USC News

• Half of U.S. adults don’t wear masks around people outside their households
  Though a large majority of Americans believe wearing a mask provides protection from COVID-19, USC research finds that many -- including 3 in 10 Angelenos -- still don't wear them in high-risk situations.
• Wetlands have saved Australia $27 billion in storm damage over the past five decades
  Tropical storms have caused about $3 billion in damage in Australia over 50 years -- a figure that would have been 10 times larger if not for coastal wetlands, a USC researcher and colleague found.
• As More Bacteria Grow Resistant to Antibiotics, Scientists Are Fighting Back
  USC experts search for answers to deadly superbugs.
• COVID-19, suicide and substandard medical care driving high rate of death among ICE detainees
  Deaths among ICE detainees increased sevenfold since April 2018 despite far fewer people being in custody, a USC study shows.