Being a man doesn’t make someone more likely to be infected with SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—but it might make him more likely to have severe complications or die from it.
West Virginia University political scientist Erik Herron, who has experience in election administration and has researched international elections held during war and other difficult circumstances, says that absentee ballots and vote-by-mail programs in the U.S. are not likely to suffer from “widespread, systemic or decisive fraud.”
The sharpest dive in U.S. Gross Domestic Product in modern history may have been expected, but it is unusual, according to West Virginia University experts in economics.
With MLB up to bat for opening day (July 23), two West Virginia University astrophysicists are hurling a fastball of science at us to better understand the game.
West Virginia University telehealth experts Dr. Margaret Jaynes and Steve Davis believe that this approach to healthcare is cost-effective, beneficial to the most vulnerable and rural residents in West Virginia and can help flatten the curve of COVID-19 spread because there’s no live face-to-face interaction.
Even during the COVID-19 global pandemic, West Virginia University pediatricians Dr. Lisa Costello and Dr. Kathryn S. Moffett recommend parents and caregivers continue their children’s routine well child visits to screen for health and development and immunizations to prevent outbreaks of more common diseases.
The benching of the Redskins name for Washington’s NFL franchise is a touchdown for social progress, and even the economics of the team and the league, according to experts at West Virginia University. Monday’s (July 13) decision comes on the heels of weeks of racial tension across the country and corporate sponsorship pressure, particularly from FedEx, which owns the naming rights to the team stadium.
The Trump administration’s plan to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization, effective July 6, 2021, could reshape global diplomacy and weaken public health efforts at home, particularly amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to West Virginia University experts in health and public policy.
Brian Lego, research assistant professor in the WVU Bureau of Business and Economic Research, said the real economic impacts of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s cancellation will likely be felt to an even greater extent on the ability to develop Marcellus and Utica shale gas resources from extraction all the way through to downstream processing activities.
The deck was stacked against the U.S. Postal Service a decade before President Trump took office, according to Matthew Titolo, professor at the West Virginia University College of Law , also an expert on American public-private contracts and the outsourcing of core public functions to the private sector. The USPS has faced continuous financial shortfalls since 2006, but even a presidential push to privatize the service that delivers roughly 150 billion pieces of mail annually is unlikely without broad congressional and public support, Titolo said.