covid-19

Viral pandemics are closely connect human health to that of wildlife and the environment. With the increasing frequency at which these interactions are being made, researchers are hoping to reduce the pandemic potential by studying the viruses present in animals. Given the overall molecular…

Boston doctors who work with those who are homeless in the city are bringing to attention the spread of coronavirus through this population. At the beginning of the outbreak, they were testing just those who showed symptoms, however, when everyone at one shelter was tested, more than one-third (146…

The Los Angeles Times has put together coronavirus data from local health agencies across California to create a coronavirus tracker for California that is updated daily. The page shows many graphs of the number of new cases, cumulative cases, and deaths by day. Moreover, it compares different…

In New York City, there are very clear racial inequalities in how the current Coronavirus outbreak is affecting the people there. For example, 29% of New York City identifies as Latino, but Latinos make up 34% of the deaths from coronavirus. A similar trend of this health disparity has been seen in…

While both healthcare workers and families have taken steps to disinfect items potentially contaminated with the coronavirus, some experts disagree on the best way to get rid of these germs. It has been debated whether this is any benefit for using these disinfectants, when most transmission of the…

In March, the neighborhoods in New York City that had the most confirmed cases for coronavirus were areas with the lowest median incomes, including cases in the South Bronx and Western Queens. Since then, the disease has spread throughout the city making New York the city with the greatest number…

Interestingly, the Federal Emergency Management Agency had published a warning of a nationwide pandemic that would result in a shortage of hospital supplies and an economic shutdown. The warning was part of a compilation of nine scenarios created by FEMA that aimed to challenge the Nation’s…

Due to widespread cancellations of commercial flights across the world, meteorologists have run into problems with obtaining information for accurate weather forecasts. This is because weather projections rely on temperature and wind data gathered by airplanes. For more information, click here. 

While COVID-19 has just reached the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC), another viral outbreak has already killed over 6,500 children: measles. Beginning in October 2018, cases began to spike and an epidemiologist from the WHO reports that the situation has “mushroomed.” She remarks that it may be…

As part of the fight against COVID-19, researchers are identifying preexisting heath factors that allow the disease to go from beatable to deadly. Early pathological studies, or those that look at causes and effects of a disease, have already found risk factors for the most severe form of COVID-19:…

A CDC study released demographic information of hospitalized COVID-19 patients from 14 states in the month of March. It found that African Americans make up 33% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients despite making up only 13% of the U.S. population. This study highlights not only the racial disparities…

As doctors rely on changing, new data to learn the best ways to manage COVID-19 patients, some fear that mechanical ventilators could be doing more harm than good for patients. Experts have found that typically patients that rely on ventilators have a mortality rate of around 40-50%. Meanwhile, in…

Nathaniel Weixel — The Hill South Dakota is the first state to conduct a full clinical trial on hydroxychloroquine to test its effectiveness in treating and potentially preventing COVID-19. The trial is being led by the largest rural health provider in the country, Sanford Health. The study will…

Pranav Dixit — BuzzFeed News Facebook-owned WhatsApp is introducing new limits on forwarding messages to slow down the spread of misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Any message that has been forwarded more than 5 times will only be able to be forwarded to a single person or group one at…