemic might make buildings sick, too
  21. Global tourism industry may shrink by more than 50% due to the pandemic
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  24. Coronavirus closes in on Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh's cramped, unprepared camps
  25. Why did women vote for Hitler? Long-forgotten essays hold some answers
  26. Coronavirus quarantine could provide lessons for future space travel on how regular people weather isolation
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  33. China turns on the charm and angers Trump as it eyes a global opportunity in coronavirus crisis
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  35. Trump versus the states: What federalism means for the coronavirus response
  36. Can your pets get coronavirus, and can you catch it from them?
  37. Some states more ready for mail-in voting than others
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  39. 1918 flu pandemic killed 12 million Indians, and British overlords' indifference strengthened the anti-colonial movement
  40. Catholic Church urges Venezuela to unite against coronavirus
  41. Massive spending in a crisis brought bloody consequences in ancient Athens
  42. Why prisoners are at higher risk for the coronavirus: 5 questions answered
  43. Lead with empathy during the COVID-19 crisis
  44. 3 innovations helping the homeless in Eugene, Oregon
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