Sri Lanka’s nationwide lockdown was lifted Sunday after a selective curfew a month ago was reimposed during a surge in coronavirus infections, the country’s president said. The island nation imposed the lockdown on March 20 and lifted it gradually over…
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Study suggests a new approach to reducing spread of mosquito-borne diseases
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, another source of deadly and increasingly frequent disease outbreaks goes largely unnoticed by much of the world. Stanford researchers working in rural Kenya have identified the most productive breeding habitats for certain mosquitoes—spreaders…
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Researchers use ALCF resources to model the spread of COVID-19
With COVID-19 drastically altering daily life for people across the planet, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has moved quickly to join the global fight against the pandemic. Among the laboratory’s most powerful resources for scientific research…
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14 mutations found in SARS-CoV-2: One strain may be more easily spread
A team of researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS and the Duke Human Vaccine Institute and Department of Surgery has found 14 mutations to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, one of which they suspect might be more easily…
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Many diseases are spread via the hands
The importance of careful hand hygiene has been shown this year in the Wake of the Corona pandemic, especially. To remind, from the world health organization every year on the fifth day of the fifth month of the world day…
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Study identifies 275 ways to reduce spread of coronavirus following lockdown
Phased re-opening of schools, businesses and open spaces should be considered alongside a range of practical ways to keep people physically apart, say the authors of a new study on how lockdown can be eased without a resurgence of coronavirus…
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Healthy-looking people spread coronavirus, more studies say
More evidence is emerging that coronavirus infections are being spread by people who have no clear symptoms, complicating efforts to gain control of the pandemic. A study conducted by researchers in Singapore and published by the U.S. Centers for Disease…
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Why releasing some prisoners is essential to stop the spread of coronavirus
In a national emergency, governments typically pursue punitive law-enforcement agendas. They can also repurpose prisons and prisoners for forced labor, war efforts and so on. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have tended towards punitive controls and sanctions on…
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World ‘simply not ready’ for virus spread: WHO China mission chief
The world is “simply not ready” to rein in the new coronavirus outbreak, the head of a joint WHO-China mission of experts said Tuesday, urging countries to learn from China’s expertise. “You have to be ready to manage this at…
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How far could the new coronavirus spread?
With every passing moment, another breaking report about the newfound coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, hits your news feed. So far, more than 7,700 cases of the virus have been confirmed, including more than 100 cases beyond China. But one vital question is…
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