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Welcome to Sunday. The top 5 most-read stories of the week are displayed below. Below that are five editors’ selections that we want to make sure you don’t miss.
You can also get the most-read stories in a magazine-style e-book.
Everyone needs a safe place to live. But American popular culture often dismisses one affordable option – trailer parks. In one of our most-read stories this week, a group of planning professors suggests that letting go of stereotypes about “trashy” trailer parks could help address the nation’s housing crunch. If you think of mobile homes as particularly flimsy, crime-ridden or vulnerable to natural disasters, this article aims to change the way you think.
In editors’ picks, don’t miss a new Q+A with virologist Maureen Ferran of Rochester Institute of Technology. Ferran – who has helped us understand COVID-19 over the past couple of years – now answers our questions about two vaccines available to protect against monkeypox. There have been more than 7,000 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the U.S. to date, and the government declared it a national health emergency on Thursday.
Next week, we’ll bring you stories about why President Biden doesn’t want to be a lame duck, what happens when police are required to go to college and how to keep kids safe in the water.
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Certain SSRIs can inhibit the breakdown of opioids in the body.
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Ismaeel Yunusa, University of South Carolina
Drugs can interact with one another in ways that are harmful. A study finds that taking oxycodone with certain SSRIs can make an opioid overdose more likely.
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Zachary Lamb, University of California, Berkeley; Jason Spicer, University of Toronto; Linda Shi, Cornell University
Manufactured housing – the preferred name for what were once called mobile homes – has changed dramatically in recent decades. Three planning experts call for giving it a new look.
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Meredith Oyen, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Chinese fighter jets buzzed the line separating China and Taiwan just hours before the US House speaker arrived on the island.
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Henry L. Chambers Jr., University of Richmond
A doctrine embraced by some conservatives could be adopted by the US Supreme Court. And if they do, Americans’ political power will be dramatically limited.
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Matthew Delmont, Dartmouth College
At the time, Gallup polls showed that fewer than 20% of Americans approved of interracial marriage.
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The Jynneos monkeypox vaccine provides strong protection against infection but is in short supply.
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Maureen Ferran, Rochester Institute of Technology
There are two approved monkeypox vaccines in the US. Both use a related poxvirus called vaccinia to produce an immune response that protects against smallpox and monkeypox.
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Harish Narasimhan, University of Virginia
While a strong immune response is essential to fight against viral infection, an immune system that continues to stay active long after the virus has been cleared can lead to lung damage.
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David Drake, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Bret Shaw, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Mary Magnuson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Urban coyotes prey on rodents and spread plant seeds. It’s OK to observe them from a distance, but then you should chase them off.
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Haroro J. Ingram, George Washington University; Andrew Mines, George Washington University; Daniel Milton, United States Military Academy West Point
The US strike against al-Zawahri leaves the future of al-Qaida at a crossroads as the terrorist movement looks for a new leader.
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Thomas Marlow, New York University; James R. Elliott, Rice University; Scott Frickel, Brown University
Climate change is colliding with old factory sites where soil or water contamination still exist, and the most vulnerable populations are particularly at risk.
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