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The U.S. now has a COVID-19 vaccine authorized for emergency use. This is welcome news, but vaccines don’t stop a virus; vaccination does. With millions of doses of the Pfizer vaccine en route to health systems around the country, the final phase of this nearly year-long effort is just beginning.
The University of California, San Francisco, is set to receive its first shipment of vaccines any day now. Desi Kotis, an associate dean and professor of pharmacy, is the person in charge of the vaccine rollout in one of California’s biggest health care systems. She explains her team’s step-by-step plan to get the most vulnerable people vaccinated as fast and as equitably as possible.
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Daniel Merino
Assistant Editor: Science, Health, Environment
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After receiving the vaccine, health systems have a complicated job ahead of them.
AP Photo/Ng Han Guan
Desi Kotis, University of California, San Francisco
Health systems around the US are on the cusp of receiving COVID-19 vaccines. At the end of this months-long effort are the nitty-gritty details of how health care providers are giving people the vaccine.
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Politics/Election '20
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Martha Ackelsberg, Smith College
The absence of effective government policy doesn't make citizens free. It takes away their power, leaving them less able to act to address their needs. That's especially clear during the pandemic.
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Jeff Inglis, The Conversation
Five scholars explain different aspects of the history, workings and effects of the Electoral College.
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Rashid Carlos Jamil Marcano Rivera, Indiana University
Lawmakers are unlikely to grant Puerto Rico's request for admission into the Union – unless, perhaps, the Democrats win both Senate seats in Georgia's Jan. 5 runoff election.
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Health + Medicine
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Rodney E. Rohde, Texas State University
The pandemic is placing strain not just on doctors and nurses but the medical laboratory professionals who conduct the billions of medical tests behind the scenes.
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Diana Cuy Castellanos, University of Dayton
Dayton Children’s Hospital has begun to screen patients and their families for food insecurity, referring many of them to its 'Food Pharm.'
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Ethics + Religion
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Scott Davidson, West Virginia University
Speculation has swirled over whom President Trump may pardon before leaving office. But why do presidents have the right to pardon, and how should it be used?
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Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton
Educators walk an fine line when it comes to marking religious holidays. But in so doing, are they missing an opportunity for teachable moments on faith issues?
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Education
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Stanley S. Litow, Duke University
A former deputy chancellor of New York City schools explains why the police don't need to patrol the nation's public schools.
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Environment + Energy
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Pallab Sarker, University of California, Santa Cruz
Fish farms feed millions of people around the world, but they also consume a lot of fish that are dried or ground up to make aquafeed. Researchers are developing more sustainable alternatives.
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Science + Technology
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Jordan Besek, University at Buffalo
As editor of the magazine for 24 years, Du Bois featured articles about biology, evolution, archaeology in Africa and more to refute the rampant scientific racism of the early 20th century.
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Peter Goggin, Arizona State University
Mermaids are not real, but are meaningful to people around the world.
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Edl Schamiloglu, University of New Mexico
High-power microwave weapons are useful for disabling electronics. They might also be behind the ailments suffered by US diplomats and CIA agents in Cuba and China.
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Larry M. Silverberg, North Carolina State University
Field theory describes the universe as energy flowing along unending lines. With this perspective, it is possible to define a new fundamental building block of matter.
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Scott Akins, Oregon State University; Clayton Mosher, Washington State University
Possessing heroin, cocaine, meth and other drugs for personal use is no longer a criminal offense in Oregon. The idea is to get people with problem drug use help, not punishment.
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