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

Smithsonian Magazine • 12th August 2020

What Scientists Know About Airborne Transmission of the New Coronavirus

Aerosol experts, from engineers to doctors, weigh in on the ability of tiny droplets to transmit the virus that causes COVID-19

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

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

South Side Weekly • 28th April 2020

What’s Happening in the Wards? Aldermanic Response to COVID-19

Checking in with South Side aldermen on their responses to COVID-19

Scientific American • 23rd April 2020

CRISPR Gene Editing May Help Scale Up Coronavirus Testing

An inexpensive assay based on the technique can provide yes or no answers in under an hour

Scientific American • 27th March 2020

Here's How Coronavirus Tests Work—and Who Offers Them

PCR-based tests are being rolled out in hospitals nationwide, and the Food and Drug Administration is fast-tracking novel approaches as well

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 • 20th March 2020

COVID-19 South Side Community Resource Guide –

How to figure out if you are eligible, and how to apply