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1918 or 2020? This public health order from the flu pandemic sounds a lot like today Miami Herald: / McClatchy Newspapers: John Grabowski, Krieger-Mueller Joint Professor in History, considered the parallels between the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918 and the current coronavirus outbreak, saying…

Stopping The Spread Of The Coronavirus At Your Grocery Checkout Ideastream: Shanina Knighton, a nurse scientist and researcher at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, discussed how measures at grocery stores can mitigate the spread of COVID-19, such as having cashiers and baggers wash their…

Crime Hasn’t Spiked During COVID-19 Outbreak – Yet US News & World Report:Mark Votruba, associate professor of economics and interim chair of the department in the Weatherhead School of Management, spoke about how an economic downturn could affect crime rates: “I think there are factors…

How do you shut off the work day, while working from home during the coronavirus crisis? Cleveland.com: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center and Ellen Van Oosten, an associate professor of organizational behavior in the Weatherhead School…

Disease experts weigh in on crowded White House coronavirus briefings Mashable:Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, spoke about the notion that—at a minimum, the coronavirus task force briefings at the White House should underscore,…

Days after ventilator DPA order, White House has done little to push GM Politico: Peter Shulman, associate professor of history, commented on the Trump administration’s so-far refusal to use the full power of a law that allows the federal government to coordinate industrial production across…

Scientists from Case Western Reserve are developing an anti-viral to slow COVID-19 WKYC-3: Blanton Tolbert, a professor of chemistry, was highlighted for being a part of an international team of scientists and researchers who are on the forefront of developing a way to slow down the spread of the…

In a crisis, there's no place like home Crain’s Cleveland Business: Michael Goldberg, executive director of the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship and an associate professor of design and innovation at the Weatherhead School of Management, weighed in on the phenomenon of employees working from…

Packages and coronavirus: How to safely pick up deliveries during a pandemic Cleveland.com: Shanina Knighton, instructor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, weighed in on the possibility of contracting COVID-19 from bringing a delivered packed into a home: “One thing we have to realize…

Ground Zero: How New York became the epicentre of the global coronavirus outbreak The Independent (UK): Ted Steinberg, Adeline Barry Davee Distinguished Professor of History in the College of Arts and Sciences, spoke as a historian of natural disasters in America and as a Brooklyn native, to agree…