Coronavirus numbers confusing you? Here's how to make sense of them
There's more to the numbers than what you see on TV.
July 21, 2020
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Mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations? Here's what states and employers can legally require
For a COVID-19 vaccine to stop the pandemic, a large percentage of the population will have to get vaccinated. A law professor…
July 21, 2020
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Black men face high discrimination and depression, even as their education and incomes rise
The issues facing Black Americans are not confined to only racial discrimination. Gender plays a part too.
July 21, 2020
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For Florida, the coronavirus pandemic was a perfect storm
A close look at Florida's economy shows just how vulnerable the state and its population are to a pandemic.
July 16, 2020
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Ending the pandemic will take global access to COVID-19 treatment and vaccines – which means putting
The high cost of pharmaceuticals often means only the richest patients get lifesaving medicines. As coronavirus drugs emerge,…
July 16, 2020
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Contact tracing's long, turbulent history holds lessons for COVID-19
Trust in the confidentiality of contact tracing broke down during the AIDS epidemic. Today, it's faltering again.
July 16, 2020
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How deadly is the coronavirus? The true fatality rate is tricky to find, but researchers are getting
The percentage of people who die from a coronavirus infection is an important number for public health experts to know.…
July 15, 2020
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The Fed's independence helped it save the US economy in 2008 – the CDC needs the same authority toda
The Trump administration has revised CDC health guidelines and undermined its own experts, making it harder for science…
July 15, 2020
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How 'good' does a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine need to be to stop the pandemic? A new study has answ
A vaccine that's 70% effective might not be good enough if too few people are willing to be vaccinated, new research…
July 15, 2020
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While coronavirus cases spike in the South, the Northeast seems to have it under control - here's wh
A key difference is people's behavior, as a doctor explains.
July 14, 2020
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Is bar soap as gross as millennials say? Not really, and we're all covered with microbes anyway
Finally, an answer to a long-bubbling question: What works best – bar or liquid soap?
July 14, 2020
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How deadly is COVID-19? A biostatistician explores the question
The COVID-19 death toll in the US is now over 130,000. What do 130,000 fatalities look like? A biostatistician provides…
July 10, 2020
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The WHO often has been under fire, but no nation has ever moved to sever ties with it
The WHO is a health agency, not a political one. Yet political leaders have often criticized it. Still, the move by the…
July 9, 2020
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Aerosols are a bigger coronavirus threat than WHO guidelines suggest – here's what you need to know
More than 200 scientists wrote to the WHO, warning about aerosol transmission of the coronavirus. The WHO has since acknowledged…
July 9, 2020
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When Trump pushed hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19, hundreds of thousands of prescriptions follo
When news reports tout a drug, people get interested, even if the benefits are unproven. Patient hopes, requests and demands…
July 9, 2020
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COVID-19 makes clear that bioethics must confront health disparities
A bioethicist argues that the problem of health disparities existed long before COVID-19 struck with a vengeance in marginalized…
July 8, 2020
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5 COVID-19 myths politicians have repeated that just aren't true
The purveyors of these myths, including politicians who have been soft peddling the impact of the coronavirus, aren't…
July 8, 2020
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Is the COVID-19 pandemic cure really worse than the disease? Here's what our research found
Putting a dollar value on human lives to compare the costs and benefits of stay-at-home orders can have unintended consequences.…
July 7, 2020
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Social isolation: The COVID-19 pandemic's hidden health risk for older adults, and how to manage it
Social distancing is leaving older Americans more isolated and opening them up to serious health risks.
July 6, 2020
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Lessons from the 1918 pandemic: A U.S. city's past may hold clues
How politicians and the public in Denver, Colorado handled the 1918 flu epidemic is relevant to today.
July 6, 2020
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