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Lack of data makes predicting COVID-19's spread difficult but models are still vital

  • Written by Lester Caudill, Professor of Mathematics, University of Richmond
Public health authorities rely on models to make decisions but how accurate are they?Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images

Editor’s note: The question everyone in the world wants answered is how far the new coronavirus will spread and when the pandemic will begin to ebb. To know that, epidemiologists, public health authorities and policymakers rely on...

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No, CBD is not a miracle molecule that can cure coronavirus, just as it won't cure many other maladies its proponents claim

  • Written by C. Michael White, Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
Health fads have come and gone over the decades. Is CBD another one? Getty Images / Lauri Patterson

The claims for CBD’s alleged healing powers have been so exaggerated that it’s no surprise that a CBD maker was recently warned by the New York attorney general for claiming that the molecule can fight COVID-19. There are no credible...

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Wildfire smoke worsens coronavirus risk, putting firefighters in extra danger

  • Written by Luke Montrose, Assistant Professor of Community and Environmental Health, Boise State University
New research shows that exposure to air pollution, including wildfire smoke, can make coronavirus particularly deadly.AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

As summer approaches, two forces of nature are on a collision course, and wildland firefighters will be caught in the middle.

New research suggests that the smoke firefighters breathe on the front lines...

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Students fight pandemic – and get real-world experience – by using 3D printers to make face shields

  • Written by Johannes Strobel, Professor of Information Science & Learning Technologies, University of Missouri-Columbia
Health care workers at Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach, Missouri, wear face shields donated by students from Camdenton High School in Camdenton, Missouri.Provided courtesy of Camdenton High School, CC BY-ND

When high school teachers in Camdenton, Missouri, read about how personal protective equipment for health care workers was in short supply...

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What we do and do not know about COVID-19's infectivity and viral load

  • Written by Marta Gaglia, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology & Microbiology, Tufts University
SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient and imaged using a transmission electron micrograph.NIAID

As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, it has become clear that people need to understand basic facts about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to make informed health care and public policy decisions. Two basic virological concepts have...

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What we do and do not know about COVID-19's infectious dose and viral load

  • Written by Marta Gaglia, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology & Microbiology, Tufts University
SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient and imaged using a transmission electron micrograph.NIAID

As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, it has become clear that people need to understand basic facts about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to make informed health care and public policy decisions. Two basic virological concepts have...

Read more: What we do and do not know about COVID-19's infectious dose and viral load

Coronavirus lockdowns are pushing mass transit systems to the brink – and low-income riders will pay the price

  • Written by Ramya Vijaya, Professor of Economics, Stockton University
Mass transit ridership in Los Angeles and elsewhere has plummeted during the crisis. Tommaso Boddi/Getty ImagesCC BY-ND

Low-income Americans have borne the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic. They may also get left behind in the recovery.

Steep declines in ridership during the crisis have pushed public transit systems across the U.S. into deep...

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Income inequality is getting worse in US urban areas

  • Written by Brian Thiede, Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography, Pennsylvania State University
Data shows that the gap has grown in recent years.Hyejin Kang/Shutterstock.com

Income inequality has increased dramatically in the United States over recent decades, surpassing its previous peak in the 1920s.

In 2016, the average income among the bottom 24.9 million households was US$21,000. Meanwhile, the top 1%, or 1.2 million households, earned...

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Why the Supreme Court made Wisconsin vote during the coronavirus crisis

  • Written by Austin Sarat, Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
Milwaukee voters wait in a social-distancing line, some wearing masks, before voting in the state's spring elections on April 7.AP Photo/Morry Gash

When Wisconsin voters had to brave the coronavirus pandemic to vote in their state’s April 7 election, it was the latest phase of a nearly 60-year legal and political fight over who can vote in...

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Birthed by HBCU students, this organization offers important lessons for today's student activists

  • Written by Jelani Favors, Associate Professor of History, Clayton State University
Members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) , 1964.Afro Newspaper/Gado/Getty Images

April 15, 2020 marks 60 years since the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, perhaps better known as SNCC, and usually pronounced as “snick.” SNCC became one of the most important organizations to engage in...

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