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Failure to count COVID-19 nursing home deaths could dramatically skew US numbers

  • Written by Thomas Perls, Professor of Medicine, Boston University
The Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington, had the first known COVID-19 outbreak in a U.S. nursing home. In Massachusetts, one-third of nursing homes now have more than 30 COVID-19 cases.Jason Redmond/AFP/Getty Images

In New York state, 19 nursing homes have each reported 20 or more deaths from COVID-19. A nursing home in New Jersey reported 70...

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Lethargic global response to COVID-19: How the human brain's failure to assess abstract threats cost us dearly

  • Written by Arash Javanbakht, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
The Trump administration was not alone with its slow response to the COVID-19 crisis.Getty Images / White House Pool

More U.S. citizens have confirmed COVID-19 infections than the next five most affected countries combined. Yet as recently as mid-March, President Trump downplayed the gravity of the crisis by falsely claiming the coronavirus was...

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5 things college students should include in a plan for their wellness

  • Written by Sandra M. Chafouleas, Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut
Strategies to relieve stress are key to well-being in college.PeopleImages/Getty Images

As a psychologist and the mother of two college-aged students, I am concerned about my children’s future emotional well-being. I know that the late teens to early 20s are a time when the majority of many lifetime mental health disorders take hold.

Given all...

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How the US military could help fight the coronavirus outbreak

  • Written by Birthe Anders, Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University
U.S. Air Force troops erected a temporary hospital in Liberia in 2014 to help fight an Ebola outbreak.John Moore/Getty Images

As China and some European countries slowly begin to reopen schools and shops that were closed because of the pandemic, the situation across the U.S. is still dire. Governors are seeking medical equipment and supplies from...

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5 lessons from the coronavirus about inequality in America

  • Written by Jonathan J.B. Mijs, Lecturer on Sociology, Harvard University
Small businesses in Brooklyn closed during the coronavirus epidemic.AP Photo/Mark Lennihan

The coronavirus is a global threat, but the pandemic has an uneven impact across the U.S. It exacerbates existing inequalities and creates new challenges.

I think this crisis can teach several important lessons about inequality in America: how it hurts, who...

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A global mask shortage may leave farmers and farm workers exposed to toxic pesticides

  • Written by Melanie Bateman, Lecturer in Integrated Crop Management, University of Neuchâtel
Applying insecticide to a cotton field in Colfax, La.Education Images/Getty Images

As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads around the world, vital N95 masks and other personal protective equipment have been hard to come by, even for those who need them most.

The World Health Organization estimates that the crisis has driven demand for this equipment, known...

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From pews to patients – churches have long served as hospitals, particularly in times of crisis

  • Written by Adam J. Davis, Professor of History , Denison University
A volunteer sets up beds in what would have been a field hospital in the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Churches are looking to open up their doors to groups beyond their usual congregants during the coronavirus crisis: doctors, nurses and patients.

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the seat of the...

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Jewish history explains why some ultra-Orthodox communities defy coronavirus restrictions

  • Written by Joyce Dalsheim, Associate Professor of Global Studies, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man is arrested by Israeli security forces for resisting efforts to shut down a synagogue in the Me’a She’arim neighborhood in Jerusalem, April 17, 2020. AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images

Most prominent rabbis around the world support government health regulations intended to curb the spread of coronavirus,...

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Coronavirus bailouts will cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars – unlike past corporate rescues that actually made money for the US Treasury

  • Written by Scott Newsome, Ph.D. candidate in Politics, University of California, Santa Cruz
Fire up the printing presses.Nerthuz/Getty Images

The U.S. government has now pledged almost US$3 trillion to save the economy and Americans from the coronavirus recession.

Most of that is aimed at individual Americans in the form of additional unemployment insurance or the so-called economic impact checks. About $1.2 trillion – and counting...

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The coronavirus genome is like a shipping label that lets epidemiologists track where it's been

  • Written by Bert Ely, Professor of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina
The steady rate of genetic changes lets researchers recreate how a virus has travelled.nextstrain.org, CC BY

Following the coronavirus’s spread through the population – and anticipating its next move – is an important part of the public health response to the new disease, especially since containment is our only defense so far.

Just...

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  5. How the Hubble Space Telescope opened our eyes to the first galaxies of the universe
  6. As the coronavirus interrupts global supply chains, people have an alternative – make it at home
  7. Mass graves for coronavirus victims shouldn't come as a shock – it's how the poor have been buried for centuries
  8. 6 tips for parents who home-school
  9. 'Reopen' protest movement created, boosted by fake grassroots tactics
  10. #TyphoidMary – now a hashtag – was a maligned immigrant who got a bum rap
  11. Deaths and desperation mount in Ecuador, epicenter of coronavirus pandemic in Latin America
  12. Price controls don't work – but mask rationing is the exception that proves the rule
  13. Diary of Samuel Pepys shows how life under the bubonic plague mirrored today's pandemic
  14. Coronavirus is spreading through rural South’s high-risk population – reopening economies will make it worse
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  16. How to score an internship during the COVID-19 pandemic
  17. BP paid a steep price for the Gulf oil spill but for the US a decade later, it's business as usual
  18. Scientists are working to protect invaluable living collections during coronavirus lockdowns
  19. Renters still left out in the cold despite temporary coronavirus protection
  20. Hajj cancellation wouldn't be the first – plague, war and politics disrupted pilgrimages long before coronavirus
  21. Why farmers are dumping milk down the drain and letting produce rot in fields
  22. Why there isn’t a one-size-fits-all plan for states to reopen their economies
  23. Turkey releasing murderers – but not political opponents – from prison amid coronavirus pandemic
  24. A smart second skin gets all the power it needs from sweat
  25. Cracks in COVID-19 treatment reveal need to bolster primary care
  26. Can an intelligence test forecast which quarterback draft prospects will have NFL success?
  27. Beating coronavirus requires faith leaders to bridge gap between religion and science
  28. 5 ways parents can support their college-age children who've been forced to return home due to COVID-19
  29. Blood sugar levels may influence vulnerability to coronavirus, and controlling them through conventional means might be protective
  30. Teens are wired to resent being stuck with parents and cut off from friends during coronavirus lockdown
  31. Robots are playing many roles in the coronavirus crisis – and offering lessons for future disasters
  32. Taking advantage of unpaid leave can increase the chances that workers will face economic hardship
  33. Chronic conditions worsen coronavirus risk – here's how to manage them amid the pandemic
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  35. 5 ways that colleges and universities are pitching in to deal with the coronavirus pandemic
  36. Linking self-driving cars to traffic signals might help pedestrians give them the green light
  37. How South Korea flattened the coronavirus curve with technology
  38. How much coronavirus testing is enough? States could learn from retailers as they ramp up
  39. Pharmacists could be front-line fighters in battle against opioid epidemic
  40. The coronavirus pandemic might make buildings sick, too
  41. Global tourism industry may shrink by more than 50% due to the pandemic
  42. States are putting prisoners to work manufacturing coronavirus supplies
  43. 4 good practices for anyone caring for quarantined kids
  44. Coronavirus closes in on Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh's cramped, unprepared camps
  45. Why did women vote for Hitler? Long-forgotten essays hold some answers
  46. Coronavirus quarantine could provide lessons for future space travel on how regular people weather isolation
  47. Replacing workers has many costs
  48. We're measuring online conversation to track the social and mental health issues surfacing during the coronavirus pandemic
  49. Hand-washing and distancing don't have tangible benefits – so keeping up these protective behaviors for months will be tricky
  50. Trump wants sports back – but fans aren't so sure