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Photo: Julia Lototskaya (Shutterstock)Recently, headlines warned of a new flu virus with “pandemic potential,” based on a study of viruses on pig farms in China. There’s no need to immediately start freaking out, however: While it’s always a safe assumption there will be another pandemic someday, this one is not cause for concern just yet.…

2020-05-19 10:22 The sphere of the politics of science is intense and complex — the larger the problem, the bigger the payoff to solve it, writes Mia Malan."It reads like a suspense novel."My journalism professor’s feedback on my Master’s thesis in 2003 was unexpected for a 125-page academic document — and his comments had little…

When will the COVID-19 pandemic end? And how? According to historians, pandemics typically have two types of endings: the medical, which occurs when the incidence and death rates plummet, and the social, when the epidemic of fear about the disease wanes.

May 10, 2020Updated 9:43 a.m. ETWhen will the Covid-19 pandemic end? And how?According to historians, pandemics typically have two types of endings: the medical, which occurs when the incidence and death rates plummet, and the social, when the epidemic of fear about the disease wanes.“When people ask, ‘When will this end?,’ they are asking about…

As COVID-19 continues to strain health systems around the country, local leaders are trying to address the mental health needs of people in their communities. Why it matters: Unlike the physical maladies the pandemic causes, its psychological toll is often invisible, and stress tends to have a cumulative effect that may not be apparent until…