The Atlanticflipped into ScienceAmerica Is Trapped in a Pandemic Spiralverified_publisherThe Atlantic - Ed YongAs the U.S. heads toward the winter, the country is going round in circles, making the same conceptual errors that have plagued it since spring. Army ants will sometimes walk in circles until they die. The workers navigate by smelling the pheromone trails of workers in front of them, while laying …
BuzzFeed Newsflipped into Latest NewsThe Right Wing Has A New Theory For Why The Pandemic Will End Soon: T Cellsbuzzfeednews.comThe journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus. To help keep this news free, become …
BGRflipped into ScienceResearchers found a new coronavirus mutation capable of sparking another pandemicbgr.com - Chris SmithThe government of Denmark shocked the world a few days ago when it announced it would slaughter as many as 17 million minks in the country, …
MarketWatchAug 5, 2020The man who warned in 2018 that America was unprepared for a pandemic says: ‘The U.S. squandered every possible opportunity to control the coronavirus’verified_publisherMarketWatch - Quentin FottrellThe man who sounded an alarm that the U.S. was facing a pandemic, and was grossly unprepared to deal with it, has some harsh words for the …
AvatarDylan O'Dailyflipped into WORLD NEWSHow Climate Change Is Ushering in a New Pandemic EraRolling Stone - Jeff GoodellJennifer Jones spent most of her summer at home, as so many of us did, trying to avoid the plague. Jones, 45, lives in Tavernier, a community in the …
Forbesflipped into InnovationWhy Saving The Economy Or Tackling The Pandemic Is A False DilemmaForbes - Enrique DansAn article in Foreign Policy, “The great pause was an economic revolution” (summary), touches on an issue I’ve discussed recently: the false dichotomy between the need to restrict the spread of the pandemic and that of keeping the economy going. MORE FROM FORBESCOVID-19: There Is Only One PriorityBy …
Business Insiderflipped into Top StoriesDenmark says it will cull 17 million mink after discovering a mutated strain of COVID-19 that officials fear could 'restart' the entire global pandemicverified_publisherBusiness Insider - Grace DeanDenmark will cull its entire mink population — up to 17 million animals — after scientists found some were carrying a mutated strand of COVID-19 that the government fears could "restart" the entire global pandemic. The new strain, which originated on mink farms, has infected at least 12 people, the …
Live ScienceNov 24, 2020Americans celebrated Thanksgiving during a pandemic before. Here's what happened.Live Science - Brandon SpecktorThe war was over, families were reuniting, and a deadly influenza surge was just around the corner. For the second time in a little over a century, …
Gizmodoflipped into i09The Pandemic Is Taking a Heavy Toll on Our Mental Health, Study Findsverified_publisherGizmodo - Ed CaraA new study out Wednesday is the latest to show that the covid-19 pandemic is taking a heavy toll on Americans’ mental health. The research found …
BGRflipped into ScienceCountries are now trying to contain a coronavirus mutation that could spark another pandemicbgr.com - Chris SmithThe Danish government announced earlier this week plans to cull up to 17 million minks from its fur farms and isolate one region of the country. …
The Washington PostDec 12, 2020FDA authorizes the first coronavirus vaccine, a rare moment of hope in the deadly pandemicverified_publisherThe Washington Post - By Laurie McGinley, Carolyn Y. Johnson, Josh DawseyThe Food and Drug Administration on Friday gave emergency use authorization to the nation’s first coronavirus vaccine, launching what scientists hope will be a critical counteroffensive against a pathogen that has killed more than 290,000 Americans, shredded the nation’s social and political fabric …
Falconflipped into Animal CutiesPandemic Pet Therapy: What's So Special About A Critter Friend?verified_publisherNPR - Patti NeighmondKaren McCullough never wanted a dog. "It would have tied me down, and I had a great, very busy life," she says. Her career as a keynote speaker at conferences has taken her across the U.S., Canada and Mexico. "My job is to get everybody engaged, excited and ready to network," she says. McCullough …
Business Insiderflipped into Top StoriesDoctors say they’re ‘hopeful’ Biden will handle the pandemic better, but ‘disappointed’ that he didn’t win by a landslideverified_publisherBusiness Insider - Mia de Graaf, Andrea Michelson, and Anna Medaris MillerDoctors told Insider they are "not surprised, just disappointed" that Joe Biden didn't win the US presidential election by a landslide given the Trump administration's poor handling of the COVID-19 pandemic that has led to almost 227,000 deaths. While it's impossible to say how president-elect Biden …
Medical News Todayflipped into Women's HealthNewly identified swine flu could become a human pandemicMedical News Today - James KingslandResearchers in China have identified an influenza virus called G4 that can infect both pigs and humans. While G4 is not yet able to spread from …
AvatarLeeflipped into Job, Career, & OfficeHow to find a new job in the middle of a pandemicWired UK - Margaret TaylorFiona Inglis and Sam Wilson have a lot in common. Both started out studying sciences – infectious diseases for Inglis, zoology for Wilson – before …
Mediumflipped into The Best of MediumA Very Dark Pandemic Winter is NighMedium - Robert Roy BrittWere exasperation levels among health experts plotted alongside surging Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations, the curve would be off the charts this …
Discover Magazineflipped into Science NewsMask Resistance During a Pandemic Isn’t New — in 1918 Many Americans Were 'Slackers'discovermagazine.com - J. Alexander Navarro, University of Michigan.As the US battled the 1918 influenza pandemic, some communities staged contentious battles against wearing masks. Sound familiar? We have all seen the …
SHANETHEFORTEANflipped into These Are A Few Of Our Favorite ThingsWhales Get A Break As Pandemic Creates Quieter Oceansverified_publisherNPR - Lauren SommerWhen humpback whales migrated to Glacier Bay in Alaska this year to spend the long summer days feeding, they arrived to something unusual: quieter waters. As the COVID-19 pandemic slows international shipping and keeps cruise ships docked, scientists are finding measurably less noise in the ocean. …
The Washington Postflipped into OpinionsA public health giant gives a scathing indictment of Trump’s pandemic responseverified_publisherThe Washington PostWILLIAM FOEGE, a legendary figure in public health who helped devise the strategy that curtailed smallpox in West and Central Africa in the late 1960s and who led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, wrote a letter Sept. 23 to the current …
6flipped into Travel Ideasdhhhgfdhgg Don’t Have a Heart Attack During the Pandemic247wallst.com - Paul AusickA lack of rapid cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or rapid defibrillation causes more than 350,000 U.S. deaths annually. Emergency medical services …
NPRflipped into ScienceThere's No Stopping These Seniors; Even A Pandemic Can't Bring Them Downverified_publisherNPR - Lesley McClurgOn the rare occasion she leaves her room, Diane Evans uses a walker to gingerly navigate San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood. Most days, the 74-year-old wears a multicolored head wrap, known as a gele, an extra-large T-shirt and plaid pajama pants. Deprived of classes and shared meals at the …
The Brigadeflipped into Coronavirus UpdatesStoryboardA New Peak in the American PandemicCurated byHealthThe United States surpasses 100,000 new cases in a single day for the first time ever. It's the only time any country has reached that milestone. Plus, the head of the CDC says it's time to develop a test to detect asymptomatic symptoms of coronavirus, the U.N. plans a summit to tackle the pandemic, and how Australia almost eliminated COVID-19 — by trusting science.
WIREDflipped into Top StoriesThe Anthropause: How the Pandemic Gives Scientists a New Way to Study WildlifeWIRED - Matt SimonA group of scientists argue that the Covid lockdown, what they’re calling the “anthropause,” is an unprecedented opportunity to study how humans …
