Covid-19
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Publisher: PBS News Hour
2020-05-21What are the dangers of contracting the virus from food delivery
Many people are relying on food delivery in the times of COVID-19. The question here is how worried do we have to be to contract the virus from plastic bags, carton boxes and the food delivered.Many people are relying on food delivery in the times of COVID-19. The question here is how worried
Tags: transmission
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Publisher: Washington Post
2020-05-21What CDC wants schools, camps to do before reopening
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has finally issued full interim guidance on how schools and other establishments can safely open during the covid-19 pandemic, and below are all the recommendations for schools and camps.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has finally issued full interim guidance on how schoo
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Publisher: USA Today
2020-03-16What coronavirus does to the body: COVID infection process, symptoms
A visual guide of coronavirus infection, symptoms of COVID-19 and the effects of the virus inside the body, in graphicsA visual guide of coronavirus infection, symptoms of COVID-19 and the effects of the virus inside th
Tags: symptoms
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Publisher: NPR
2020-05-06What Hamburg's Missteps In 1892 Cholera Outbreak Can Teach Us About COVID-19 Response
As the world comes to terms with how governments have responded to today's coronavirus pandemic, some are looking to history to guide them. Chief among those lessons is the need "to have proper precautions in place," and not to try and hush it up or try and deny its existence. Then it has fatal consequences for many, many people.As the world comes to terms with how governments have responded to today's coronavirus pandemic, som
Tags: guidance, precautions, reopening, history
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Publisher: NY Times
2020-05-01What Is 'Covid Toe'? Maybe a Strange Sign of Coronavirus Infection
Before the coronavirus outbreak, Dr. Lindy Fox, a dermatologist in San Francisco, used to see four or five patients a year with chilblains — painful red or purple lesions that typically emerge on fingers or toes in the winter. Over the past few weeks, she has seen dozens.Before the coronavirus outbreak, Dr. Lindy Fox, a dermatologist in San Francisco, used to see four o
Tags: symptoms, infection data
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Publisher: Medium
2020-03-29What is in the Coronavirus Stimulus Bill
The author has read the 880 page document and breaks down the stimulus bill into sections.The recommendation is to do some research and apply for as many things as you can.The author has read the 880 page document and breaks down the stimulus bill into sections.The recomm
Tags: financial help
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Publisher: PBS News Hour
2020-05-21What is the risk of swimming in a shared swimming pool
There have been no recent studies on how long the virus survives in pools, oceans or lakes, however studies on other coronaviruses show us that the virus does not survive in chlorine waters, however there are other dangers.There have been no recent studies on how long the virus survives in pools, oceans or lakes, however
Tags: transmission
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Publisher: IMG
2020-03-20What is the typical progression of Symptoms
Dr. Tothill explains the typical progression of symptoms and when you should seek medical assistance.Dr. Tothill explains the typical progression of symptoms and when you should seek medical assistance
Tags: symptoms, infection data
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Publisher: IMG
2020-03-20What medication is required for those who don't have sever symptoms
Dr. Tothill describes what medications to use to control the disease for people who don't have sever symptoms.Dr. Tothill describes what medications to use to control the disease for people who don't have sever
Tags: medication, paracetamol, ibuprofen
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Publisher: Centers for Disease Control
2020-03-31What to Do If You Are Sick and a Self Checker
This page offers a self-checker Bot to guide and help you make decisions and seek appropriate medical care.This page offers a self-checker Bot to guide and help you make decisions and seek appropriate medica
Tags: symptoms, guidance, precautions
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Publisher: Vox
2020-04-17What we can learn from the “second wave” of coronavirus cases in Asia
Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan have enacted strict testing and travel bans in order control the spread of the coronavirus. This post also describes that controlling the spread of the virus is directly related to travel bans, as new resurgent cases have been attributed to travel.Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan have enacted strict testing and travel bans in order control the sp
Tags: prevention, testing
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Publisher: NY Times
2020-05-19What We Know About the Covid-Related Syndrome Affecting Children
Recently some children are displaying new life threatening, pediatric inflammatory syndrome. Children in Europe and United States are being hospitalized for this mysterious illness, which can harm kids hearts and other organs, often requiring intensive care.Recently some children are displaying new life threatening, pediatric inflammatory syndrome. Childre
Tags: symptoms, infection data, children
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Publisher: KCRW
2020-04-13What We Know About The Silent Spreaders Of COVID-19
There is evidence that coronavirus has the ability to spread silently while carriers show no obvious symptoms like cough, fever or other signs of illness. However there are wide gaps in understanding of how many people fit this category.There is evidence that coronavirus has the ability to spread silently while carriers show no obvious
Tags: symptoms, infection data
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Publisher: Washington Post
2020-05-12What we know of the Kawasaki-disease-like syndrome affecting children and believed to be tied to coronaviru...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said Sunday that three New York children have died and 73 have become gravely ill with an inflammatory disease tied to COVID-19. The illness, pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome, has symptoms similar to toxic shock or Kawasaki disease. Doctors, emphasized parents should not panic. The vast majority of those younger than 18 who are infected with the coronavirus have mild symptoms or none at all.New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said Sunday that three New York children have died and 73 have become
Tags: infection data, children, inflammation
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Publisher: Refinery29
2020-05-01What You Should Know About Remdesivir, The Potential COVID-19 Treatment
On Wednesday, researchers announced that they had “positive data” in regards to a potential treatment for COVID-19. Clinical trials for Gilead Sciences’ antiviral drug remdesivir, which was developed to treat Ebola, showed a “clear-cut positive effect in diminishing time to recover,” according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.On Wednesday, researchers announced that they had “positive data” in regards to a potential trea
Tags: treatment, drugs, infection data
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Publisher: CNN
2020-04-02When will you get your stimulus check, and how?
