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Coronavirus: We need to start preparing for the next viral outbreak now

  • Written by David E. Bloom, Professor of Economics and Demography, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Residents of Hong Kong wear masks as they make their commutes. AP Photo/Kin Cheung

The coronavirus outbreak is officially a crisis – let’s not waste it.

Undeniably, the international community is taking the matter very seriously, as it should given that the death total from the COVID-19 epidemic already well surpasses that from SARS in...

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Congress fixes – just a bit – the unpopular, 'unfair' rule that stopped injured service members from suing for damages

  • Written by Robert M. Ackerman, Professor of Law, Wayne State University
Some U.S. service members may now collect damages for medical malpractice.Shutterstock/Christopher Lyzcen

Members of the military who have long been barred by law from collecting damages from the federal government for injuries off the battlefield will finally be able to do so after Congress stepped in to amend the law.

The legislation represents...

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Is your city making you fat? How urban planning can address the obesity epidemic

  • Written by John Rennie Short, Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The Ohio City Farm in Cleveland provides low-cost land, shared facilities and technical assistance to support entrepreneurial farmers.Horticulture Group/Flickr, CC BY

New disease outbreaks, like the novel coronavirus that recently emerged in China’s Hubei province, generate headlines and attention. Meanwhile, however, Americans face a slower...

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Can you get rid of your student loans by filing for bankruptcy?

  • Written by Brent Evans, Assistant Professor of Public Policy & Higher Education, Vanderbilt University
Borrowers looking to eliminate student loan debt through bankruptcy have to clear a series of high hurdles.zimmytws/Getty Images

Paying back student loans is not an easy thing to do. One out of every 5 borrowers with outstanding student loan debt has fallen behind their payments.

There are several ways borrowers can get help to deal with their debt...

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Why Trump's post-impeachment actions are about vengeance, not retribution

  • Written by Austin Sarat, Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
President Trump fired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman for testifying in his impeachment trial. AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File

Since the end of his Senate impeachment trial, President Donald Trump has carried out a concerted campaign against his Democratic political opponents as well as members of his administration who cooperated with them.

A White...

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The US birth rate keeps declining: 4 questions answered

  • Written by Marie Menke, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Many American women are having children later in life.Sopotnicki/Shutterstock.com

Over the last few decades, birth rates have decreased across the globe.

The United States is no exception. Aside from a few years in the mid-2000s, the number of births in the United States have been falling for the last three decades and have now reached their lowest...

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Boomers have a drug problem, but not the kind you might think

  • Written by Laurie Archbald-Pannone, Associate Professor Medicine, Geriatrics, University of Virginia
Some boomers are on multiple medications. Combinations of those drugs could have serious side effects.Getty Images / Sporrer/Rupp

Baby boomers – that’s anyone born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1964 – are 20% of the population, more than 70 million Americans. Decades ago, many in that generation experimented with drugs that were...

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What are viruses anyway, and why do they make us so sick? 5 questions answered

  • Written by Marilyn J. Roossinck, Professor of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University
Patients infected with COVID-19 rest at a temporary hospital in Wuhan, China, Feb. 17, 2020.Getty Images/Xiao Yijiu

Editor’s Note: You may sometimes have felt like you “have come down with a virus,” meaning that you became sick from being exposed to something that could have been a virus. In fact, you have a virus –...

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Do I have to wear a jacket when it's cold outside?

  • Written by Carolyn Kaloostian, Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, University of Southern California
It's an age-old battle between parents and kids.Alena Ozerova/Shutterstock.com

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.

Will I get sick if I go out in the cold without a jacket? – Ben P., age 4, South Orange, New Jersey

The...

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  20. Trump's big bet on career and technical education
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  25. America’s postwar fling with romance comics
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