covid-19

The new Covid-19 contact-tracing app piloted in the Isle of Wight has been pushed into light as security researchers warn of the user's privacy and the potential abuse and deliberate prevention of contagion alerts being sent. Researchers have detailed seven different problems with the app thus far,…

Health officials are claiming that their ability to prepare adequate response protocols to the COVID-19 pandemic has been restricted primarily by politicians who prioritize political gain over the science driving the virus and its spread. With the CDC and White House issuing conflicting orders and…

The city of Wuhan has officially restricted the consumption of wild animals in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The city has declared that the hunting of wild animals must only be for research or population control purposes. This permanent ban is following a temporary restriction, and will be in…

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, adults aged 65 and older have been disproportionately affected. These individuals are at higher risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 and account for around 66% of pandemic related hospital admissions. Additionally, stay-at-home orders have a disproportionate…

Recently, states like Georgia have decided to end shelter-in-place orders. Unfortunately, lifting this rule will likely have repercussions observable in increased number of infections, deaths, hospitalizations, and demand for beds and ventilators far exceeding supply. An agent-based model has been…

Small, but vocal anti-vaccincation groups have been increasingly present in recent years and they have currently shifted their attention towards COVID-19. Current findings on trends in anti-vaccination groups’ online communication demonstrate that their posts are receiving incredibly large…

Facebook's Cheif Executive Mark Zuckerberg announced that they will permanently embrace remote work even after the coronavirus lockdown restrictions have been lifted. Zuckerberg said that Facebook will eventually have half of its employees working from home in the next five to ten years.…

Unfortunately, while the world deals with the COVID-19 pandemic, it also must deal with the “infodemic” of harmful, intentionally incorrect information circulating the internet. This information is incredibly relevant and destructive to the response to COVID-19, leaving many citizens confused,…

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is at the global front of responding to public health threats, but their role in the COVID-19 response has been significantly affected and filtered politically by the White House. Two CDC retirees, Bruce G. Weniger, MD, MPH (medical…

Today, antibiotics are the best bet we have for helping COVID-19 patients who have developed secondary bacterial infections. Doctors are concerned with the dangers of antibiotic resistance, a major health crisis worldwide. For more information, click here.  

After the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled against the state’s “Safer at Home” orders, eager citizens headed out to their local bars. The ruling lead to several policies enacted in counties and cities set by local officials. For more information, click here.

For trusted and continually updated information about the COVID-19 outbreak, we recommend visiting the following websites: Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Link to their COVID-19 outbreak page: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html The CDC has updated information…

Reporting COVID-19 data is important for tracking the spread, testing, and recovery across the United States, however a lack of federal guidelines on how to report the data is causing huge variations in how states report. In Virginia, officials are combining results from antibody tests and viral…

A documentary called Plandemic was released recently which expressed misinformation about the coronavirus. The documentary was soon taken down by platforms like Facebook and Youtube, but members of the anti-vaccine community quickly edited and re-uploaded the video so it would follow the site…