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_University of Virginia_ China has its eyes on a post-coronavirus world. Ng Han Guan/AP Photo CHINA TURNS ON THE CHARM AND ANGERS TRUMP AS IT EYES A GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY IN CORONAVIRUS CRISISKlaus W. Larres
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_University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill_ On April 13, the president said he had the authority to order the states to reopen the economy. Getty/Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post TRUMP VERSUS THE STATES: WHAT FEDERALISM MEANS FOR THE CORONAVIRUSRESPONSE
Jennifer Selin
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_University of Missouri-Columbia_ Adolf Hitler surrounded by German supporters in 1937. De AgostiniEditorial
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Sarah R. Warren
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_Florida State University_; Daniel Maier-Katkin,
_Florida State University_, and Nathan Stoltzfus,
_Florida State University_ Don’t forget to wash your hands. Moyo Studio/Getty Images HAND-WASHING AND DISTANCING DON’T HAVE TANGIBLE BENEFITS – SO KEEPING UP THESE PROTECTIVE BEHAVIORS FOR MONTHS WILL BE TRICKYGretchen Chapman
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_Carnegie Mellon University_ and George Loewenstein,
_Carnegie Mellon University_ Workers wearing protective gear remove bodies of people who have died from COVID-19 from a New Jersey nursing home morgue. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images HOW TO AVOID INFECTION AFTER A COVID-19 DEATH – AN EBOLA RESPONSEVETERAN EXPLAINS
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_University of Maryland, Baltimore County_ Representational image of an older person receiving treatment.Videoblocks
VIDEO: AN UNHEALTHY POPULATION IS AT HIGHER RISK TO DIE OF COVID-19, THAT’S BAD NEWS FOR AMERICANSThe parking
lot of Citifield, the home of the New York Mets, sits empty. AP Photo/John Minchillo TRUMP WANTS SPORTS BACK – BUT FANS AREN’T SO SUREMurray Edelman
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Hall University_
The pandemic is driving up a litany of social ills. Bundit Binsuk/EyeEm via Getty Images WE’RE MEASURING ONLINE CONVERSATION TO TRACK THE SOCIAL AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES SURFACING DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMICAmit Sheth ,
_University of South Carolina_ Replacing an employee means taking time and resources to train someone new. djrandco/Shutterstock.com REPLACING WORKERS HAS MANY COSTSCheryl Carleton
,
_Villanova University_ A researcher in a spacesuit on “Mars” outside the Mars Society Desert Research Station in Utah. David Howells/Corbis Historical viaGetty Images
CORONAVIRUS QUARANTINE COULD PROVIDE LESSONS FOR FUTURE SPACE TRAVEL ON HOW REGULAR PEOPLE WEATHER ISOLATIONInga Popovaite
,
_University of Iowa_ A pedestrian walks past graffiti in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS MAKING THE US HOUSING CRISIS EVEN WORSE Isabel Solange Muñoz,
_University of Tennessee_ Wisconsin voters had to wait in line in April, wearing masks, because they could not vote by mail. Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images SOME STATES MORE READY FOR MAIL-IN VOTING THAN OTHERSSteven Mulroy
,
_University of Memphis_ Knowing when — and when not — to react to a child’s behaviour is a helpful strategy during the stressful time that comes with the coronavirus pandemic. (Shutterstock) TRY THESE 8 TIPS TO REDUCE PARENTING STRESS DURING THE CORONAVIRUSPANDEMIC
Leslie E. Roos
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_University of Manitoba_ and Jessica Flannery,
_University of Oregon_ Our pets are always close at hand. Are they at risk during the pandemic? Mayte Torres/Moment via Getty Images CAN YOUR PETS GET CORONAVIRUS, AND CAN YOU CATCH IT FROM THEM?Annette O'Connor
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_Michigan State University_; Jan Sargeant,
_University of Guelph_, and Sarah Totton,
_University of Guelph_ People wearing protective masks leave the Cook County jail complex in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson/Getty Images April 17, 2020 WHY PRISONERS ARE AT HIGHER RISK FOR THE CORONAVIRUS: 5QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Martha Hurley
,
_University of Dayton_ Half of incarcerated individuals have either a chronic medical or a mental health condition. But social distancing and rigorous hygiene are unattainable for many US jails and prisons. A steel engraving of the naval battle of Arginusae in 406 B.C. Allgemeine Weltgeschichte, 1898/Getty Images April 17, 2020 MASSIVE SPENDING IN A CRISIS BROUGHT BLOODY CONSEQUENCES INANCIENT ATHENS
Mark Munn ,
_Pennsylvania State University_ A historian of ancient Greece looks past a plague and explains how a massive government spending plan went badly awry 2,500 years ago. He may be praying, but so far the Pope has declined to intervene in Venezuela’s crisis to aid a unified coronavirus response. LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images April 17, 2020 CATHOLIC CHURCH URGES VENEZUELA TO UNITE AGAINST CORONAVIRUSDavid Smilde
, _Tulane
University_ and Hugo Pérez Hernáiz,
_Universidad Central de Venezuela_ If anyone can convince the Maduro government and the Venezuelan opposition to come together to fight COVID-19, it's the Pope. But the Church's power to negotiate an emergency deal is limited. Cremation on the banks of the Ganges river, India. Keystone-France via Getty Images April 17, 2020 1918 FLU PANDEMIC KILLED 12 MILLION INDIANS, AND BRITISH OVERLORDS’ INDIFFERENCE STRENGTHENED THE ANTI-COLONIAL MOVEMENTMaura Chhun ,
_Metropolitan State University _ When the 1918 influenza pandemic struck India, the death toll was highest among the poor.The
first Earth Day in 1972 spurred other countries to support global environmental action. Callista Images/Getty April 16, 2020 THE FIRST EARTH DAY WAS A SHOT HEARD AROUND THE WORLDMaria Ivanova
,
_University of Massachusetts Boston_ April 22, 2020 is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, which catalyzed action to protect the environment not just in the US butinternationally.
