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Hong Kong researchers developed a protective coating that they say can kill the coronavirus on treated surfaces for up to three months.

This Disinfectant Can Keep Surfaces Coronavirus-Free for Months

By Dan Robitzski

A new analysis found that from March to April 4, the number of total deaths in the US far exceeded the number of deaths attributed to COVID-19.

Report: COVID May Have Killed Way More Americans Than We Think

By Victor Tangermann

In order to enforce its lockdown measures, China has been installing surveillance cameras aimed directly at people's front doors or inside their homes.

China Is Installing Surveillance Cameras Inside People’s Homes

By Dan Robitzski

Indigeouns populations in Brazil are at a particularly high risk of the coronavirus pandemic, as they're left with little to no access to support.

Experts Fear COVID-19 Will “Wreak Havoc” on Indigenous Tribes

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese officials announced that there are no longer any patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Wuhan, but they're concerned about a second outbreak.

Wuhan Hospital Discharges City’s Last Coronavirus Patient

By Dan Robitzski

This Virus-Proof Suit Lets You Vape, Have Sex

This Virus-Proof Suit Lets You Vape, Have Sex

By Victor Tangermann

New Zealand says it's "eliminated" the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, claiming that for now the small number of new cases are easily managed.

New Zealand Claims to Have Eliminated COVID-19

By Dan Robitzski

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just added six new symptoms to its existing list of COVID-19 symptoms, which include things like fever, cough, and shortness of breath.

CDC Warns About Six New COVID Symptoms to Look Out For

By Victor Tangermann

A team of experts called current social distancing measures the "biggest challenge" humanity faces because of the natural instinct to come together.

Health & Medicine

Experts: Social Distancing Is “Biggest Challenge” Humanity Faces

By Dan Robitzski

The United States has ditched a global initiative led by the World Health Organization to accelerate cooperation on a coronavirus vaccine.

US Ditches Global Team Helping Develop COVID Vaccine

By Victor Tangermann

A team of NASA researchers have developed a ventilator for treating COVID-19 patients in just 37 days and is requesting the FDA for fast-tracked approval.

NASA Develops Ventilator to Treat Coronavirus Patients

By Victor Tangermann

The company behind brands Lysol and Dettol is urging customers not to ingest its cleaning supplies after Donald Trump's comments on Thursday.

Lysol Begs Customers Not to Drink Its Cleaning Products

By Victor Tangermann

Trump is suggesting more unproven and likely deadly ways to fight the coronavirus. This time, it's injecting patients with disinfectant.

Trump Suggests Injecting COVID Patients With Disinfectant, UV Light

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers at private Beijing-based company Sinovac Biotech have developed an experimental COVID-19 vaccine that protected macaques from infection.

Chinese COVID-19 Vaccine Effective in Monkeys

By Victor Tangermann

Ever since the coronavirus pandemic began, American billionaires have collectively made an extra $282 billion.

These Billionaires Are Making a Killing Off the Pandemic

By Dan Robitzski

Doctors are noticing mysterious blood clots in COVID-19 patients that are causing extremely low oxygen levels. But there are still countless unknowns.

COVID Patients Are Getting Mysterious and Deadly Blood Clots

By Victor Tangermann

In a memo, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates wrote that the coronavirus pandemic "is like a world war, except in this case, we’re all on the same side."

Bill Gates: COVID Is Like a World War, Except for One Thing

By Victor Tangermann

Robot manufacturer Boston Dynamics has found a job for its robot Spot mini amidst the coronavirus outbreak: a teleconferencing platform for medical staff.

Hospitals Are Using iPads to Turn Robot Dogs Into Doctors

By Victor Tangermann

Doctors are pleading with states that allow capital punishment to release their stores of lethal injection drugs, which could also help COVID-19 patients.

Doctors Want to Use Lethal Injection Drugs on COVID-19 Patients

By Dan Robitzski

"COVID toes," mysterious blue or red discoloration in toes and sometimes fingers, could be another early symptom of the coronavirus.

The Coronavirus May Be Doing Something Strange to Your Toes

By Victor Tangermann

The prognosis of a COVID-19 patient being hooked up to a ventilator is grim: a NY study showed that 88 percent of those placed on ventilators died.

Almost All COVID Patients on Ventilators Are Dying, Study Suggests

By Victor Tangermann

In collaboration with a drone maker, the Westport, Connecticut police department is testing "pandemic drones" that monitor if people are social distancing.

