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Fatima Salgado guides Kendyl Williams, 5, on hand-washing at Carole Robertson Center for Learning in Chicago on Aug. 7, 2020.

Cory Franklin and Mary Hall: As we enter the peak of the respiratory virus season, parents should be prudent

December 15, 2022 at 7:28 p.m.

Over thousands of years, viruses and humans have evolved together. The spread of viruses is a basic feature of nature, and it is an immutable fact that controlling nature is...

Rebecca Bushway, with the help of 18-year-old student Erin Osterman, demonstrates the use of the environmentally friendly water purifier developed by students in her high school science class at Barrie School, in Silver Spring, Maryland, on April 21, 2022.

Cory Franklin and Robert Weinstein: American children need a higher-quality science education

November 30, 2022 at 10:01 p.m.

One of the most devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the debt it has created, a debt that we owe our kids that will be hard ever to...

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, center, arrives at federal court with her partner Billy Evans, right, and mother Noel Holmes on Nov. 18, 2022, in San Jose, California. Holmes appeared for sentencing after being convicted of fraud.

Cory Franklin: The practice of proclaiming virtue while amassing wealth and power is not new

November 22, 2022 at 5:33 p.m.

What do Elizabeth Holmes, Sam Bankman-Fried and Al Capone have in common? No, they are not all convicted felons. Capone did serve time for tax evasion, and Holmes was recently...

Pre-kindergarten students work on an assignment on March 18, 2021, at West Orange Elementary School in Orange, California. The COVID-19 pandemic that shuttered classrooms set back learning in some U.S. school systems by more than a year.

Cory Franklin and Robert Weinstein: COVID-19 will cause long-term devastation to our society on many fronts

November 8, 2022 at 8:37 p.m.

Halloween is over; Christmas beckons. "Monster Mash" is out; "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is in. Feel-good movies have replaced seasonal zombie and vampire flicks. In the U.S.,...

Visitors walk along reopened Navy Pier on May 2, 2021, in Chicago.

Cory Franklin: The key to unlocking the mysteries of COVID-19 is understanding immunity

October 24, 2022 at 6:14 p.m.

Among the many medical puzzles about COVID-19 that continue to confound experts: Why does one spouse contract COVID-19 while in many cases the other does not? Why does the African...

Rossford Walleye Roundup Tournament champions Jacob Runyan, left, and Chase Cominsky celebrate on April 16, 2022. The two fishermen have been accused of cheating in another tournament in Ohio.

Cory Franklin: A short historical lesson on the long-standing practice of cheating

October 14, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.

You don't generally think of the old fishing hole as a place to cheat, and it's unusual to see any cheater get indicted, but it happened this week when authorities...

A purple hexagon marks a patient's room as positive for COVID-19 in the emergency department on Jan. 12, 2022, at Loretto Hospital in Chicago.

Cory Franklin and Robert Weinstein: Is the COVID-19 pandemic really over?

October 4, 2022 at 6:14 p.m.

President Joe Biden elucidated his thoughts on the status of the COVID-19 pandemic in an interview with "60 Minutes" last month. "The pandemic is over. ... We still have a...

New York City subway passengers wear protective masks Aug. 17, 2020.

Cory Franklin and Robert Weinstein: Reflecting on the missed opportunities of the COVID-19 pandemic

September 15, 2022 at 6:16 p.m.

With 2 1/2 years of COVID-19 experience behind us, we can now identify the missed opportunities the medical and public health communities had to control the pandemic. There are three...

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offices in Atlanta on April 19, 2022.

Cory Franklin and Robert Weinstein: The CDC knows better, but will it do better?

August 26, 2022 at 12:09 a.m.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has performed poorly during the COVID-19 pandemic, and CDC Director Rochelle Walensky promises wholesale changes in the agency. She publicly admits, "We are...

Volunteers load backpacks with school supplies as Cradles to Crayons Chicago hold its annual Backpack-A-Thon event at Daley Plaza on July 27, 2022, in Chicago.

Cory Franklin and Mary Hall: Here’s how parents can meet the new school year with less anxiety

August 22, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.

Fall may not yet be in the air, but school definitely is. Camps and family vacations are ending, and children are queuing up in pediatric waiting rooms, coming in for...

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