Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Modeling social distancing's impact

Millions of Americans confined to their homes to help curb the spread of novel coronavirus infections (COVID-19) have a pressing question on their minds: "How long does social distancing need to last?"

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Coronavirus: Is social distancing working?

For the past few weeks, most of us have begun social distancing or staying at home as much as possible to avoid contracting or spreading coronavirus. Still, we are seeing the number of new cases of coronavirus increase significantly ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

COVID-19 pandemic: Don't tell people off, tell them how to help

People need simple choices, not suggestions, in the Covid-19 crisis—so they do things that are good for them and for the community by default, according to Dr. Kate Orkin, senior research fellow in behavioral economics ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

As COVID-19 disrupts lives, words matter

Politicians, government officials, journalists and others are all writing and talking about COVID-19, but they're not all using the same language to describe the same things. Disparate interpretations of words and phrases ...

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