Tag: COVID-19
I’m a public health researcher, and I’m dismayed that the CDC’s...
Catherine Lynne Troisi, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been the premier U.S. public health...
Kids are bigger coronavirus spreaders than many doctors realized – here’s...
Phyllis Sharps, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and Lucine Francis, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
The first U.S. schools have reopened with in-person...
Emily Dickinson is the unlikely hero of our time
Matthew Redmond, Stanford University
Since her death in 1886, Emily Dickinson has haunted us in many forms.
She has been the precocious “little dead girl” admired...
Oleandrin is a deadly plant poison, not a COVID-19 cure
Cassandra Quave, Emory University
With COVID-19 cases and deaths rising in the U.S. and globally, identifying new therapies to prevent and combat the virus is...
Outdoor classes hold promise for in-person learning amid COVID-19
Tracey Birdwell, Indiana University and Tripp Harris, Indiana University
When it comes to conducting classes this fall, most colleges seem to be stuck between holding...
Oleandrin is a deadly plant poison, not a COVID-19 cure
Cassandra Quave, Emory University
With COVID-19 cases and deaths rising in the U.S. and globally, identifying new therapies to prevent and combat the virus is...
What will student protests look like when classes are online?
Johnathan Flowers, Worcester State University; April Logan, Salisbury University, and Samuel Abrams, Sarah Lawrence College
Editor’s note: Campus protests have become a mainstay in American...
Black and Latino essential workers experience greater safety concerns than their...
Jasmine Kerrissey, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Clare Hammonds, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The Research Brief is a...
EXPLORING NATURE
Formula 1 racing shows the hard part of reaching net‑zero carbon...
Caitlin Grady, George Washington University and Sachi Nandurkar, George Washington University
Formula 1 auto racing is one of the...
