COVID-19

Antarctica Got the ‘Rona

The virus responsible for covid-19, SARS-CoV-2, has now reached all seven continents on Earth, with Antarctica reporting its first batch of cases. Thirty-six people working at Chile’s General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme research base in Antarctica have tested positive for covid-19, according to multiple Spanish-language media outlets. So much for that Associated Press article from September,…

Health George Dvorsky Dec 22

What We Know About the New Coronavirus Mutations and the Vaccines

Scientists in the UK and elsewhere are reporting the discovery of new, potentially important mutations found in local strains of the coronavirus. These strains may pose a real added danger to people, with early research suggesting that they’re more transmissible than the classic version. And though there’s much about them left to understand, there’s also…

Health Ed Cara Dec 21

CDC Reports 550,000 Americans Have Received First Dose of Covid-19 Vaccine

Over 550,000 Americans have received their first dose of the vaccine against the coronavirus as of Sunday night, according to new figures released online by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number of vaccinated Americans is encouraging news as covid-19 continues to devastate the U.S., a country that has averaged over new 216,000…

Tech News Matt Novak Dec 21

UK Prime Minister: ‘We Cannot Continue With Christmas as Planned’

With only days left before Christmas, millions of people in the United Kingdom received disheartening, though not unsurprising, news on Saturday. They were under a strict lockdown again, and would in general not be allowed to mix with other households for the next two weeks. The reason was related to a new strain of the…

Tech News Jody Serrano Dec 20

Congress Finally Reaches Deal on How Many Pennies to Throw to Americans

Congressional leaders have reached a bipartisan deal on an almost $1 trillion covid-19 economic relief package Sunday afternoon that would establish a temporary $300 per week bump in unemployment benefits and send $600 stimulus checks to most Americans, the Associated Press reports. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck…

Tech News Alyse Stanley Dec 20

You Know the Pandemic’s Getting Worse if Apple’s Closing Its Stores En Masse Again

Besides the official reports from states, the federal government, and entities like Johns Hopkins, there’s always been another, unorthodox way to gauge the severity of the pandemic: Apple Store closures. The company was one of the first major retailers to close its stores during the pandemic and has been opening and closing them ever since…

Tech News Jody Serrano Dec 20

Shoppers Beware: Scammers Are Sending Fake Shipping Notifications to Steal Your Info

With the pandemic pushing more holiday shoppers online this year, business is booming for major shippers like Amazon, FedEx, and UPS. Malls around this time are already veritable Petri dishes with crowds packing into stores and willing to elbow the ever-loving Christmas cheer out of each other over gifts. And to cash in on the…

Privacy & Security Alyse Stanley Dec 19

Here Are a Bunch of People Getting the Covid-19 Vaccine

The U.S. vaccine campaign has begun, as you can see in these optimistic photos.

Health Jody Serrano Dec 19

A Faulty Algorithm Screwed Residents Out of Stanford’s Vaccine Distribution Plan

Medical residents flooded Stanford Hospital on Friday in protest after executives there reportedly used a faulty algorithm to triage its first wave of vaccinations and overwhelmingly left out caregivers working on the front lines of the covid-19 pandemic. Of Stanford Medicine’s roughly 1,300 residents, just seven were chosen to be among the first 5,000 employees…

Health Alyse Stanley Dec 18

FDA Authorizes Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use

On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of a covid-19 vaccine developed by the Massachusetts-based biotech company Moderna. It’s the second such good news in as many weeks, following the FDA’s authorization of Pfizer and BioNTech’s similar mRNA vaccine. Both vaccines look to be highly effective. This emergency use authorization, which…

Health Ed Cara Dec 18

Live Video: Watch a Man With Blood on His Hands Get Vaccinated For Covid-19

Vice President Mike Pence, a man at least partially responsible for the deaths of over 310,000 Americans from covid-19, will get vaccinated for the coronavirus live on camera today. Here’s how to watch! Pence is the head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, the one fact that history books will likely remember about him…

Tech News Matt Novak Dec 18

Members of Congress to Receive Covid-19 Vaccine While Debating How Many Crumbs to Give Americans

Members of Congress will be able to get vaccinated for covid-19 in the first round of inoculations currently being rolled out by Pfizer and BioNTech, according to the physician to Congress and a new report from Reuters. Meanwhile, those same members of Congress are still debating whether to give Americans $600 each in a one-off…

