"This is the time to open up your pandemic plans and see that things are in order."

American doctors are bracing for a global COVID-19 pandemic

Credible Risk

American doctors are worried that the COVID-19 epidemic could lead to a crisis as patients overwhelm emergency rules and exhaust stores of medical supplies.

American Doctors Are Bracing For a Global COVID-19 Pandemic

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/19/hospitals-across-the-us-prepare-for-coronavirus-outbreak-to-become-global-pandemic.html">Hospitals across the US prepare for coronavirus outbreak to become global pandemic</a> [CNBC]

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Developments

Doctors are stocking up on supplies — and training staff to avoid becoming infected themselves.

FITTER. BETTER. HAPPIER.

"Approximately two thirds of the cases might be undetected at this point."

Report: Two-thirds of coronavirus infections may be undetected

Hidden Epidemic

A new report by researchers at Imperial College London in the UK suggest that about two thirds of new COVID-19 coronavirus infections have gone undetected.

Report: Two-Thirds of Coronavirus Infections May Be Undetected

READ MORE: <a href="https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/two-thirds-global-coronavirus-covid19-undetected-imperial-college/">Report claims two-thirds of global coronavirus cases have gone undetected</a> [New Atlas]

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Scientists are trying to contain an epidemic of unknown proportions.

Here's how global economies are taking the Coronavirus hit.

The coronavirus is now tanking the stock markets

Gold's Rising

As countries struggle to contain the coronavirus, global economies and the stock market are starting to take notable hits.

The Coronavirus Is Now Tanking the Stock Markets

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/24/business/stock-market-coronavirus.html?action=click&amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;pgtype=Homepage">U.S. Stocks Plunge as Coronavirus Crisis Spreads</a> [The New York Times]

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The outbreak is straining economic markets and Europe's open borders.

There's a lot involved in "making the magic" happen.

Study: Growing "Infertility Crisis" May Be Tied to Poor Diets

Spunk Science

A cross-sectional study of about 3,000 young men, their diets, and sperm have researchers thinking more about the adage "you are what you eat."

Study: Growing “Infertility Crisis” May Be Tied to Poor Diets

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/study-of-2935-danish-men-reveals-one-diet-may-solve-the-fertility-crisis">Study of 2,935 men reveals one diet may solve the &#8220;infertility crisis&#8221;</a> [Inverse]

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Studies

A Western diet may turn your "swimmers" into sinkers.

"It’s a really difficult situation to prevent transmission from occurring."

The deadly coronavirus is tearing through Chinese prisons

Bar None

The NYT reports that COVID-19 is tearing through China's prison system — a hint that even in the epidemic's epicenter, we don't understand its toll.

The Deadly Coronavirus Is Tearing Through Chinese Prisons

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/21/world/asia/china-coronavirus-iran.html">More Than 500 Coronavirus Cases Confirmed in China’s Prisons </a> [The New York Times]

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"Prisoners are routinely denied of access to adequate medical care even during normal times."

The spread through only "respiratory droplets and contact transmission" weren't able to fully account for all cases.

Deadly coronavirus may be spreading through poop

No Really Seriously Wash Your Hands

According a report, researchers confirmed that COVID-19 patients had "live virus in stool specimens" suggesting it can be transmitted through poop.

Deadly Coronavirus May Be Spreading Through Poop

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-covid-19-spread-through-feces.html">New coronavirus may spread through poop</a> [LiveScience]

More on the virus: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/new-map-key-coronavirus-protein-vaccine">New Map of Key Coronavirus Protein Could Lead to Vaccine</a>

Wash your goddamn hands.

Scientists retract study claiming vapes cause heart attacks

Big Vape

The editors of the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA) retracted a study that claims vaping increased the chance of heart attacks.

Scientists Retract Study Claiming Vapes Cause Heart Attacks

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v74zny/a-major-study-that-fueled-national-vape-panic-has-been-retracted">A Major Study That Fueled National Vape Panic Has Been Retracted</a> [Vice]

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Did this academic journal give in to "pressure from e-cig interests?"

"It's impressive that these researchers were able to get the structure so quickly."

New map of key coronavirus protein could lead to vaccine

Virus Vaccine

Researchers from University of Texas at Austin have mapped a key protein of the coronavirus that it uses to invade human cells, which could lead to vaccine.

New Map of Key Coronavirus Protein Could Lead to Vaccine

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-spike-protein-structure.html">Coronavirus &#8216;spike&#8217; protein just mapped, leading way to vaccine</a> [Live Science]

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Breakthroughs

The virus uses this "spike" to invade human cells.

What remains hazy is the question of causation.

Scientists scanned the brains of bullies and found something grim

Dumbasses.

An international team of neuroscientists scanned the brains of lifelong bullies and found that bullies' brains appear to be smaller than other brains.