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SA Health & Medicine Vol 2 Issue 5

Health & Medicine

October 2020

Volume 2, Issue 5

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Features

Nine Important Things We've Learned about the Coronavirus Pandemic So Far
Public Health

Nine Important Things We've Learned about the Coronavirus Pandemic So Far

Some early public health messages about COVID-19 have been overturned

By Laura Helmuth and Michael D. Lemonick
Two Decades of Pandemic War Games Failed to Account for Donald Trump
Public Health

Two Decades of Pandemic War Games Failed to Account for Donald Trump

The scenarios foresaw leaky travel bans, a scramble for vaccines and disputes between state and federal leaders, but none could anticipate the current levels of dysfunction in the U.S.

By Nature magazine, Amy Maxmen, and Jeff Tollefson

Departments

From the Editor
A Matter of Time
Advances
Strongest Evidence Yet Shows Air Pollution Kills
News
Second Coronavirus Strain May Be More Infectious--but Some Scientists Are Skeptical
Experimental Blood Test Detects Cancer up to Four Years before Symptoms Appear
The Dentist Will See You Now: But Will You See the Dentist?
Babies' Mysterious Resilience to Coronavirus Intrigues Scientists
Trash-Collecting Researchers Find Dietary Patterns in Discarded Hair Clippings
Concerns about Waning COVID-19 Immunity Are Likely Overblown
Opinion
Coronavirus Is Attacking the Navajo 'because We Have Built the Perfect Human for It to Invade'
Health Care Is Long Overdue for a Social Justice Reckoning
What AIDS Taught Us about Dealing with COVID-19
Why Young Americans Are Lonely
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