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September 2020

For Refractory Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Surgery May Be Effective

Reuters

Researchers Say Fresh Air Can Prevent Aerosol Transmission Of The Coronavirus

NPR

Your Smartphone Can Tell If You’re Drunk-Walking

WIRED

‘Dude’: Bill and Ted’s Most Excellent Salutation Has 19th-Century Roots

The Wall Street Journal

What Does It Take for Nudging To Impact College Students' Success?

Education Dive

Spit in a Tube or a Swab in the Nose? Saliva Shows Promise in COVID-19 Test Debate

Bloomberg

In Florida, Courts Might Restore Voting Rights for More Than 770,000 Citizens

The Washington Post

Steroids Cut COVID-19 Death Rates, but Not for Everyone—Here’s Who Benefits and Who Doesn’t

The Conversation

How To Protect Yourself From Coronavirus That Can Linger In The Air

NPR

CRISPR Can Help Combat the Troubling Immune Response Against Gene Therapy

The Conversation

How Taxpayer Dollars Are Helping To Whitewash the Texas Rangers

The Washington Post

Jazz Has Always Been Protest Music. Can It Meet This Moment?

The New York Times

How to Stop Eye Strain When You Relentlessly Stare at Screens

The Wall Street Journal

Access to Telemedicine Is Hardest for Those Who Need It Most

WIRED

Steroids Can Save Lives of Patients With Severe COVID-19, Earning Who Endorsement

The Washington Post

Steroids Can Save Lives of Patients With Severe COVID-19, Earning Who Endorsement

The New York Times

COVID-19 Deaths Significantly Reduced by Use of Steroids, Analysis Says

The Wall Street Journal

The 1918 Pandemic Was Deadlier, but College Football Continued. Here’s Why.

The Wall Street Journal

What Is Antifa?

The Wall Street Journal

How To Use Precision Medicine To Personalize COVID-19 Treatment According To the Patient’s Genes

The Conversation

Telehealth Grew Wildly Popular Amid COVID-19. Now Visits Are Plunging, Forcing Providers To Recalibrate

STAT

These Scientists Are Giving Themselves D.I.Y. Coronavirus Vaccines

The New York Times

The Fragile State of ‘Contact Languages’

BBC News

Large Antibody Study Offers Hope for Virus Vaccine Efforts

AP

August 2020

America Is Running Low on a Crucial Resource for COVID-19 Vaccines

The Atlantic

U.S. Presidential Campaign Takes Shape Against a Backdrop of Violence and Upheaval

The Globe and Mail

Analysis: Will Uzbekistan's Champion of Reform Stay the Course?

Voice of America

10 Epidemiologists and Infectious Disease Experts On Whether They Are Sending Their Kids Back to School

TIME

Elon Musk To Show off Working Brain-Hacking Device

BBC News

Will More Data Make Us Healthier?

The New York Times

The Mind Readers

The New York Times

These Scientists Are Still Studying The World’s Most Controversial Drug, But They Can’t Find Enough People To Take It

Buzzfeed News

Turns Out the Word 'Bear' Isn't the Real One for Everyone's Favorite Picnic Basket Thief

Newsweek

'Racial Inequality May Be As Deadly As COVID-19,' Analysis Finds

NPR

Gulf Coast Utilities Brace for Monster Hurricane

Power

For Many Police Departments, De-Escalation Training Is a Response

The Wall Street Journal

What Americans Still Owe Fannie Lou Hamer

CNN

Liver Grown in Pigs' Lymph Nodes May Help Liver Disease Treatment: Study

Fox News

Why the Coronavirus Is So 'Superspready'

NPR

Outlier Adds Astronomy and Statistics Classes To Its Online University

Engadget