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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Chinese government recently imposed new restrictions on coronavirua research, and now must approve all studies on the outbreak's origin.

China Is Censoring Research Into the Origin of the Coronavirus

By Dan Robitzski

Health practitioners are finding that flipping COVID-19 patients onto their stomachs, or "prone positioning," is an effective way to keep them alive.

Why Rolling Coronavirus Patients Onto Their Stomachs Is Saving Lives

By Victor Tangermann

A group of COVID-19 truthers have taken to the streets of Vancouver calling the coronavirus outbreak "fake news" and ignoring social distancing rules.

Protesters Break Quarantine, Calling COVID-19 “Fake News”

By Victor Tangermann

The FDA just granted an emergency use authorization to a new test that scans saliva samples for the coronavirus, potentially making testing far safer.

FDA Approves Test That Scans Your Spit for Coronavirus

By Dan Robitzski

When he declared a national emergency on March 13, Trump made a lot of grand promises. One month later, most have been broken.

A Brief List of Trump’s Broken Coronavirus Promises

By Dan Robitzski

In an entertaining video, a caffeine enthusiast picks up a Starbucks coffee with his drone — to the bemusement of a barista.

Watch This Madlad Pick Up a Starbucks Coffee Using a Drone

By Jon Christian

Dr. Fauci says it's "obvious" that the U.S. government could have saved a great many lives if it had acted sooner to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

Fauci: Acting Sooner Would “Obviously” Have Meant Fewer Deaths

By Dan Robitzski

Doctors are using data from a wearable to train an AI algorithm that can tell when someone's sick with COVID-19 even before noticeable symptoms start.

Artificial Intelligence

This Smart Ring Uses AI to Spot COVID-19 — Before Symptoms Begin

By Dan Robitzski

Dr. Anthony Fauci predicts that recovered COVID-19 patients will likely be immune to future infections because the coronavirus hasn't mutated much.

Top Doctor: Getting COVID-19 Once Probably Means You’re Immune

By Dan Robitzski

Bill Gates suspects that there will be another major viral outbreak every 20 years. But also that we'll emerge from the current pandemic more prepared.

Bill Gates: There’s Gonna Be a Pandemic “Every 20 Years or So”

By Dan Robitzski

The CDC recently deleted a bizarre guideline from its website. There's no evidence hydroxychloroquine fights COVID-19, but the CDC had suggested it anyway.

CDC Deletes Recommendation for the Drug Trump’s Been Pushing

By Dan Robitzski

An AI by a risk detection firm was able to predict where the next spike in coronavirus cases will be in the UK and US by analyzing social media posts.

Artificial Intelligence

Data Firm Says Its AI Predicts Where Next COVID-19 Spike Will Be

By Victor Tangermann

Because enough people took self-isolation guidelines seriously, the U.S. now expects significantly fewer coronavirus-linked deaths over the next few months.

Good News: Social Distancing Is Working

By Dan Robitzski

New reports suggest that the U.S. military and federal government knew about the coronavirus outbreak as early as November.

US Intelligence Warned of “Cataclysmic” Coronavirus in November

By Dan Robitzski

Preliminary reseach suggests that areas with higher levels of air pollution are also experiencing a higher death rate among COVID-19 patients.

The Coronavirus Is Deadlier in Places With Bad Pollution

By Dan Robitzski

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the White House's top infectious disease experts, suggests that we should leave handshakes in the past.

Dr. Fauci: “I Don’t Think We Should Ever Shake Hands Ever Again”

By Dan Robitzski

During a press briefing for the White House coronavirus task force, Trump threatened to pull funding for the WHO, but backtracked when he was challenged.

Trump Threatens to Pull Funding for the World Health Organization

By Dan Robitzski

In the U.S., the coronavirus has disproportionately killed those in black communities, illustrating the dire impacts of the country's racial inequalities.

The Coronavirus Is Disproportionately Killing Black People

By Dan Robitzski

There's no good evidence suggesting that hydroxychloroquine helps fight COVID-19. But Trump, who invested in the drug's manufacturer, keeps pushing it.

There’s No Good Evidence That Hydroxychloroquine Fights COVID-19

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists Are Spying on Google Searches to Track the Coronavirus

Science & Energy

Scientists Are Spying on Google Searches to Track the Coronavirus

By Dan Robitzski

Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and South Korea may face a second wave of COVID-19 cases as international travel brings the coronavirus back into the country.

