Dementia patients are at greater risk for COVID-19, particularly African Americans and people with vascular dementia

Because dementia patients are more likely to acquire COVID-19, and because so many live in close-quarter facilities – like nursing homes – it's critical to vaccinate them as quickly as possible.

Steven DeKosky, Deputy Director, McKnight Brain Institute, Aerts-Cosper Professor of Alzheimer’s Research, and Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, University of Florida • conversation
March 12, 2021 • ~6 min

Pollen can raise your risk of COVID-19 – and the season is getting longer thanks to climate change

As climate change drives pollen counts upward, that could potentially result in greater human susceptibility to other viruses, as well.

Lewis Ziska, Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University • conversation
March 9, 2021 • ~5 min

Pollen can raise your risk of getting COVID-19, whether you have allergies or not

Recent studies also suggest that climate change is driving pollen counts upward. That could result in greater human susceptibility to viruses.

Lewis Ziska, Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University • conversation
March 9, 2021 • ~5 min

COVID-19 survivor's guilt a growing issue as reality of loss settles in

What if you passed COVID-19 to someone else? For those living with that guilt, the thought could be devastating.

Mark S. McIntosh, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida • conversation
March 9, 2021 • ~6 min

5 strategies to prepare now for the next pandemic

Shoring up surveillance and response systems and learning lessons from how the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded will help the world be ready the next time around.

Angela Clendenin, Instructional Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Texas A&M University • conversation
March 8, 2021 • ~11 min

A year into the pandemic, the coronavirus is messing with our minds as well as our bodies

SARS-CoV-2 is much like a zombie virus. It interferes with normal sickness behavior and blocks pain, turning its victims into unsick spreaders of the virus.

Joe Alcock, Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico • conversation
March 8, 2021 • ~7 min

States drop COVID-19 mask mandates but still expect people to mask up – will they?

The COVID-19 case spike in the summer of 2020 and earlier attempts to rely on personal responsibility, like wearing seat belts, showed that mandates make a difference.

Walter Thomas Casey II, Associate Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University-Texarkana • conversation
March 7, 2021 • ~8 min

These states are dropping COVID-19 mask mandates but still urge people to wear them – which message will the public follow?

The COVID-19 case spike in the summer of 2020 and earlier attempts to rely on personal responsibility, like wearing seat belts, showed that mandates make a difference.

Walter Thomas Casey II, Associate Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University-Texarkana • conversation
March 7, 2021 • ~8 min

States drop COVID-19 mask mandates but still urge people to wear them – which message will people follow?

The COVID-19 case spike in the summer of 2020 and the history of seat belts shows that mandates make a difference.

Walter Thomas Casey II, Associate Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University-Texarkana • conversation
March 7, 2021 • ~8 min

States drop COVID-19 mask mandates but still expect people to wear them – will they?

The COVID-19 case spike in the summer of 2020 and the history of seat belts shows that mandates make a difference.

Walter Thomas Casey II, Associate Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University-Texarkana • conversation
March 7, 2021 • ~8 min

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