US Police Testing “Pandemic Drones” That Monitor Social Distancing

By Victor Tangermann

In a Washington Post interview, CDC director Robert Redfield said that a second wave of coronavirus during this winter's flu season could spell disaster.

CDC: Second Wave of COVID-19 Could be Even Worse

By Victor Tangermann

An increasing number of the mega-rich are trying to hide out in underground bunkers, usually in New Zealand, until the pandemic is over.

The Wealthy Are Hiding From the Pandemic in Underground Bunkers

By Dan Robitzski

According to a major Paris hospital study, tobacco could be saving smokers from catching COVID-19. Researchers suggest it could be the nicotine.

Study: Nicotine May Lower Risk of Catching Coronavirus

By Victor Tangermann

It's easy to forget about the vape lung crisis, given the current pandemic. But an otolaryngologist drew comparisons between the two and issued a warning.

Doctor: There’s a Weird Link Between Vape Lung and COVID-19

By Dan Robitzski

ccording to a new study, researchers were able to detect the presence of the coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, in wastewater in Australia.

Scientists Discover Coronavirus in Sewage

By Victor Tangermann

Research suggests that the coronavirus could have mutated into 30+ different strains, which could explain why some outbreaks are deadlier than others.

Scientists: the Coronavirus Has Already Mutated Into 30+ Strains

By Dan Robitzski

An international team of researchers say that the coronavirus doesn't just attack lungs — it also assaults blood vessels throughout the body.

Doctors Say COVID “Attacks” Blood Vessels Throughout Body

By Jon Christian

More evidence that the anti-malaria drug called hydroxychloroquine is proving to be a pretty terrible way to treat COVID-19.

Study: Hydroxychloroquine Doesn’t Help COVID, Increases Death Risk

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new poll, most Americans across the political spectrum disagree with the anti-quarantine protesters who have been making headlines lately.

Poll: Most Americans Think Anti-Quarantine Protesters Are Idiots

By Dan Robitzski

During briefing, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom said "that a relatively small percentage of the populations may have been infected" by the coronavirus.

WHO: Only a Tiny Fraction of the Population Has Had COVID

By Victor Tangermann

The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized the "first test for patient at-home sample collection" for COVID-19.

Prosthetics and Devices

First COVID-19 At-Home Test Kit Authorized by FDA

By Victor Tangermann

Carnival, the company that had coronavirus outbreaks on several of its cruise ships, seeminly did too little to late to protect passengers.

Report: Cruise Line Initially Hid COVID Outbreak From Passengers

By Dan Robitzski

Design company Avio Interiors has come up with two airplane seat design concepts that could keep travelers safe(r) during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Advanced Transport

This is What Air Travel Could Look Like After the Pandemic

By Victor Tangermann

A new AI startup called Landing AI has developed a video tool that can tell if people in public are following social distancing rules.

Artificial Intelligence

Pandemic-Inspired AI Narcs You Out For Standing Too Close

By Victor Tangermann

New York will now let clerks perform weddings remotely and engaged couples get their marriage licenses online because of coronavirus lockdowns.

New York State Is Letting You Get Married on Video Chat

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook has been getting takedown requests from several states, urging it to remove anti-quarantine protest pages in defiance of stay-at-home orders.

Facebook Is Taking Down Pages Organizing Anti-Quarantine Protests

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time in history, the price of crude oil has gone negative around 2:30pm EDT as a result of plummeting demand amid the coronavirus outbreak.

For the First Time Ever, the Price of Oil is Now Negative

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook published a new heatmap that shows the proportion of people feeling coronavirus symptoms within each U.S. county.

This Heatmap Shows Severity of COVID Outbreak in Every US County

By Dan Robitzski

More than 2,000 Israelis flooded a square in Tel Aviv on Sunday to protest their government's overreaching coronavirus policies standing six feet apart.

Watch Thousands of Protesters Stand Six Feet Apart

By Victor Tangermann

A report claims the number of COVID-19 tests will have to"increase to 20 million tests per day by mid-summer to fully re-mobilize the economy" in the US.

Experts: US Will Need 20 Million Tests per Day to Reopen Safely

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists are trying to develop an experimental DNA-based vaccine that would hijack your cells' DNA to create an immune response to COVID-19.

Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Hacks Your DNA to Build Immunity

By Dan Robitzski

A neural network trained by MIT researchers found that reopening the economy right now would result in an "exponential explosion" of COVID-19 cases.

MIT: Reopening Too Soon Could Cause “Explosion” of Coronavirus

By Victor Tangermann

Many of the mega-rich who are self-isolating without their household staff are learning that they have no idea how to do household chores.

Science & Energy

The Rich Don’t Know How to Use Vacuum Cleaners

By Dan Robitzski

The IRS Is Sending Stimulus Checks to Dead People

The IRS Is Sending Stimulus Checks to Dead People

By Victor Tangermann

According to early test result data obtained by STAT, antiviral remdesivir is proving to be a promising drug to treat severe cases of COVID-19.

Leaked Research: This Drug May Be Saving COVID Patients’ Lives

By Victor Tangermann

Two Democratic lawmakers are proposing a bill that would pay Americans $2,000 a month for six months during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

Congress Proposes Paying Americans $2,000 Per Month

By Victor Tangermann

Pastor and author Brandon Robertson recently got an antibody test for COVID-19. We caught up with him about the experience and his thoughts on the future.

Here’s What It’s like to Get a COVID Antibody Test

By Dan Robitzski

China has taken the lead with mobile technology that relies on scanning QR codes and a mobile app that is attempting to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

In China, This Coronavirus App Pretty Much Controls Your Life

By Victor Tangermann

Because the coronavirus pandemic has everyone stuck at home, mental healthcare providers are figuring out how to best offer their patients telehealth care.

The Pandemic Is Forcing Teletherapy to Go Mainstream

By Dan Robitzski

Three astronauts who went to the International Space Station before the pandemic began are about to come home to a significantly changed society.

Astronauts Who Launched Before Pandemic Are Starting to Come Home

By Dan Robitzski

Clare Sammells, a cultural anthoropologist at Bucknell University, argues that "zombies are far less likely to cause a global pandemic than COVID-19."

Here’s What a Pandemic Would Look Like With Zombies

By Victor Tangermann

NY governor Andrew Cuomo said that all New Yorkers will be required to wear a mouth and nose covering in public when social distancing can't be maintained.

All New Yorkers Will be Required to Wear Masks in Public

By Victor Tangermann

The team behind NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has transitioned to controlling the rover from their home offices amid the coronavirus outbreak.

NASA Employees Are Running the Mars Curiosity Rover From Home

By Victor Tangermann

Epidemiologists say that the expected American death toll from the coronavirus would have been cut by 90 percent if the government acted two weeks sooner.

Scientists: US Could’ve Prevented 90% of Deaths by Shutting Down Two Weeks Earlier

By Dan Robitzski

A Silicon Valley-based animal sanctuary called Sweet Farm is renting out farm animals, including llamas and goats, to spice up boring Zoom meetings.

Sanctuary Rents Out Goats, Llamas to Spice Up Zoom Meetings

By Victor Tangermann

A top Pentagon general said during a Tuesday briefing that the "weight of evidence" points towards the coronavirus having "natural" origins.

US Military: Unlikely COVID-19 Was Created in Lab as Bioweapon

By Victor Tangermann

Trump just declared that he would withhold all U.S. funding for the World Health Organization in the middle of a global pandemic.

“Indefensible”: Trump Pulls World Health Organization Funding

By Dan Robitzski

Zoos in Germany might have to resort to some grim measures to keep doors open during the pandemic — slaughtering and even feeding animals to each other.

Zoo Says Coronavirus May Force It to Feed Animals to Each Other

By Victor Tangermann

In an essay for Vox, a COVID-19 patient describes his stay at the Javits Center in New York, a convention hall that was turned into a field hospital.

NYC’s Emergency COVID Field Hospital Sounds Surprisingly Nice

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla is reaching out to the landlords of its dealerships and service centers to try and negotiate down its rent payments.

Tesla Is Having Trouble Paying Its Rent

By Dan Robitzski

In a new study, a group of Harvard researchers argue that "prolonged or intermittent social distancing may be necessary into 2022."

Scientists: Some Social Distancing May Need to Last Until 2022

By Victor Tangermann

Bishop Gerald Glenn, an evangelical pastor in a community near Richmond, Virginia has passed away on Saturday evening from illness related to COVID-19.

A Pastor Refused to Close Church Due to COVID. Then It Killed Him

By Victor Tangermann