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How sure are we about the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines?

Hypothetical case replacement can be used to quantify the robustness of trial results Once a vaccine is approved for distribution to the full popul...

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Creating history’: Students interview essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

This story was originally published by UChicago News. Read it on their site here. Oral history project preserves stories of frontline workers in Univ...

In the News Economics COVID-19 Faculty

MarketWatch: ‘Deaths of despair’ during COVID-19 have risen significantly in 2020, new research says, Prof. Casey Mulligan explains his new research on the Covid-19 pandemic and heightened rates of "deaths of despair" in America

In the News Political Science COVID-19 Faculty

The Guardian: The Covid crisis has shown how privatisation corrodes democracy, in Op-ed, Assoc. Prof. Chiara Cordelli argues that in outsourcing medical services to the private sector, the U.K. has failed its citizens

Political Science Election2020 COVID-19 Faculty In the News

Washington Post: After a year of pandemic and protest, and a big election, America is as divided as ever, Prof. Cathy Cohen discusses the political and social challenges Joe Biden will face as president

In the News Political Science COVID-19 Faculty

CNN: The Wuhan files - Leaked documents reveal China's mishandling of the early stages of Covid-19, Prof. Dali Yang discusses early global perceptions of the emerging COVID pandemic

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CNN: Breaking up in Covid-19 times has new woes, Prof. Linda Waite discusses the social and relational impact of the pandemic

In the News COVID-19 Election2020

Politico: What our experts would ask Biden and Trump, Marynia Kolak (Asst. Director of Health Informatics @ CSDS) shares what she would ask in the debate

In the News Economics COVID-19

AJC - Front-line workers this Labor Day: essential, but not secure, Asst. Prof Simon Mongey discusses Covid-19 job losses and the communities most impacted by them

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Salon: After U.S. economy's most disastrous quarter on record, what lies ahead? Prof. Kenneth Pomeranz discusses the Covid-19 crisis and its economic impact on young people