Some economists are predicting joblessness to surpass the record level experienced at the height of the Great Depression.
Gangs are still a significant reality in US prisons. But most inmates say that their power has been watered down, and they…
Coroanvirus has ended politics as normal. What will campaigning look like without handshaking, high fives and the kissing…
How accurate will the 2020 census be? A demographer explains which communities are hard to count, how the coronavirus could…
The president promoted the combination of hydroxychloroquine and an antibiotic for treating COVID-19. But a new study suggests…
The US food supply depends on several million agricultural laborers, who are mostly undocumented, tend to work in close…
Service workers are some of the most at risk of both the coronavirus and financial woes.
Federal government officials are on television almost every day responding to the coronavirus pandemic. But it's the…
The United States is at risk of lacking data from more than 10 million undocumented immigrants in the 2020 census.
The paradox of the stockpile is that it's meant to protect against future threats, but is limited by today's imagination…
Did members of Congress illegally sell stocks after getting inside information about the pandemic from federal officials?…
During our current bout of collective trauma, many of our coping strategies have mimicked the ways Americans responded to…
Colleges will likely offer bigger financial aid packages to compete for students amid the uncertainty of the COVID-19 outbreak,…
Gratitude has a strong connection to well-being, but more than that, two psychologists say, it could have a powerful effect…
The new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, spreads faster than the H1N1 influenza virus and is much deadlier. SARS-CoV-2 is particularly…
The use and support for telehealth has never been higher in the US. Hospitals and patients are flocking to adopt the technology…
There are now dozens of test for COVID-19 with hundreds more awaiting the FDA's authorization. So which test is best?…
Exponential growth, such as in a viral epidemic, starts deceptively slowly, then quickly balloons. A mathematician explains…
Before a vaccine is available to teach your immune system to ward off the coronavirus, maybe you can directly use molecules…
Seven states are moving to ban abortions, along with other 'elective' medical services, during the coronavirus crisis.…