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How to build community while worshipping online

  • Written by Heidi A. Campbell, Professor, Texas A&M University
Social distancing has changed the way people worship. A pastor at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Los Angeles holds a service through his iPhone.AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes

Calls for social distancing due to the coronavirus pandemic have forced churches to cancel weekly gatherings, with many church leaders moving worship online.

To help facilitate...

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Making masks at home – what you need to know about how to reduce the transmission of coronavirus

  • Written by Susan L. Sokolowski, Director & Associate Professor of Sports Product Design, University of Oregon
Homemade masks will not filter the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but may prevent transmission of droplets and spray between individuals.Nikola Stojadinovic/Getty Images

The recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation to use cloth face coverings to help slow the spread of COVID-19 has generated numerous how-to articles and videos. As...

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Checking blood for coronavirus antibodies – 3 questions answered about serological tests and immunity

  • Written by Aubree Gordon, Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan
Testing blood provides answers about who has been infected.Sean Gallup/Getty Images News via Getty Images

Coronavirus testing in the United States is moving into a new phase as scientists begin looking into people’s blood for signs they’ve been infected by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This technique is called serological...

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Coastal fish populations didn't crash after the Deepwater Horizon spill – why not?

  • Written by F. Joel Fodrie, Associate Professor of Marine Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Oil sheen in a Louisiana marsh that was heavily affected by the 2010 BP spill, Sept. 27, 2013.AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

When the Deepwater Horizon oil spill released 4 to 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, some early projections estimated that the toll on fisheries could reach US$5-10 billion by 2020. Chemicals in crude oil may...

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How the rich reacted to the bubonic plague has eerie similarities to today's pandemic

  • Written by Kathryn McKinley, Professor of English, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Franz Xavier Winterhalter's 'The Decameron' (1837).Heritage Images via Getty Images

The coronavirus can infect anyone, but recent reporting has shown your socioeconomic status can play a big role, with a combination of job security, access to health care and mobility widening the gap in infection and mortality rates between rich and poor.

The...

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8 ways veterans are particularly at risk from the coronavirus pandemic

  • Written by Jamie Rowen, Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Cleaners enter the Holyoke Soldiers' Home in Holyoke, Massachusetts, where a coronavirus outbreak has killed more than 40 veterans.Getty/Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe

From the elderly who are facing deadly outbreaks in nursing homes to communities of color facing higher infection and death rates, different groups face different challenges from...

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Why Boris Johnson won't have to pay any hospital bills

  • Written by Luke Reader, Teaching Fellow, History Department, Case Western Reserve University
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson thanks National Health Service workers for saving his life.Twitter Boris Johnson/Downing Street via AP

While British Prime Minister Boris Johnson recovers from a life-threatening bout of COVID-19 that hospitalized him for a week, including three nights in an intensive care unit, he won’t have to worry about...

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Leading in wartime: 5 ways CEOs should communicate with their workers during coronavirus

  • Written by Rita Men, Associate Professor of Public Relations, University of Florida
Microsoft's Satya Nadella urged his employees to show empathy for one another.AP Photo/Elaine Thompson

President Donald Trump and others have likened the coronavirus pandemic to fighting a war.

As someone who studies how leaders communicate, I believe that’s an apt description. But the president isn’t the only general in this battle....

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Coronavirus may wane this summer, but don't count on any seasonal variation to end the pandemic

  • Written by Ellen Wright Clayton, Professor of Pediatrics and Law and Health Policy, Vanderbilt University
Plenty of warm and humid places – including Miami – are seeing the spread of SARS-CoV-2.Jeff Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Will SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, fade away on its own this summer?

After all, other viruses – including influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which causes...

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Prisons and jails are coronavirus epicenters – but they were once designed to prevent disease outbreaks

  • Written by Ashley Rubin, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Hawaii
Calls for help at Chicago's Cook County jail, where hundreds of inmates and staff have COVID-19, April 9, 2020. Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images

Jails and prisons around the United States are considering freeing some of their inmates for fear that correctional facilities will become epicenters in the coronavirus pandemic.

