Why Coming Up With Effective Interventions To Address COVID-19 Is So Hard

Why is it so difficult to come up with effective social science interventions for COVID-19? There are key differences between the people & situations scientists study, & the situations policymakers have in mind, explains Fellow Neil Lewis Jr.

Noise Pollution Is Affecting Whale Songs, Preventing Them from Contacting Each Other

"It's so noisy that by human standards whales should be wearing earmuffs to deaden the noise or else go deaf," says Fellow Christopher Clark on the deafening effect of ocean noises on whales.

Scientists Outraged by White House Appointees' Meddling with Coronavirus Information: 'Outright Egregious'

"The big issue here in my mind is the fundamental undermining of trust," says Fellow Jeff Niederdeppe on how political meddling could erode public faith in the CDC.

Mobile Phone-Based Saliva Test Wins NIH Prize

Fellows Saurabh Mehta, David Erickson, and Julia L. Finkelstein conceptualized a quick, non-invasive, mobile phone-based system to detect infectious diseases, inflammation, and nutritional deficiencies in saliva. Their work was awarded a $100,000 National Institutes of Health Technology Accelerator Challenge prize.