Emily Barone

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Joe Biden's Election Win, by the Numbers

After nearly four days of ballot counting, the United States has a new President-elect. On Nov. 7, at approximately 11:25 a.m. E.T., the Associated Press called the state of Pennsylvania for former Vice President Joe...

By Emily Barone and Elijah Wolfson

The Pandemic Is Costing Americans More Money Than Official Numbers Suggest

The way we track household spending doesn't account for changes in what we're buying

By Emily Barone

Young Adults Less Likely to Use Measures Against COVID

Survey data released Oct. 27 from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that age is a strong predictor of public-health behaviors. According to the agency’s analysis of the survey results, older respondents...

By Emily Barone

Why COVID-19 Cases Are Up, but Deaths Aren't

The U.S. third wave may look different from the past two

By Emily Barone

Rural U.S. Hospitals Are On Life Support During COVID-19

When COVID-19 hit the Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center in Cuthbert, a small rural town in Randolph County, in late March, the facility—which includes a 25-bed hospital, an adjacent nursing home and a family-medicine clinic,...

By Emily Barone

Massive Layoffs Are Underway Across the U.S., Threatening the Already Frail Recovery

U.S. employers brought back 661,000 workers in September, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics figures released Friday. The unemployment rate clocked in at 7.9%, down from 8.4% in August. About half of the jobs...

By Emily Barone

Younger Americans Are Eclipsing Older Age Groups in COVID-19 Case Counts

A fresh analysis of age-based statistics offers solid evidence that COVID-19 is becoming more widespread among young Americans. According to data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sept. 23, children...

By Emily Barone

How the Pandemic Has Changed Cancer Care

The COVID-19 pandemic led to significant drop-offs in cancer screenings

By Jamie Ducharme and Emily Barone

Why Some People Wait Weeks for COVID-19 Test Results

Labs and agencies are grappling with supply shortages, logistical challenges, and a lack of federal guidance

By Emily Barone

COVID-19 Isn't the First Pandemic to Affect Minority Populations Differently. Here's What We Can Learn From the 1918 Flu

Black influenza death rates exceeded white influenza death rates in the years prior to the 1918 pandemic, but the opposite was true during peak pandemic months

By Emily Barone

COVID-19 Positivity Rates Appear to Be Spiking in Many States That Reopened Bars

Michael Neff sensed what was about to happen. It was late March, and Texas had surpassed 1,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19. He braced as governor Greg Abbott announced that many businesses—including gyms, restaurants and bars—would...

By Emily Barone

Will Coronavirus's Disruption of Big Ag Have Lasting Change?

From fast-food restaurants to grocers, the impact of meat shortages ripples through America's food systems

By Emily Barone

Carbon Emissions Dropped Due to Coronavirus. Can It Last?

COVID-19 has brought much of the world came to a screeching halt. International borders have been shuttered, families have kept close to home, and governments have ordered businesses to close their doors. To see the...

By TIME Staff , Emily Barone , Lon Tweeten , Chris Wilson and Tara Law

Women Were Making Historic Strides in the Workforce. Then the Pandemic Hit

They were the first to lose their jobs, and so far the slowest to regain them

By Emily Barone

How Remdesivir Fights COVID-19 Inside the Body

On May 1, the U.S Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency-use authorization of remdesivir, an experimental anti-viral drug. With this clearance, doctors in the U.S. are now allowed to use the drug to treat...

By Emily Barone and Lon Tweeten

We Tried to Find the Most Equal Place in America

Inequalities in the U.S. are pervasive along racial lines, which makes quantifying equality complicated

By Emily Barone

A Timeline of How the Wuhan Coronavirus Has Spread—And How the World Has Reacted

A new virus has emerged from central China, infecting thousands with severe respiratory illness and killing dozens. Health officials, doctors and researchers are scrambling to contain the outbreak.Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter by...

By Lon Tweeten , Emily Barone and Elijah Wolfson

Many American Men Have a Skewed View of Gender Inequality, TIME Poll Finds

An overwhelming majority of Americans believe that gender inequality exists in the U.S. But there is stark disagreement about how pervasive the issue is and what should be done about it, according to a TIME-commissioned...

By Emily Barone

Greed, Weather and Inexperience: See How Mount Everest's Deadly Season Compares to Past Years

Expert climbers blame greed, inexperience and bad weather

By Emily Barone and Lon Tweeten

The Math Behind James Holzhauer's 'Jeopardy!' Wager

At a glance, Holzhauer seemed to stray from his big money strategy in the final round

By Emily Barone
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