Tuesday night’s primary election for the Democratic presidential nomination was marred by chaos, confusion and fears over the spread of coronavirus at polling places as former Vice President Joe Biden consolidated his lead as he won Florida and Illinois by a wide...
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Want To Avoid Spreading Coronavirus Misinformation? Think Like A Science Journalist.
As coronavirus spreads around the world, so do rumors on social media. Perhaps you’ve seen this list of tips, which includes quasi-scientific-sounding statements such as “Drinking warm water is an effective way to wash the virus into your stomach, where it is killed.”...
The Trump Administration Drove Him Back to China, Where He Invented a Fast Coronavirus Test
On the fourth floor of the University of Florida cancer research building, the once-bustling laboratory overseen by professor Weihong Tan is in disarray. White lab coats are strewn over workbenches. Storage drums and boxes, including some marked with biohazard...
Jails and Prisons Will Be Ground Zero for COVID-19, If We Don’t Act Now
Any American inside of or living near a jail or prison faces even greater danger from the Coronavirus pandemic, according to an op-ed published March 16 in The New York Times. Dr. Amanda Klonsky, a scholar of education and mass incarceration, says that the new...
6 Ways Trump’s Denial of Science Has Delayed the Response to COVID-19 (and Climate Change)
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the need for rigorous science, demonstrating—in realtime—what the consequences can be when world leaders pay inadequate attention to what that science says. In his response to COVID-19, Presdient Donald Trump has made...
From Big Pharma to Jeff Bezos, Corona Profiteering Goes Viral
Some see a global pandemic and wonder, “How do I keep myself and my loved ones safe? How do I help out my neighbors and prevent the spread of this virus?” Others are hit with a cruel set of decisions. Whether to go to work and risk getting sick or infecting others,...
Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison
Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison by a New York judge after being convicted of one count of third-degree rape and one count of committing a criminal sex act. Weinstein's attorneys pleaded for the statutory...
Coronavirus ‘Really Not the Way You Want To Decrease Emissions’
As the global economy shudders in reaction to the coronavirus, lessons are emerging about what that response can—and cannot—tell us about fighting climate change. Economists and policy analysts say they are most concerned about how the current financial disruption...
NY Gov Slammed for Using ‘Slave Labor’ in Manufacture of Hand Sanitizer
Justice groups were incensed when NY Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced plans on March 9 for prison inmates to manufacture hand sanitizer in an effort to combat shortages caused by the spread of the coronavirus, The Washington Post reports. They argue that it isn’t just...
The Writing Is on the Wall for Bernie Sanders
Let’s back up for a second. Remember February? Life was a lot different then. It was colder. No social distancing. You were touching your face all the time. And Bernie Sanders, for a couple fleeting weeks, was the Democratic frontrunner. In Nevada, Sanders finally...