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Who should be given priority if some hospitals do not have enough ventilators for all patients who need help breathing?
One-in-ten U.S. adults say they have taken part in citizen science in the past year, and 26% say they have ever done so.
There’s a 14-point gap between the shares of White and Black adults in the U.S. who say they have a great deal of confidence in scientists.
World War II service members’ numbers have dwindled from around 939,000 veterans in 2015 to about 300,000 in 2020.
The higher education pipeline suggests a long path is ahead for increasing diversity, especially in fields like computing and engineering.
In 2019, 74% of Americans said they had a mostly positive view of doctors; 68% had a mostly favorable view of medical research scientists.
Majorities across 20 publics say government investments in scientific research are worthwhile and express a lot or some confidence in scientists to do what is right for the public.
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