Jessica Chong
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In the Covid-19 Economy, You Can Have a Kid or a Job. You Can’t Have Both.
Our struggle is not an emotional concern. We are not burned out. We are being crushed by an economy that has bafflingly declared working parents inessential.
More than 300 children in Texas day cares have caught COVID-19, and the numbers are rising
Although COVID-19 transmission rates nationwide among children have appeared to remain relatively low, more than 300 children at Texas child care centers have tested positive and the numbers are rising quickly.
More than 40 Bay Area school principals in quarantine after in-person meeting
More than 40 school principals in the South Bay are in quarantine after being exposed to COVID-19 during an in-person meeting held by the Santa Clara County Unified School District.
Spatial and single-cell transcriptional landscape of human cerebellar development
Cerebellar development and function require precise regulation of molecular and cellular programs to coordinate motor functions and integrate network signals required for cognition and emotional regulation. However, molecular understanding of human...
Call of the Wild - Woodland Park Zoo Seattle WA
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COVID-19 runs through Greek system with 38 confirmed cases
At least 38 students across nine fraternity houses have tested positive for COVID-19, as of Tuesday, according to the UW.
As Coronavirus Surges, How Much Testing Does Your State Need To Subdue The Virus?
A new NPR/Harvard analysis finds most states' testing efforts still fall far short of what's needed to beat back the pandemic. Find out how your state is doing.
U.S. Coronavirus Testing Could Fail Again
A surge in demand for tests is overwhelming lab-services companies, creating new backlogs and delays.
Flu virus with 'pandemic potential' found in China
It appears to be able to infect people, although pigs are the hosts, say experts.
How I would approach fall semester: a personal Zoomflex-based view
Explanation of how working from "synchronous online out" will produce a better hyflex experience for asynchronous and face-to-face students as well in prepar...
New journal will vet Covid-19 preprints - STAT
MIT Press is launching a journal that will review Covid-19 preprints, in an effort to quickly call out misinformation and highlight credible research.
The Problems With Science Journals Trying to Be Gatekeepers – and Some Solutions - The Wire Science
The concept of a journal with pre-publication peer review is outmoded or at least of marginal importance.
Whole-genome sequencing of patients with rare diseases in a national health system
Whole-genome sequencing and phenotype data sharing are introduced in a national health system to streamline diagnosis and to discover coding and non-coding variants that cause rare diseases.
Funds for Chronic Fatigue Study
UK researchers are to launch a genetic study of chronic fatigue syndrome, the Guardian reports.
COVID-19 Projections Using Machine Learning
We take a data-driven approach rooted in epidemiology to forecast infections, deaths, and recovery timelines of the COVID-19 / coronavirus epidemic in the US and around the world
Top U.S. officials say they weren't ordered to ‘slow down’ Covid-19 testing
Four key government health care officials said that despite Trump's recent remarks, they were never ordered to “slow down” diagnostic testing for Covid-19.
Deregulated Regulators: Disease-Causing cis Variants in Transcription Factor Genes
Whole-genome sequencing is accelerating identification of noncoding variants that
disrupt gene expression, although reports of such regulatory variants implicated in
disease remain rare. A notable subset of described variants affect transcription...