Jim Daley

Scientific American • 3rd September 2020

How to Decide Who Should Get a COVID-19 Vaccine First

Medical ethicist Ezekiel Emanuel discusses a framework for equitably allocating COVID-19 vaccines based on preventing premature deaths and mitigating long-term economic impacts

South Side Weekly • 2nd September 2020

Fact-Checking Police Supt. David Brown on August 15

How accurate were the CPD superintendent’s assertions about the downtown protest?

South Side Weekly • 2nd September 2020

Mohawk Johnson on Hip-Hop, Activism, and Skating

"I think what people need to understand is that regardless of how you feel about the methodology, these people are in pain. Art creates an avenue for that pain"

South Side Weekly • 6th August 2020

What Happened July 17?

A document of the conflict in Grant Park

Scientific American • 20th July 2020

After Surgery, Black Children Are More Likely to Die Than White Children

A study of nearly 200 U.S. medical centers found that even apparently healthy kids suffer racial disparities in complications associated with surgery

Scientific American • 8th July 2020

Vaccinations Have Sharply Declined Nationwide during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Rates of childhood immunization have fallen across the U.S., raising the risk of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks

South Side Weekly • 3rd July 2020

City Rescinds Chicago Freedom School Cease-and-Desist Order

During George Floyd protests, city investigators came to the school after it ordered pizzas for activists

South Side Weekly • 30th June 2020

Following the Census Money

The Weekly tracks state grants distributed to boost Census outreach

South Side Weekly • 24th June 2020

As the City Reopens, Mental Health Clinics Keep Services at a Distance

A “significant portion” of services could stay remote as clinics permanently adopt telehealth

Scientific American • 21st May 2020

Bumblebees Bite Plants to Force Them to Flower (Seriously)

The behavior could be an evolutionary adaptation that lets bees forage more easily

Al Jazeera News • 12th May 2020

Coronavirus Shutdown Threatens Chicago's Rohingya Cultural Center

Coronavirus crisis forces the centre to cancel Ramadan fundraiser and puts the community it serves in dire straits.

Scientific American • 7th May 2020

'Breakthrough' COVID-19 Tests Are Currently Cheap, Fast—and Not Very Accurate

Antigen-based assays could be used in the home, but critics say their error rates are still an issue

Scientific American • 27th March 2020

Ocean Species Are Shifting toward the Poles

Changes in species abundance can throw food chains out of whack and put livelihoods at risk

Scientific American • 20th March 2020

How to Triage Patients Who Need Intensive Care

A new computer model analyzes when to admit people to intensive care units—and when to move them out—which could help doctors handle the coronavirus surge

South Side Weekly • 12th March 2020

Meet the Candidates: Kim Foxx

The Weekly sits down with the Cook County State’s Attorney

Scientific American • 12th February 2020

Deadly Air Pollution Doesn't Respect State Borders

U.S. federal authorities have recently been reluctant to step in to mediate cross-border air quality issues among states

South Side Weekly • 4th February 2020

What Happened to the Mental Health Task Force?

Public Health Commissioner Allison Arwady has proposed a new task force to “coordinate” mental health efforts

symmetry magazine • 4th February 2020

On background

Physicists deal with background in their experiments in two ways: by reducing it and by rejecting it.

Scientific American • 17th December 2019

Ancient "Chewing Gum" Reveals a 5,700-Year-Old Microbiome

Archaeologists reconstructed a Neolithic woman’s complete genome and oral microbiome from a piece of birch tar she chewed

Nature • 4th December 2019

Gene Therapy Arrives

After false starts, drugs that manipulate the code of life are finally changing lives.