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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....

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

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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Sanders exit opened door for Obama to endorse Biden – and offer up his rhetorical skills

  • Written by David A. Frank, Professor of Rhetoric, University of Oregon
Three years after his farewell address, Obama is embracing party politics again. Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images

The three endorsements Joe Biden needed most came within the space of 48 hours.

First, Bernie Sanders backed his former Democratic rival for president on April 13, effectively ending the Democratic primary. The emergence of a...

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Researchers seek to repurpose an existing manufacturing platform to produce a COVID-19 vaccine

  • Written by Alan Rudolph, Professor of Biomedical Sciences and Vice President for Research, Colorado State University
Development of vaccines typically takes several months and can be slowed by manufacturing requirements.PHILIPPE DESMAZES/AFP via Getty Images

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The big idea

We are both biotechnology researchers and are currently seeking to repurpose an existing medical manufacturing platform to...

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How to reach young voters when they're stuck at home

  • Written by Abby Kiesa, Director of Impact at CIRCLE, Tufts University
Young Minnesota voters cast their ballots on March 3, before the coronavirus outbreak really set in for the U.S.Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images

Colleges across the U.S. have sent students home. High schools – and their elementary and middle-school counterparts – have moved operations online.

As scholars of young people’s...

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What policing during the pandemic can tell us about crime rates and arrests

  • Written by Tom Nolan, Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology, Emmanuel College
Police keeping a safe distance from patients awaiting COVID-19 tests at a New York hospital.John Minchillo/AP Photo

Social distancing orders in place across the U.S. have added to the long list of low-level offenses that police are charged with enforcing as a routine part of their job.

There are about 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the United...

Read more: What policing during the pandemic can tell us about crime rates and arrests

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