Sunlight, ventilation and relative humidity all affect the microbiome of indoor spaces. iStock / Getty Images Plus April 17, 2020 BUILDINGS HAVE THEIR OWN MICROBIOMES – WE’RE STRIVING TO MAKE THEMHEALTHY PLACES
Kevin Van den Wymelenberg,
_University of Oregon_; Leslie Dietz,
_University of Oregon_, and Mark Fretz, _University
of Oregon_
We spend 90% of our lives indoors, and every building has its own indoor microbiome. Can we learn to manage them in ways that support helpful microbes and suppress harmful ones? We touch, therefore we know. Jupiterimages/Getty Images April 17, 2020 WHAT’S LOST WHEN WE’RE TOO AFRAID TO TOUCH THE WORLD AROUND US?Chunjie Zhang
,
_University of California, Davis_ With dreaded, invisible germs lurking on surfaces and in people, our surroundings are seen as a minefield – and we end up dulling one of our most valuable senses. Volunteers are building villages of tiny houses for formerly homeless people. Bruce Kelsh/Cottage Village Coalition April 17, 2020 3 INNOVATIONS HELPING THE HOMELESS IN EUGENE, OREGONMohamed Hassan Awad
,
_California State University, Los Angeles_ Nonprofits and concerned residents are teaming up with the local government to solve a daunting problem in a city with the nation's highest per-capita rate of homelessnesss.Essential
workers expose themselves to the coronavirus every day. zoranm/Getty Images April 17, 2020 LEAD WITH EMPATHY DURING THE COVID-19 CRISISLeslie Hammer
, _Oregon
Health & Science University_ and Lindsey Alley, _Oregon
Health & Science University_ The coronavirus pandemic is a stressful time for everyone. Here are some ways employers can help their employees through this crisis. 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 April 15, 2020 PRISONS AND JAILS ARE CORONAVIRUS EPICENTERS – BUT THEY WERE ONCE DESIGNED TO PREVENT DISEASE OUTBREAKSAshley Rubin
,
_University of Hawaii_ In the 1790s, penal reformers rebuilt America's squalid jails as airy, hygienic places meant to keep residents – and by extension society – healthy. Now they're hotbeds of COVID-19. What went wrong? Testing blood provides answers about who has been infected. Sean Gallup/Getty Images News via Getty Images April 16, 2020 CHECKING BLOOD FOR CORONAVIRUS ANTIBODIES – 3 QUESTIONS ANSWERED ABOUT SEROLOGICAL TESTS AND IMMUNITYAubree Gordon
,
_University of Michigan_ and Daniel Stadlbauer,
_Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai_ After your body fights off an infection, antibodies remain in your blood. Two researchers explain how tests identify these antibodies and what the data can be used for. Homemade masks will not filter the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but may prevent transmission of droplets and spray between individuals. Nikola Stojadinovic/Getty Images April 16, 2020 MAKING MASKS AT HOME – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HOW TO REDUCE THE TRANSMISSION OF CORONAVIRUSSusan L. Sokolowski
,
_University of Oregon_ and Karen L. LaBat,
_University of Minnesota_ At-home mask makers should carefully consider fit and fabric variables when designing face coverings to help prevent transmissionof SARS-CoV-2.
Social
distancing has changed the way people worship. A pastor at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Los Angeles holds a service through his iPhone. AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes April 16, 2020 HOW TO BUILD COMMUNITY WHILE WORSHIPPING ONLINEHeidi A. Campbell
, _Texas
A&M University _
Churches have moved online. But to be able to properly connect with people, they need to find a way to build community, says a scholar who studies digital religion.U.K.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson thanks National Health Service workers for saving his life. Twitter Boris Johnson/Downing Street via AP April16, 2020
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_Case Western Reserve University_ In the UK, nobody collects patients' insurance information or credit card details. There's simply no charge for services, including doctor visits, ambulances and hospitalizations. 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 April 16, 2020 8 WAYS VETERANS ARE PARTICULARLY AT RISK FROM THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMICJamie Rowen
,
_University of Massachusetts Amherst_ With the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, veterans who were already lacking adequate benefits and resources are now in deepertrouble.
Franz Xavier Winterhalter’s ‘The Decameron’ (1837). Heritage Images via Getty Images April 18, 2020 HOW THE RICH REACTED TO THE BUBONIC PLAGUE HAS EERIE SIMILARITIES TOTODAY’S PANDEMIC
Kathryn McKinley
,
_University of Maryland, Baltimore County_ Then – as now – the wealthy fled to the countryside, while the urban poor were forced to work on the front lines. Oil sheen in a Louisiana marsh that was heavily affected by the 2010 BP spill, Sept. 27, 2013. AP Photo/Gerald Herbert April 16, 2020 COASTAL FISH POPULATIONS DIDN’T CRASH AFTER THE DEEPWATER HORIZONSPILL – WHY NOT?
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