As the U.S. tops the chart on COVID-19 cases and growth rate, the theme of regret is ubiquitous in the media. Lost time that could have been spent enacting more stringent distancing measures weighs on the minds of many leaders and citizens. As a researcher in uncertainty visualization, I fear a different sort of regret […]
Even as New York City medical professionals and first responders struggle with the overwhelming demands of the coronavirus crisis, there are signs that efforts … source
The recent deaths of Freeman Dyson, Philip Anderson and Margaret Burbidge have stirred up memories of other giants of physics. I’m posting profiles of some of these characters in the hope that readers will find them interesting and relevant to current scientific controversies. They might also provide a distraction from coronavirus coverage. Below is an edited version of a portrait […]
Four days ago, the nation’s top doctor, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, warned America this would be the “saddest week” of the pandemic. He was right. source
As we adjust to life in the midst the COVID-19 pandemic, the scientific community is working overtime to understand the virus and mitigate its impacts. While much of the general public is seeing for the first time the risks and disruption caused by a novel contagious disease, those of us who work in this field […]
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Reports of recovery from serious illness caused by the coronavirus have been trickling in from around the world. Physicians are swapping anecdotes on social media: a 38-year-old man who went home after three weeks at the Cleveland Clinic, including 10 days in intensive care. A 93-year-old woman in New Orleans whose breathing tube was removed, […]
BBC News has been given rare access to a leading London hospital’s Intensive Care ward as medical staff treat seriously ill coronavirus patients. University … source
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Chaos. Fear. Dwindling stockpiles of equipment. Impossible choices. Patients dying alone. These are some of the things that health-care professionals describe … source