COVID-19 has...

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  2. Researchers seek to repurpose an existing manufacturing platform to produce a COVID-19 vaccine
  3. How to reach young voters when they're stuck at home
  4. What policing during the pandemic can tell us about crime rates and arrests
  5. A philosopher answers everyday moral dilemmas in a time of coronavirus
  6. Screens are keeping us connected now – but they're still disruptive to in-person communication
  7. Lack of data makes predicting COVID-19's spread difficult but models are still vital
  8. No, CBD is not a miracle molecule that can cure coronavirus, just as it won't cure many other maladies its proponents claim
  9. Wildfire smoke worsens coronavirus risk, putting firefighters in extra danger
  10. Students fight pandemic – and get real-world experience – by using 3D printers to make face shields
  11. What we do and do not know about COVID-19's infectivity and viral load
  12. What we do and do not know about COVID-19's infectious dose and viral load
  13. Coronavirus lockdowns are pushing mass transit systems to the brink – and low-income riders will pay the price
  14. Income inequality is getting worse in US urban areas
  15. Why the Supreme Court made Wisconsin vote during the coronavirus crisis
  16. Birthed by HBCU students, this organization offers important lessons for today's student activists
  17. Shuttered by the coronavirus, many gay bars – already struggling – are now on life support
  18. Do people become more selfless as they age?
  19. Ignaz Semmelweis, the doctor who discovered the disease-fighting power of hand-washing in 1847
  20. Bees seeking bacteria: How bees find their microbiome
  21. Cold War-style preparedness could help fight future pandemics
  22. Journalists are recognizing they're writing a rough draft of history – and can't say definitively 'that's the way it is'
  23. Journalists are recognizing they're writing a rough draft of history -- and can't say definitively that's the way it is
  24. COVID-19 may hit rural residents hard, and that spells trouble because of lack of rural health care
  25. Isolating together is challenging – and relationship stresses can affect biological functioning
  26. Want to know how many people have the coronavirus? Test randomly
  27. Will COVID-19 be the death of summer vacation?
  28. 5 ways parents can motivate children at home during the pandemic – without nagging or tantrums
  29. US pharmacists can now test for coronavirus – they could do more if government allowed it
  30. US pharmacists can now test for coronavirus. They could do more if government allowed it
  31. Ancient texts encouraged hope and endurance when they spoke of end times
  32. Scientists have found oil from the Deepwater Horizon blowout in fishes' livers and on the deep ocean floor
  33. What is the SBA? An unheralded agency faces the unprecedented task of saving America's small businesses
  34. Party on! Why some young people are more concerned about their reputations than catching coronavirus
  35. Making music at a distance – how to come together online to spark your creativity
  36. 3 things to consider before you let your child play chess online
  37. Muslim women who cover their faces find greater acceptance among coronavirus masks – 'Nobody is giving me dirty looks'
  38. Who wants to be a governor now?
  39. Plummeting tax revenues will put governors in tough budget situations
  40. Terrorists, militants and criminal gangs join the fight against the coronavirus
  41. Videoconferencing keeps people connected while the coronavirus keeps them inside – but privacy and security are far from perfect
  42. Study shows pangolins may have passed new coronavirus from bats to humans
  43. Why coronavirus death rates can't be summed up in one simple number
  44. Older Americans are risking coronavirus exposure to get their medications
  45. Colombia hopes for 'humanitarian' ceasefire during coronavirus as violence resurges
  46. Coronavirus will test US's civic health too
  47. The unintended consequences of marijuana decriminalization
  48. A decade after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, offshore drilling is still unsafe
  49. Inside the Beatles' messy breakup, 50 years ago
  50. Going back to school to deal with hard times? For-profit schools could make things even harder