In the Headlines

December 2020

Conservative Nonprofit Group Challenging Election Results Around the Country Has Tie To Trump Legal Adviser Jenna Ellis

The Washington Post

Some Black and Latino Americans Are Still Hesitant To Take the Vaccine. Here's What Is Fueling That Distrust

CNN

We Scanned the DNA of 8,000 People To See How Facial Features Are Controlled by Genes

The Conversation

Genetic Engineering Transformed Stem Cells Into Working Mini-Livers That Extended the Life of Mice With Liver Disease

The Conversation

Genetic Reprogramming Restores Vision in Mice: Study

The Scientist

Gene Editing Shows Promise in Sickle-Cell Disease

The Wall Street Journal

Elections Shaping up To Become Major Issue in Legislature

AP

Black and Hispanic People Are Being Hit Extra-Hard by COVID-19, According To a Huge Review of Studies

Insider

We Still Don’t Know The Full Extent Of How This Wave Of The Coronavirus Is Impacting People Of Color

Buzzfeed News

How Key Decisions Slowed FDA’s Review of a COVID-19 Vaccine — but Also Gave It Important Data

STAT

Radio Disney, Launching Pad for Young Stars, Will Shut Down Next Year

The New York Times

COVID-19 Shrinks the Labor Market, Pushing Out Women and Baby Boomers

The Wall Street Journal

Trump To FDA: Why Is Europe Beating Us on Vaccine?

Politico

What the 'Polio Pioneers' Can Teach Us About the COVID Vaccine Race

Fox News

November 2020

Dementia May Cause Major Financial Problems Long Before Diagnosis, Making Early Detection Critical

The Washington Post

Which Coronavirus Vaccine Should You Get? A Subjective Guide.

Slate

Biden Could Expand Abortion Access, Even Without the Senate

The Atlantic

The Virus Won’t Stop Evolving When the Vaccine Arrives

The New York Times

Trump, Carson Tout COVID-19 Treatments as Lifesavers. But Regular People Find Them Harder To Get.

The Washington Post

Doctors Warn About Eye Damage From UV Lights To Kill the Coronavirus

NBC News

Thousands of Peruvians Are Protesting the Government’s Rapid Turnovers

The Washington Post

Meet GPT-3. It Has Learned to Code (and Blog and Argue).

The New York Times

What’s Next for the #Resistance Now That They Don’t Have Trump to Kick Around Anymore?

Mother Jones

A Bright-Red Map and a Dire Warning as the Coronavirus Task Force Meets at the White House

The New York Times

Gaming Out PPP Deductibility

Politico

Rules About Police Wearing Masks Vary Widely Across U.S.

AP

Eight Mayors: We Need a Marshall Plan for Middle America

The Washington Post

Technology Underlying COVID-19 Vaccines a Massive Medical Breakthrough

The Hill

As a New COVID-19 Treatment Arrives, Hospitals Scramble To Solve Logistical and Ethical Challenges

STAT

The Black Native American Descendants Fighting for the Right To Belong

NBC News

Health Experts Clash Over Use of Certain Drugs for COVID-19

ABC News

Med Students Create New Hippocratic Oath To Address Racial Injustice in Health Care

Good Morning America

Biden-Harris Transition Team Is Majority Women With Nearly Half of Staff Being People of Color

Because of Them We Can

Here's Why Mouthwash Is Not Going To Save You From Coronavirus

CNN

Instant View: Moderna Says Its Vaccine Is 94.5% Effective in Preventing COVID-19

Reuters

COVID-19 Mae Cases Keep Ending With Revised Deals. That Wouldn’t Happen Without Litigation

Reuters

Moderna’s Covid-19 Vaccine: When Could It Be Ready and Everything Else You Need to Know

The Wall Street Journal

Biden Advisory Board Co-Chair Says Addressing Health Disparities Will Be A Key Focus

NPR

The Work of Saving Democracy Must Go On After Trump

The New Yorker

Joe Biden Just Squeaked a Win in Erie, Pa., in a Warning for Democrats

The Wall Street Journal