Lessons from the fields of crisis informatics and the sociology of disaster for COVID 19 ~science sociology Tweet 8 votes
The markets expect another 50-75 basis cut to the fed funds rate, two weeks after a 50 basis cut ~finance Link 9 votes
The CDC’s rocky effort to get Americans tested for coronavirus, explained ~health Article 1970 words 9 votes
Because of Coronavirus, vendors are offering special videoconferencing deals. Here's a roundup of what's available ~tech Article 716 words 11 votes
Coronavirus COVID-19 models are starting to give us an idea of what a pandemic would look like, but there's still so much we don't know ~science biology Article 1148 words 11 votes
California directs some health insurers to waive co-pays, deductibles for coronavirus tests ~health Article 540 words 11 votes
Other countries are testing patients for coronavirus by the tens of thousands. Why the U.S. is so far behind ~health healthcare Article 20 votes
Norwegian Air shares plummet as coronavirus hammers travel sector – shares have fallen 70% in under a month as analysts point out weak cash reserves ~transport Article 5 votes
Folding@home takes up the fight against COVID-19 ~health Article 753 words, published Feb 27 2020 21 votes
Computational predictions of protein structures associated with COVID-19 ~science biology.micro Article 641 words 5 votes
Why Taiwan has just forty-two coronavirus cases while neighbors report hundreds or thousands ~health healthcare Article 830 words 12 votes
Australian supermarkets can’t get loo rolls on shelves fast enough - and yet even toilet paper hoarders can’t fully explain why they are doing it ~health Article 1149 words 8 votes
No Time to Die, the newest James Bond film, will have its release delayed by seven months to November 2020 ~movies Link 12 votes
The problem with telling sick workers to stay home ~health Article 647 words, published Feb 28 2020 7 votes
What's the Coronavirus like where you are? ~talk Ask (survey) What the title says, basically. What's the virus like in your community? Are people stocking up on supplies? 34 votes
Censored contagion - How information on the coronavirus is managed on Chinese social media ~tech social media Article 4605 words 9 votes
New Covid findings from the report of the World Health Organization expert commission after nine days in China (Reddit Summary) ~health Link 10 votes
Australia records first cases of human-to-human transmission of coronavirus ~health Article 53 words 6 votes
Iran's negligence may lead to an even greater global viral outbreak ~health Article 1013 words 7 votes
COVID-19 situation in the US progresses in three ways in Washington state: first death, first case in a healthcare worker, and first possible outbreak ~health Article 539 words 19 votes
Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2020 postponed after multiple major companies cancelled their attendance over COVID-19 concerns ~games Link 12 votes
Major bank economist says the coronavirus market reaction ‘boggles the mind’ ~finance economics Article 739 words 12 votes
Hank Green - The "38% of Americans wouldn't buy Corona beer" reported by CNN is misleading ~tech social media Tweet 10 votes
Social contagion: How China's rapid development created the conditions for an epidemic ~humanities.history Article 8886 words 9 votes
Trump faces his 'Chernobyl moment' after slashing pandemic defences to the bone ~health Article 265 words 12 votes
Japanese Prime Minister asks all elementary, middle and high schools nationwide to close until late March to help control the spread of COVID-19 ~health Article 316 words 21 votes
Ndemic Creations' statement on the removal of Plague Inc. from the China App Store ~games Article 342 words 12 votes
Covid-19 could mark the end of affluence politics in the USA, as the possibility of a global pandemic reveals the inability to make and distribute the things people need ~finance economics Article 755 words 21 votes
How the Coronavirus revealed authoritarianism’s fatal flaw ~health Article 2653 words, published Feb 22 2020 14 votes
“We are at a turning point”: The coronavirus outbreak is looking more like a pandemic ~health medicine Article 2420 words 14 votes
Quarantined by coronavirus, cruise ship passengers make 'life-long friends' ~life Article 1252 words 10 votes
Mobile World Congress, the world’s biggest phone show, has been canceled due to coronavirus concerns ~tech Article 297 words 9 votes
Chinese scholar and outspoken critic directly blames Xi Jinping for severity of viral outbreak ~health Article 718 words 8 votes
Forget face masks and rubber gloves. The best way to avoid the coronavirus is frequent hand washing, according to a medical adviser to the world’s airlines. ~health medicine Article 12 votes
Ten passengers aboard a cruise ship in Japan test positive for coronavirus ~health Article 350 words 8 votes
Chinese markets plummet beyond 8% amid virus fears on first trading day after Lunar New Year holiday ~finance Article 358 words 12 votes