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A woman wears a medical mask on the subway as New York City confronts the coronavirus outbreak on March 11, 2020 in New York City. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday evening that he is restricting passenger travel from 26 European nations to the U.S. in an effort to contain the coronavirus which is rapidly spreading throughout the world and America. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Social distancing doesn't mean isolation

Nicole Karlis

Research finds that isolation can be bad for your health, and actually put you at greater risk from the pandemic

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Asian carp continue to evade scientists

Lorraine Boissoneault - Undark

Traces of genetic material can help in tracking Asian carp. But a positive detection may not mean live fish

Fully stocked pantry (Getty Images)

5 tasty meals to make from your pantry

Ashlie D. Stevens

From pasta in creamy pumpkin sauce to curried chickpeas on rice, try these recipes to make the most of what you got

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

"Businesses are booming"

David Edwards - Raw Story

On "Fox News Sunday," Munchin points to "an increase in purchases of food pharmacy goods and supplies”

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Evan Rachel Wood in "Westworld" (John P. Johnson/HBO)

"Westworld" rides into a grave new world

Melanie McFarland

These new hours of HBO's android Western feel like less of a grind than before, but will it win back the audience?

(AP Photo/Pat Sullivan,File)

An emerging threat to conservation

John R. Platt - The Revelator

"Biophobia" is a disconnection from nature that’s reducing our collective will to preserve species and habitats

Devin Nunes (AP/Susan Walsh)

Nunes slammed over coronavirus advice

David Edwards - Raw Story

Twitter beats down "raging moron" Devin Nunes for advising public gatherings: "Is he really that dumb?"

Pro-choice and pro-life activists demonstrate in front of the the US Supreme Court during the 47th annual March for Life on January 24, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

How abortion access saves lives

Dominika Seidman

Louisiana wants abortion providers to be unable to challenge abortion restrictions. If only they saw what I see

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Fans watch the opening entertainment of the Overwatch League Grand Finals at the Wells Fargo Center on September 29, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Hunter Martin/Getty Images)

It's time to take video games seriously

Joe Todd - The Conversation

Video games are becoming just as popular as professional sports, so why do people think it's only a game?

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Silicon Valley’s quest to prolong life

Dan Falk - Undark

In “Immortality Inc.,” science journalist Chip Walter chronicles today’s often-extravagant attempts to outfox aging

Employees wearing protective gear spray disinfectant to sanitize a passenger bus as a preventive measure against the coronavirus in Lviv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Ukrainian Chief sanitary and epidemiological doctor Viktor Liashko has just reported its first confirmed case of the new COVID-19 coronavirus, saying a man who recently arrived from Italy was diagnosed with the virus. (AP Photo/Mykola Tys)

Public health expert: We'll be OK

Paul Rosenberg

Dr. Timothy Brewer: Don't hoard the TP — and don't panic. Taking care of each other will get us through this

The little sign in the window of the closed Tabachi translates to "everything will be fine" (Kate Bringardner)

Living in Italy as coronavirus took hold

Kate Bringardner

I came to Italy to create and tour a new theatre performance with a group. That's all on hold for now

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"The Hunt" is pro-Trump propaganda

Matthew Rozsa

Craig Zobel's horror flick is a fantasy for the conservatives who want to believe they are victims, not victimizers

A medical worker of Yao ethnic medicine performs acupuncture on the neck of a COVID-19 patient in a hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province Wednesday, March 11, 2020. The Chinese health authority has encouraged the usage of traditional Chinese medicine on patients after the outbreak. (Feature China/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

What Chinese doctors know about COVID-19

Wang Zhou, MD

Frontline doctors assembled a comprehensive guide of what they observed about COVID-19 in Wuhan

Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez, who is a candidate to run the Democratic National Committee, before speaking during the general session of the DNC winter meeting in Atlanta, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Branden Camp) (AP)

Democrats’ next big 2020 worry

Steven Rosenfeld - Independent Media Institute

Top Democratic Party officials are scrambling to figure out how to handle voting by crowds at their next big event

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'The public has a right to know"

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams

"This unregulated surveillance technology threatens to fundamentally alter our free society"

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President Bush signs the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 in the Oval Office after the House passed the $700 billion financial bailout bill at the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. | US President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the Oval Office about the widening coronavirus crisis on March 11, 2020 in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak/Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

Late capitalism primed us for pandemic

Bob Hennelly

A decimated welfare state and a government that serves only the rich created the perfect conditions for coronavirus

Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and Donald Trump (AP Photo/Salon)

Biden v. Bernie still means something

Sophia Tesfaye

Bernie knows he probably can't win — but in Sunday's debate he can toughen Biden for the epic battle ahead

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COVID-19 upsetting blood supply chain

Anna Nagurney - The Conversation

The coronavirus could cause shortages in the nation’s blood supply

US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a news conference on the COVID-19 outbreak at the White House on February 26, 2020. - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his administration's response to the novel coronavirus, lashing the media for spreading panic as he conducts an evening news conference on the epidemic. (ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images)

Pence's "revolting sycophancy"

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story

General Barry McCaffrey rains hell on Mike Pence for covering up Trump's bungled coronavirus response

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An aisle of toilet paper is nearly empty at a Kroger grocery store. (Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Why are people hoarding toilet paper?

Jay L. Zagorsky - The Conversation

The COVID-19 outbreak has prompted panic buying in the US and around the world, even in products that are abundant

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during the New Hampshire state Democratic Party convention, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, in Manchester, NH. (Getty Stock/ AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

The one-choice election

Chris Hedges - Truthdig

The oligarchs, with Trump or Biden, will win again. We will lose.

Illustration of a medical mask decorated with a heart, with cherry blossoms in the background (Ilana Lidagoster)

Marriage and the coronavirus outbreak

Jeannine Hall Gailey

During times of crisis, relationships are tested. This is probably doubly true when one has a disability

Jared Kushner (Getty/Alex Wong)

"Haphazard and helter-skelter"

Bob Brigham - Raw Story

"Haphazard and helter-skelter": The president's son-in-law inserted himself into the tumult this week

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