Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis — and that of two dozen or more other officials in the White House and Capitol Hill — has scrambled an already confusing autumn. The president’s illness has thrown into doubt the remaining two presidential debates, and positive tests for… Read More: KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Trump vs. COVID »
Among the pandemic’s biggest challenges for public health experts have been just how novel it is, how hard it’s been to come by sufficient useful data, and how few tools scientists have for accurately tracking and predicting its spread. A recent study looking at information gathered by an app that 500,000 people use to log… Read More: How We Feel app pilots COVID prediction model »
Tracie Jones turned to a librarian friend, Sarah DeMott, for help documenting the experience of Black Americans in the age of COVID-19. A few Zoom sessions and emails later, Jones and DeMott created Black America and COVID-19, a library guide that aims to serve as a historical record and shed light on the pandemic’s impact… Read More: Documenting the lives of Black Americans in the age of… »
SATURDAY, Aug. 29, 2020 — Some fall allergy symptoms mimic those of COVID-19, so seasonal allergy sufferers should follow treatment plans and take precautions to avoid any confusion, an expert says. “A rise in ragweed tends to mark the informal start of the fall allergy season, which typically begins in mid-August,” said Dr. Rachna Shah,… Read More: Some Fall Allergy Symptoms Could Have You Thinking COVID »