April 3, 2020
(ProPublica) – There’s an overlooked reason why hospitals treating COVID-19 patients are so short of protective gear. In January, just before the pandemic hit the United States, a key distributor recalled more than 9 million gowns produced by a Chinese … Read More
April 3, 2020
(The Guardian) – As coronavirus lockdowns have been expanded globally, billions of people have found that they are now faced with unprecedented restrictions. Police across the world have been given licence to control behaviour in a way that would normally … Read More
April 3, 2020
(Reuters) – Only about half the world’s women can make their own decisions on sexual consent and health care, the United Nations said on Wednesday, warning such limited rights stand in the way of gender equality. One in four women … Read More
April 3, 2020
(The Verge) – As the coronavirus spreads around the globe, it has mutated in tiny, subtle ways. Those mutations aren’t cause for concern, and so far, don’t appear to be making the virus any more or less dangerous. But scientists … Read More
April 2, 2020
(Reuters) – Doctors in the Netherlands have been advising elderly patients to think twice before agreeing to COVID-19 treatment in hospital intensive-care units, drawing criticism that they are attempting to ration scarce ICU beds. The affluent Netherlands is rapidly approaching … Read More
April 2, 2020
(The New York Times) – But pediatricians and parents are still worried, of course, about how the children are doing and about what kinds of dangers may loom even for this population which is — thank goodness — relatively safe … Read More
April 2, 2020
(The Atlantic) – Here’s the tricky part: When an epidemiological model is believed and acted on, it can look like it was false. These models are not snapshots of the future. They always describe a range of possibilities—and those possibilities … Read More
April 1, 2020
(Reuters) – He doesn’t wear a mask but he is helping save lives from coronavirus just the same. Meet Tommy, the robot nurse.Tommy is one of six new robots helping flesh-and-blood doctors and nurses care for coronavirus patients at the … Read More
April 1, 2020
(SciDevNet) – Indigenous communities around the globe are closing borders in an effort to avoid a potentially devastating coronavirus outbreak in their territories. Without medical services, many indigenous communities in remote areas have already taken steps to isolate themselves. But … Read More
April 1, 2020
(Reuters) – A group of 32 women who acted as surrogates for Chinese clients were found guilty of human trafficking and handed suspended jail terms with an order to raise their children “well” in Cambodia’s first trial of surrogate mothers. … Read More
