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Rob Stein is a correspondent and senior editor on NPRs science desk. An award-winning science journalist with more than 30 years of experience, Stein mostly covers health and medicine. He tends to focus on stories that illustrate the intersection of science, health, politics, social trends, ethics, and federal science policy. He tracks genetics, stem cells, cancer research, womens health issues, and other science, medical, and health policy news. Before NPR, Stein worked at The Washington Post...

Technology came in handy when in-person classes were not being held or students had to quarantine because of COVID-19 exposure.

Even Syria doesn’t experience level of gun violence as U.S. I wonder how Rep. Lauren Boebert would explain to Officer Talley’s seven children why her right to play with her toys is more important than their father’s life. She’d probably say I didn’t kill him. Some crazy Muslim did. Yes, Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa is a Syrian who came to this country as a small child, and Syria probably has as many mentally ill people as most countries do. And they’ve been involved in a civil war for 10 y...

Aimee Brockman hired as new principal for Crystal River Elementary School in Carbondale. The pandemic poses a multitude of challenges to the Roaring Fork School District, but one they need to evaluate further is time lost in the classroom. Rick Holt, Chief Academic Officer for RFSD, addressed this issue in last week’s board meeting. Holt said assessing the student learning gaps from this past year will require time and resources. Post-pandemic, the information will still be helpful in the dis...

Rob Stein is a correspondent and senior editor on NPR's science desk.

Massimo Morelli The COVID-19 pandemic changed almost everything about the 2020 American elections. The Biden campaign made much of the federal failure to combat the disease. President Trump politicised the response, appearing to run against practices like mask-wearing that are designed to slow infections (Milosh et al. 2020). Campaign techniques changed dramatically, particularly on the Democratic side, with door-knocking and in-person rallies falling off and outreach moving to video and virtua...

Patrice Howard writes on white flags before planting them to remember her recently deceased father and close friends in November at "IN AMERICA How Could This Happen...," a public art installation in Washington, D.C. Led by artist Suzanne Firstenberg, volunteers planted white flags in a field to symbolize each life lost to COVID-19 in the U.S. Credit: AFP via Getty Images American Life Expectancy Dropped By A Full Year In The First Half Of 2020 By at 9:01 pm N...

For the first time since November, average new daily coronavirus infections in the U.S. fell under 100,000 — well below the average infection rate in

Health experts caution communities not to lift coronavirus restrictions too soon as the nation continues on a downward trend of virus infections and deaths.

  Six Roaring Fork School District students were recognized as a finalist or recipient for a scholarship, recent RFSD news releases state. Paige Northrup, a senior at Glenwood Springs High School, won a scholarship from the Dr. Jay Seller Scholarship Program and the Educational Theatre Association Scholarship Matching Program for $2,000, the release stated. Northrup had an excerpt in the press release where she said the audition was virtual and not only qualified her for the scholarship, but a...