Hong Kong, Taiwan Face New COVID Outbreaks From Europe, America

By Dan Robitzski

Scammers are capitalizing on coronavirus pandemic by setting up fake testing sites to steal identities or hoarding crucial medical supplies.

Scammers Dressed as Doctors Set Up Fake COVID Testing Sites

By Dan Robitzski

CNN reports that the coronavirus has shut down production of Corona beer in Mexico, where the government suspended non-essential businesses last week.

Coronavirus Forces Corona Beer to Shut Down Production

By Jon Christian

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo explained on the air that his case of COVID-19 has been keeping him up at night and making him hallucinate.

CNN Host Says COVID-19 Gave Him “Phantasmagorical Experiences”

By Dan Robitzski

An ominous scoop by The Courier-Journal, a local paper in Kentucky: judges in the state are ordering coronavirus patients to isolate — a demand they're enforcing by making them wear ankle monitors, as if they were under house arrest.

Kentucky Is Forcing Coronavirus Patients to Wear Ankle Monitors

By Jon Christian

Remember those ventilators that Elon Musk delivered? They're actually sleep apnea machines, and doctors suggest they could help spread the coronavirus.

Oops: Elon Musk Donated the Wrong Kind of Ventilator

By Dan Robitzski

Experts believe that World War II veteran Bill Lapschies maynow be the world's oldest survivor of the coronavirus currently causing a global pandeic.

104-Year-Old World War II Veteran Survives Coronavirus

By Jon Christian

Anonymous intelligence officials say that there's evidence China systematically downplayed the size and severity of its coronavirus outbreak.

Secret U.S. Intelligence Report: China Hid The Size of the Pandemic

By Dan Robitzski

That public health guideline to stay six feet apart from others is based on 90-year-old-reseach. We now know viruses can spread much farther.

MIT Professor: Guidelines to Stay Six Feet Apart Aren’t Enough

By Dan Robitzski

A team at Carnegie Mellon University has released an app that they say can determine whether you likely have COVID-19 — just by listening to your voice.

New App Attempts to Detect Signs of COVID-19 Using Voice Analysis

By Jon Christian

In a grim milestone, the coronavirus has now taken more American lives than Al Qaeda did on the September 11 terror attack in 2001.

The Coronavirus Has Now Killed More Americans Than September 11

By Jon Christian

Doctors considered treating more severe cases of COVID-19 by splitting one ventilator among four patients. But that would put all four in greater danger.

Experts Say Putting Multiple Patients on One Ventilator Is Unsafe

By Dan Robitzski

New parents report a number of unexpected challenges, chaos, and confusion as a result of giving birth during the coronavirus pandemic.

Experts Say Childbirth During the Pandemic Can Be Traumatic

By Dan Robitzski

UK prime minister Boris Johnson downplayed the coronavirus pandemic for weeks. Now he says that he's tested positive for it.

UK Prime Minister Who Downplayed Coronavirus Now Has It

By Jon Christian

Mexican protesters shut down the border with the United States, complaining that American travelers are spreading the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.

Mexican Protesters Complain That Americans Are Spreading COVID-19

By Jon Christian

Emergency physician Joshua Lerner says that America's response to the coronavirus pandemic is so bad it reminds him of the Chernobyl disaster.

ER Doctor: US Bungling COVID Response Like Soviets Did Chernobyl

By Dan Robitzski

Reuters reports that a number of research teams are zeroing in on a blood test to identify whether your body has developed immunity against the coronavirus.

The Coronavirus Holy Grail: Testing Whether You’re Immune

By Jon Christian

There's so much misinformation on the coronavirus pandemic swirling around online that even the famous fact-checking organization Snopes is overwhelmed.

Even Snopes Has Been Overwhelmed by Coronavirus Misinformation

By Dan Robitzski

Microsoft co-founder and public health advocate Bill Gates has a gloomy message about the COVID-19 pandemic: We missed our chance to mitigate harm.

Bill Gates Is Pissed: “We Should’ve Done More” to Stop COVID-19

By Jon Christian

After an Air Force base declared a public health emergency, the SpaceX mission scheduled to launch from there on March 30 is on "indefinite" hold.

SpaceX Delays Launch Because of the Coronavirus

By Dan Robitzski

The Indian government just announced that the country will enter a total lockdown for three weeks to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

India Enters Total Lockdown for Three Weeks

By Dan Robitzski

An urban design researcher predicts that the coronavirus pandemic will lead the rich to hide away in gated communities while public infrastructure suffers.

Professor: Pandemic Will Force the Rich Into Hiding

By Dan Robitzski