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Stress from COVID-19 is seriously threatening the mental health of our country, causing the most stress for our youngest generation, according to research conducted in part by professor Emma Adam.

Researchers have developed a new face mask with an anti-viral layer that sanitizes exhaled respiratory droplets to reduce the wearer's infectiousness.

The model treats decided voters as “infected” and undecided voters as “susceptible” to infection. Democratic and Republican diseases then propagate through the population.

Northwestern researchers Sera Young, associate professor of anthropology and a fellow at the University’s Institute for Policy Research, and Vidya Venkataramanan, postdoctoral fellow in anthropology at Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and the Center for Water Research, are co-authors of a large, multi-country study revealing the widespread nature of water-fetching injuries in low- and middle-income countries.

A runny nose, headache and cough. Are they signs of COVID-19 or just a run-of-the-mill common cold? Northwestern University expert breaks down the symptoms for COVID-19 and other seasonal viruses.
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Northwestern University data scientist Thomas Miller says the U.S. presidential race is getting tight. Miller is available to discuss election forecasts.
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Northwestern researchers have discovered how zebrafish moves will aid their understanding of human movement and disorders.

The series includes an innovative approach to Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book,” as well as a personal reflection of “The Apple Tree’s Discovery,” a story based on a Jewish folktale. Other student performed stories include “The Thread of Yarn,” an original piece about the powerful connections of family and “The Elephant in the Zoom,” a story told with puppets that celebrates identity and friendship.

In Presidential Plinko, falling Plinko chips represent how election results can swing one way or the other, showing how uncertainty can affect polling data.

Northwestern University professors are available to comment on the final presidential debate on Thursday, Oct. 22. According to the Commission on Presidential debates, the six topics President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will discuss include “Fighting COVID-19,” “American Families,” “Race in America,” “Climate Change,” “National Security” and “Leadership.”
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