Population Health

How has COVID-19 impacted workers? Faculty in Labor Studies offer their thoughts.

Mark Smith, professor of political science, explains how a dangerous minority of people have started to believe that COVID-19 precautions are no longer necessary.

The CDC stated that it does not recommend testing all students and faculty when in-person schooling resumes. Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology, explains the controversy.

If you wanted to know how many COVID-19 tests were administered yesterday, there would be no source you could check for that information. Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology, is quoted.

The HIV/AIDS pandemic was the formative experience for many of the doctors leading the response to COVID-19. Martina Morris, professor emeritus of sociology and statistics, is referenced.

Horacio de la Iglesia, professor of biology, and postdoctoral researcher Leandro Casiraghi, discuss new research on university students' sleep under stay-at-home orders.

Shannon Dorsey, professor of psychology, shares tips on how to get kids to wear masks, including incorporating masks with activities kids love and using fun designs.

Scott Montgomery, lecturer of international studies, discusses the "plastic dilemma" and the issues that arise when dealing with the world's plastic problems.

Dave Ross talks to Jonathan Kanter, research associate professor of psychology, about how protesting can be a form of "healthy coping."

Daniel Bessner, associate professor of international studies and Carl Bergstrom, biology professor, discuss whether and how colleges should re-open in the fall.

NBC News profiles Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology, who has emerged as one of the nation’s top experts during the coronavirus pandemic.

Jonathan Kanter, research associate professor of psychology, is referenced in this article about loneliness and its exacerbation due to COVID-19.

Psychology professor Jane Simoni explains effective tactics for getting people to wear masks and explaining why they're important.

Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology, CDC's revised estimates for future infections, which some say is too optimistic and many fear the agency could be responding to political pressure.

The uncertainty and disruption the coronavirus has brought means that teens are struggling at a much steeper level than usual. Liliana Lengua, professor of psychology, is quoted.