The US government is preparing to send out direct payments to help individuals amid the coronavirus pandemic, but those who need the money most may be waiting the longest to see it.The US government is preparing to send out direct payments to help individuals amid the coronavirus
Tags: financial help
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Publisher: PBS News Hour
2020-05-21Why are other countries disinfecting the streets and is that effective
There is a value to disinfecting public transportation like subway cars, but spraying the streets is not very effective, and the possibility of contracting the virus from street floors is very low.There is a value to disinfecting public transportation like subway cars, but spraying the streets is
Tags: transmission
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Publisher: The Conversation
2020-05-07Why are there so many drugs to kill bacteria, but so few to tackle viruses?
Why are there so few antivirals? The answer boils down to biology, and specifically the fact viruses use our own cells to multiply. This makes it hard to kill viruses without killing our own cells in the process.Why are there so few antivirals? The answer boils down to biology, and specifically the fact viruses
Tags: drugs, infection data, science
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Publisher: NBC News
2020-05-10Why have 14,000 people volunteered to be infected with coronavirus?
Imagine being told to inhale a nasal spray full of coronavirus. More than 14,000 people in the U.S. and elsewhere are putting their names forward to do so. They are volunteering for what's called a "human challenge trial," an ethically controversial way to test vaccines that would deliberately infect people with a virus that has killed over 270,000 people worldwide and has no cure.Imagine being told to inhale a nasal spray full of coronavirus. More than 14,000 people in the U.S.
Tags: testing, infection data, vaccine
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Publisher: Mashable
2020-05-21Why some viruses die out in summer, but others thrive
The preponderance of research suggests warmer weather might have a small impact on slowing the spread of coronavirus, but the summer itself certainly won't end the historic pandemic.The preponderance of research suggests warmer weather might have a small impact on slowing the sprea
Tags: myths, transmission
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Publisher: France 24
2020-03-20Will an old malaria drug help fight the coronavirus?
Dr's warn that even though the study with Hydroxychloroquine has been promising, we have to be careful before raising hope when it comes to a virus as new as this one, for which we don't have a lot of data.Dr's warn that even though the study with Hydroxychloroquine has been promising, we have to be caref
Tags: medication, hydroxychloroquine
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Publisher: The Guardian
2020-05-10Will Covid-19 mutate into a more dangerous virus?
As the coronavirus spreads around the world, there are concerns that it will mutate into a form that is more transmissible, more dangerous or both, potentially making the global health crisis even worse. What do we know about the way the virus is evolving?As the coronavirus spreads around the world, there are concerns that it will mutate into a form that
Tags: covid-19, infection data, mutation
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Publisher: WHO
2020-03-22World Health Organization Myth Busters Page
This page lists a number of myths that are circulating online related to various unconventional ways you can cure or prevent acquiring the COVID-19 virus.This page lists a number of myths that are circulating online related to various unconventional ways
Tags: myths
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Publisher: Fortune
2020-05-12Wuhan, China to test all 11M residents for coronavirus in 10-day span
Wuhan has ordered officials to test its entire population of 11 million people after the central Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic began reported new infections for the first time since its lockdown was lifted.Wuhan has ordered officials to test its entire population of 11 million people after the central Chi
Tags: testing, infection data, reactivation, reopening
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Publisher: Science Mag
2020-04-02You may be able to spread coronavirus just by breathing, new report finds
National Academy of Sciences finding lends support to widespread use of masks and suggests that the novel coronavirus can spread through the air from normal breathing.National Academy of Sciences finding lends support to widespread use of masks and suggests that the
Tags: transmission
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Publisher: Washington Post
2020-04-24Young people with coronavirus are dying from strokes
Reports of strokes in the young and middle-aged — hit hard by the novel coronavirus — are the latest twist in our evolving understanding of its connected disease, covid-19. Even as the virus has infected nearly 2.8 million people worldwide and killed about 195,000 as of Friday, its biological mechanisms continue to elude top scientific minds.Reports of strokes in the young and middle-aged — hit hard by the novel coronavirus — are the la
Tags: infection data, blood clotting, strokes
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Publisher: Aljazeera
2020-03-16Your coronavirus emergency kit: Preparation, symptoms, myths
This article lists a number of myths that are very useful to know. For example evidence shows that one can acquire the Corona virus in both hot and cold weather.This article lists a number of myths that are very useful to know. For example evidence shows that o