If there’s one state where you don’t want a pandemic, it’s Florida: it’s an international crossroads, a magnet retirees, and its population is older and sicker.
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Rural Hospitals Hang on as Pandemic Reaches Smaller Communities
As the COVID-19 pandemic battered large, metropolitan areas this spring, rural hospitals prepared to be next on the frontlines.
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Scientists Want to Know More About Using UV Light to Fight COVID-19 Spread
Energetic waves of ultraviolet light, known as germicidal UV, or GUV, when delivered at the right dose can wipe out viruses, bacteria and other microorganisms.
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COVID-19 is 6 times deadlier than flu, study
The infection–fatality rate of 0.58% is far lower than some estimates, but is nearly six times higher than the seasonal flu which has a death rate of 0.1%.
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Can COVID-19 vaccines be made mandatory?
People are often surprised to learn that states would likely have the legal right to make vaccines mandatory.
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‘Genomic fingerprinting’ helps us trace coronavirus outbreaks. What is it and how does it work?
Mapping the COVID-19 ‘family tree’
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How to Understand COVID-19 Numbers
Don’t Want to Be Wrong? Wait a Beat. One of the easiest ways to be wrong when looking at the numbers is to focus on too small of a time frame
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Trump Administration’s Sudden Shift on COVID Data Leaves States in the Lurch
The absence of the data will make it harder for health and public officials, as well as the general public, to understand how the virus is spreading.
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As Coronavirus Patients Skew Younger, Tracing Task Seems All But Impossible
Younger people are less likely to be hospitalized or die of COVID-19, but they circulate more while carrying the disease, and their cases are harder to trace
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Bats & Rabies: What you need to know
If you see a bat, do not touch it!!
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COVID-19 is on a path to runaway growth in Washington state
Transmission continues to increase or accelerate across most of Washington state and will continue to do so unless concrete steps are taken to stop the spread.
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Hospitals Are Suddenly Short of Young Doctors — Because of Trump’s Visa Ban
Doctors treating coronavirus patients were supposed to be allowed into the U.S. But hundreds of young doctors have their visas put on hold indefinitely.
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Does your face mask protect you or other people?
Simon Kolstoe, University of Portsmouth Should we wear face masks? We tell our children to cover their mouths when they
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No, you aren’t a ‘visual’ or ‘auditory’ person
There is no scientific evidence to support the idea that people are visual, auditory or kinesthetic learners.
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Aerosols now believed to be a bigger coronavirus threat that previously thought
Droplets that are smaller than 5 microns can remain suspended in the air for many minutes to hours because the effect of air drag relative to gravity is large.
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