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Mosquitoes: Why You? The Science of Why You're a Magnet for Bites
Have you ever sat outside with a group of friends, only to wake up the next morning...
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- Written by: Darren Ellis, et al
Airlines face an unprecedented international crisis in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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- Written by: David King and Chris Munn
As some 350,000 American churches and other houses of worship scramble to meet the spiritual and – increasingly – material needs of their members remotely, they are doing so on a tighter budget than usual.
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- Written by: Peter C. Mancall
Policymakers are beginning to decide how to reopen the American economy. Until now, they’ve largely prioritized human health
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- Written by: Dirk Philipsen
Adam Smith had an elegant idea when addressing the notorious difficulty that humans face in trying to be smart, efficient and moral.
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- Written by: Mark Munn
The jump in federal spending in response to the crisis of the coronavirus pandemic is not a new idea.
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- Written by: Kathryn McKinley
The coronavirus can infect anyone, but recent reporting has shown your socioeconomic status can play a big role, with a combination of job security, access to health care and mobility widening the gap in infection and mortality rates between rich and poor.
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- Written by: Daniel N. Rockmore and Michael Herron
Consider these two questions: What percentage of Americans are, or have been, infected with the coronavirus?
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- Written by: Nada R. Sanders
Retailers are frequently running out of everything from flour and fresh meat to toilet paper and pharmaceuticals as supply chains hammered by the coronavirus struggle to keep up with stockpiling consumers.
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- Written by: Leigh Osofsky
A series of recent protests by the workers preparing and delivering our essential foods and other goods highlights a key risk to our ability to combat the coronavirus.
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- Written by: Lionel Cavicchioli
From New York to Moscow, Johannesburg to Buenos Aires, the novel coronavirus continues its global journey. On March 30, almost three months after China announced the discovery of COVID-19, the disease associated with the coronavirus, more than 780,000 people have been infected and at least 37,000 have died.
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- Written by: Jay L. Zagorsky
The COVID-19 outbreak appears headed for the U.S., and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are urging Americans to prepare now, such as by stocking up on food and prescription drugs.
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- Written by: Caroline Brooks
Slow internet connections or limited access from homes in rural areas can contribute to students falling behind academically, according to a new study
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- Written by: Michael Williams
Price transparency is the wrong goal for the free-market health care structure we have in the U.S. Instead, consumers need to know not so much the price, but the costs of things.
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- Written by: Richard Gunderman, Indiana University
2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the great influenza pandemic of 1918. Between 50 and 100 million people are thought to have died, representing as much as 5 percent of the world’s population. Half a billion people were infected.
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- Written by: Christine Crudo Blackburn, et al
A potential crisis simmers in the shadows: The global dependence on China for the production of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment.
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- Written by: Michael Walden
Lately, many people have asked me, as an economist, a question I haven’t heard in years: Could a virus really send the global and U.S. economies into recession – or worse? Put more pertinently, will COVID-19 trigger an economic meltdown?
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- Written by: Brent Evans and Matthew Patrick Shaw
Paying back student loans is not an easy thing to do. One out of every 5 borrowers with outstanding student loan debt has fallen behind their payments.
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- Written by: Tony Cookson
A banking desert is an area without traditional financial institutions and services. They are common in rural areas because large financial institutions are reluctant to operate in less populated areas that are less profitable.
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- Written by: Jake Johnson
No one should have to beg for money to get the healthcare they need in the richest country on Earth.
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- Written by: Amity James, et al.
More than half of Australians over the age of 55 are open to downsizing, according to a new report based on a survey of 2,400 households.
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- Written by: David Salkever
If you thought workers’ hourly pay was finally rising, think again. At first glance, the latest data – which came out on Feb. 7 – look pretty good.
