Florian Reifschneider, a 29-year-old software engineer, wanted to get the world's attention about the dangers of COVID-19. He created #StayTheF**kHome, a movement and quarantine manifesto that 2.3 million people have seen. The project was created after Reifschneider, who is currently in Germany, got frustrated with the German government's lack of action. Visit Insider's homepage for […]
The World Health Organization called for “aggressive” action in Southeast Asia to combat the fast-spreading coronavirus, warning Tuesday that some countries were heading towards community transmission of the deadly disease. Infections have soared across the region in recent weeks, forcing several countries to introduce drastic measures ranging from closing their borders to foreign arrivals and […]
‘Men are more likely to get it, home testing kits are reliable and Vitamin C can prevent it’: The coronavirus myths that went viral Fake news and health myths have sprung up on social media after coronavirus Among the most common myths is that can test yourself with a kit at home Also a myth […]
Coronavirus has spread rapidly around the globe. Since COVID-19 was discovered in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, the virus has spread across the world. There have been more than 180,000 cases of the latest strain of the virus and cases in the UK are continuing to rise every day. What are the symptoms of coronavirus? […]
Life expectancy in the USA is no longer rising. This stagnation has long been largely attributed to increasing numbers of drug deaths due to the opioid crisis. But Mikko Myrskylä and colleagues have now shown that deaths due to cardiovascular diseases are in fact having a much larger impact on life expectancy. Over each decade […]
Researchers at Missouri S&T are developing an airborne-biohazard system that could help screeners spot air travelers with lung diseases due to coronavirus and other viruses. Professors in electrical and computer engineering are using machine learning to build a robust system to alert authorities to airborne biohazards as travelers pass through TSA security checkpoints. Assistant professor […]
As we brace ourselves for the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus, it may be worth looking at a study carried out by the Chinese Center for Disease Control. The research, which studied the impact of the novel coronavirus, covered 44 thousand people, and tried to come to grips with the illness that shut the country […]
People who suspect they may have come into contact with the coronavirus are being advised to self-isolate (stay at home) for 14 days. For some people, the idea of self-isolation may seem like a dream come true. For others, the idea of being cut off from the outside world, alone or with only a few […]
Egypt said on Monday all flights would be suspended until the end of the month to stem the spread of the coronavirus, in a move expected to hit the key tourism industry. “Flights will be suspended from Thursday until March 31,” Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly told a televised news conference. He said the move was […]
Personalized blood biopsies, which scan patient blood samples for genetic traces of cancer, could potentially provide an earlier warning of metastatic cancer before it is picked up through standard monitoring. Researchers in the Gerstner Center for Cancer Diagnostics at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have increased the sensitivity of […]
