Tag: Coronavirus
How a one-off tax on wealth could cover the economic cost...
Nick O'Donovan, Manchester Metropolitan University
The UK’s annual public deficit is predicted to balloon from a previously forecast £55 billion to £273 billion by the...
We call workers ‘essential’ – but is that just referring to...
Zachary Jaggers, University of Oregon
By this point in the coronavirus pandemic, you’ve probably heard a lot about “essential workers.” They’re the people working in...
As states weigh human lives versus the economy, history suggests the...
Peter C. Mancall, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Policymakers are beginning to decide how to reopen the American...
Refugees tell stories of problems – and unity – in facing...
Karen Jacobsen, Tufts University and Charles Simpson, Tufts University
Across the globe, refugees are trying to settle into new surroundings and are running into new...
The impulse to garden in hard times has deep roots
Jennifer Atkinson, University of Washington
The coronavirus pandemic has set off a global gardening boom.
In the early days of lockdown, seed suppliers were depleted of...
We found and tested 47 old drugs that might treat the...
Nevan Krogan, University of California, San Francisco
The more researchers know about how the coronavirus attaches, invades and hijacks human cells, the more effective the...
The coronavirus genome is like a shipping label that lets epidemiologists...
Bert Ely, University of South Carolina and Taylor Carter, University of South Carolina
Following the coronavirus’s spread through the population – and anticipating its next...
How South Korea flattened the coronavirus curve with technology
Michael Ahn, University of Massachusetts Boston
As countries around the world consider how best to reopen their countries, it’s worth considering how South Korea has...
EXPLORING NATURE
What is Fusarium graminearum, the fungus a Chinese scientist pleaded guilty...
Tom W. Allen, Mississippi State University
A Chinese plant scientist at the University of Michigan who drew national attention...
