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Mask mandates delayed by nearly a month in Republican-led states, UW study finds
Christopher Adolph, associate professor of political science and John Wilkerson, political science professor and chair of the department explain the results of their study about mask mandates.
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America Doesn’t Have a Coherent Strategy for Asymptomatic Testing. It Needs One.
Carl Bergstrom, biology professor, explains America's lack of a strategy for asymptomatic testing.
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After push from Native organizations, King County will add tribal affiliations to its homelessness database
Josh Reid, associate professor of American Indian Studies and of history explains King County's decision to add tribal affiliations to its homelessness database.
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Urban Heatwaves Are Worse For Low-Income Neighborhoods
Aseem Prakash, Director of the Center for Environmental Politics, weighs in on the inequities felt by low-income neighborhoods during heatwaves.
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Initiative announces award of 14 COVID-19 population health equity research grants
The Populaton Health Initiative has given grants to COVID-19 health equity research projects.
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The 1918 Flu Faded in Our Collective Memory: We Might ‘Forget’ the Coronavirus, Too
Meg Spratt, a lecturer in communication at the UW, talks about how the media covered the 1918 flu.
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Defining ‘essential’ travel in the COVID era — and what to do when the trip in question could be your last chance to say goodbye
Some of Washington's elderly and immunocompromised have made tough choices about what is “essential” travel. Cheryl Kaiser, professor of psychology, is quoted.
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This Year’s Must-Have Back-to-School Item: Masks for Children
Brands are starting to make colorful masks for children. Child psychologists see this as a positive step toward “normalcy.” Shannon Dorsey, professor of psychology, is quoted.
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The Future of Social Lives: Could Covid-19 Melt the Seattle Freeze?
Seattle’s known as a city of icy introverts. The pandemic proved otherwise, even as we socially distanced. Jonathan Kanter, research associate professor of psychology, is quoted.
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Empathy and understanding: UW psychologists offer tips on relationships during the pandemic
Four UW psychologists explain how to keep and build relationships during the pandemic.
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National Academies publishes guide to help public officials make sense of COVID-19 data
Adrian Raftery, professor of statistics and sociology, explains how different sets of facts and figures about COVID-19 can paint different pictures of the pandemic.
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Why divorce rates could spike after the pandemic ends, according to a family and divorce lawyer
A study from the department of sociology about divorce rates is mentioned in this article about how divorce rates may spike after the pandemic ends.
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Coronavirus Infections Much Higher Than Reported Cases in Parts of U.S., Study Shows
Data from antibody tests in 10 different cities and states indicate that many people with no symptoms may be spreading the virus. Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology, is quoted.
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From swabs to antibodies: How to understand your coronavirus test results
Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology, is quoted in this article about how coronavirus test results should be interpreted.
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UW psychologist on why we can’t seem to agree on COVID-19
Jane Simoni, professor of psychology, explains why the virus response in the U.S. has been slowed by a population that doesn’t appear to agree on even basic mitigation measures.