Tech News Matt Novak Dec 18

Ian McKellen Got the X-Gene He Deserves

Sure, it’s not magnetism. But it’ll help one of the most beloved actors around avoid catching an illness that has claimed the lives of over a million people this year. The first approved vaccines against covid-19 are now being administered in countries around the world, and priorities to vaccinate frontline healthcare workers and civilians most…

io9 James Whitbrook Dec 17

3,400 Dead

The U.S. reported precisely 3,400 deaths from covid-19 on Wednesday, a new record in a long list of new records this month. And there’s not much more to say that hasn’t already been said about this avoidable tragedy—the greatest failure of American political institutions to protect human life in recent U.S. history. Every death from…

Health Matt Novak Dec 17

GoFundMe Started For White House Director of Security Who Lost Foot to Covid-19

The director of White House security, Crede Bailey, became sick with covid-19 back in September and has kept a low profile during his health struggles since being hospitalized in early October. But a new report from Bloomberg News contains new details about Bailey’s medical hardships, including the fact that Bailey needed to have part of…

Tech News Matt Novak Dec 15

Nervous About Covid-19 Vaccines? Here’s How Scientists Are Feeling

As the first covid-19 vaccines roll out across the U.S., some of us are chanting “inject me now!”, while others are anxious about potential side effects. I reached out to two dozen scientists and public health experts to see how they’re feeling about these vaccines. I asked them if they’re planning to get a vaccine…

Health Ed Cara Dec 14

FEMA Wants to Cut Disaster Aid at the Worst Possible Time

The U.S. saw a horrific hurricane season, unprecedented wildfires, and a powerful derecho this year alone. A record-breaking 16 climate disasters caused at least $1 billion in damage each. And yet the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pursuing a plan that would cut disaster aid to certain states. On Monday, Trump’s FEMA proposed substantial changes…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Dec 14

President Trump Backpedals on Plan to Give White House Staffers Priority For Covid-19 Vaccine

President Donald Trump, the person most responsible for the deaths of 300,000 Americans thus far from covid-19, issued a tweet Sunday night announcing that most White House staff would no longer be getting vaccinated for coronavirus before other Americans. The tweet came after a report on Sunday from the New York Times detailed how White…

Health Matt Novak Dec 14

Finally!

The first shipments of the covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech are reportedly en route to distribution centers nationwide. The first of nearly 3 million doses are expected to be doled out to health care workers and nursing homes within the coming week now that the vaccine has the final nod from the Centers…

Health Alyse Stanley Dec 13

Disney Will Stop Photoshopping Face Masks Onto Maskless Guests On Rides

Disney World will reportedly stop “enhancing” on-ride photos by pasting digital face masks onto maskless park guests. And no, you aren’t reading the Onion. It’s 2020, baby, where reality is so much of a joke at this point that headlines and punchlines are literally synonymous. It was already dystopian enough that Disney World decided to…

Tech News Alyse Stanley Dec 12

Antarctica Got the ‘Rona

What We Know About the New Coronavirus Mutations and the Vaccines

CDC Reports 550,000 Americans Have Received First Dose of Covid-19 Vaccine

UK Prime Minister: ‘We Cannot Continue With Christmas as Planned’

Congress Finally Reaches Deal on How Many Pennies to Throw to Americans

You Know the Pandemic’s Getting Worse if Apple’s Closing Its Stores En Masse Again

Shoppers Beware: Scammers Are Sending Fake Shipping Notifications to Steal Your Info

Here Are a Bunch of People Getting the Covid-19 Vaccine

A Faulty Algorithm Screwed Residents Out of Stanford’s Vaccine Distribution Plan

FDA Authorizes Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use

Live Video: Watch a Man With Blood on His Hands Get Vaccinated For Covid-19

Members of Congress to Receive Covid-19 Vaccine While Debating How Many Crumbs to Give Americans

Ian McKellen Got the X-Gene He Deserves

3,400 Dead

GoFundMe Started For White House Director of Security Who Lost Foot to Covid-19

Nervous About Covid-19 Vaccines? Here’s How Scientists Are Feeling

FEMA Wants to Cut Disaster Aid at the Worst Possible Time

President Trump Backpedals on Plan to Give White House Staffers Priority For Covid-19 Vaccine

Finally!

Disney Will Stop Photoshopping Face Masks Onto Maskless Guests On Rides

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