People have turned to historical experience with influenza pandemics to try to make sense of COVID-19, and for good reason. Influenza and coronavirus share basic similarities in the way they’re transmitted via respiratory droplets and the surfaces they land on….
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It's Okay if You're Terrified of Returning to 'The New Normal'
A week before lockdown began, a week before we were all told to stay home to save lives, Ryan Seller was diagnosed with agoraphobia. The diagnosis didn’t come as any major surprise; he had suffered with anxiety for a while,…
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Here’s What Risk, Really, Protestors Have of Getting COVID-19
There’s no question the mass protests across the United States will spread the novel coronavirus, according to experts. This is because the virus is transmitted via respiratory droplets that you emit when you talk, yell, sneeze, and cough. The more…
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Studies of brain activity aren’t as useful as scientists thought
Hundreds of published studies over the last decade have claimed it’s possible to predict an individual’s patterns of thoughts and feelings by scanning their brain in an MRI machine as they perform some mental tasks. But a new analysis by…
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What are the risks and benefits of low-dose aspirin?
Low-dose aspirin significantly lowers cardiovascular disease risk but increases the risk of bleeding, according to a review published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. Investigators conducted the review because the overall balance between risks and benefits of taking aspirin…
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Proteins in the blood of COVID-19 patients could help predict how ill they will become
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have identified 27 protein biomarkers that could be used to predict whether a patient with COVID-19 is likely to become severely ill with the disease. People infected with SARS-CoV-2,…
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How to cope if you feel overwhelmed and helpless in the face of racism
We are all currently facing a once-in-a-generation global pandemic – but black people are also dealing with a barrage of systemic racism, and it feels like an assault from every angle. Not only are black people being disproportionately impacted by…
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Social significance of dining out explored in new book by Alan Warde
Alan Warde is co-author of the newly published book: Alan Warde, Jessica Paddock and Jennifer Whillans, “The Social Significance of Dining out: A Study of Continuity and Change,” (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2020). Dining out used to be considered exceptional;…
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Survey identifies learning opportunities related to health impacts of climate change
An international survey of Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE) membership found that the majority of members—health professions schools and programs, including medical, nursing, and public health—offer learning opportunities related to the health impacts of climate change, yet…
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Researchers use ALCF resources to model the spread of COVID-19
With COVID-19 drastically altering daily life for people across the planet, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has moved quickly to join the global fight against the pandemic. Among the laboratory’s most powerful resources for scientific research…
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