SM: This is Scientific American’s Science Talk, posted on April 3, 2020. I’m Steve Mirsky. The coronavirus now leaping across the globe made its first jump from wild animals—probably bats—to people. But now that virus is being cultivated in specially equipped biohazard labs, the same kind that are used to store and study other dangerous […]
Vice President Mike Pence sought to cast blame on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and China when asked why the US was so late in … source
In the face of unprecedented measures to limit social contact at work, at school and on the main streets of communities across the nation, Americans give themselves good marks, with 86 percent saying people in their households are “reacting about right.” Most also say their local school system is reacting about right (86 percent), and […]
There’s been another big rise in the number of people who have died from coronavirus in the UK – 563 in the last 24 hours. The government has said it’s the … source
The first wave of patients in Brooklyn were what we call the worried well, who arrived at the emergency room with cough, fever and flulike symptoms, concerned they had coronavirus. We would perform a nasal swab, or not, depending on whether we had COVID-19 tests available that day, and send them home with isolation precautions […]
President Donald Trump and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force brief reporters as the US battles the COVID-19 pandemic. From Brexit breaking news to … source
More than a dozen research groups worldwide have started analysing wastewater for the new coronavirus as a way to estimate the total number of infections in a community, given that most people will not be tested. The method could also be used to detect the coronavirus if it returns to communities, say scientists. So far, […]
White House coronavirus task force provides an update. RELATED: Florida announced Wednesday that it will … source
Climate change has doubled the number of extreme-risk days for California wildfires, according to research released yesterday. An analysis led by Stanford University found that temperatures rose about 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit statewide while precipitation dropped 30% since 1980. That doubled the number of autumn days—when fire risk is highest—with extreme conditions for the ignition of […]
Animals have begun reclaiming the empty streets and without us humans in the way nature is thriving. The lockdowns have caused nitrogen dioxyde pollution … source