US hospitals still ration medical N95 masks as stockpiles swell ~health healthcare Article 1967 words 4 votes
How the pandemic lifted the lid on the ‘Darwinian world’ of Japan’s sumo ~sports.combat Article 1251 words 7 votes
Despite the pandemic, venture capital investments in US-based companies set records in 2020, with almost $130B raised and 318 mega-rounds worth $100M or more ~finance Article 240 words 4 votes
The lab-leak hypothesis—for decades, scientists have been hot-wiring viruses in hopes of preventing a pandemic, not causing one. But what if …? ~health Article 2597 words, published Jan 4 2021 18 votes
The mutated coronavirus is a ticking time bomb ~health Article 2867 words, published Dec 31 2020 10 votes
Hiding COVID-19: How Donald Trump Administration guidance suppresses photography of the US pandemic ~health Article 3099 words 6 votes
Denmark will dig up millions of dead mink after a hasty cull and burial intended to stamp out a coronavirus mutation ended with a new contamination risk ~enviro pollution.ground Article 20 votes
Agents raid home of fired Florida data scientist who built COVID-19 dashboard ~health Article 512 words 39 votes
No game days. No bars. The pandemic is forcing some men to realize they need deeper friendships. ~life.men Article 2050 words 30 votes
Opposition MPs in Denmark have urged the government to dig up millions of mink that were buried in mass graves amid Covid-19 fears ~health Article 42 words 4 votes
Covid-19 vaccine candidate is 90% effective, says manufacturer ~health medicine Article 285 words 30 votes
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine goes to US Food and Drug Administration today for emergency authorization ~health medicine Article 553 words 12 votes
Why is Finland coping so well with the coronavirus crisis? No other European country has lower rates. ~health Article 770 words, published Nov 7 2017 10 votes
Open letter from Facebook content moderators re: pandemic ~tech facebook social media Article 1399 words 7 votes
Denmark's Minister of Agriculture has resigned over an illegal government order to cull the country's farmed mink – Mette Frederiksen also faced opposition calls to resign ~health Article 442 words 7 votes
Denmark's plans to cull seventeen million mink is facing legal obstacles after the government admitted it did not have a legal basis for the order ~health Article 226 words 10 votes
How growing giant vegetables became a pandemic pastime ~hobbies gardening Article 497 words, published Nov 1 2020 6 votes
A room, a bar and a classroom: How the coronavirus is spread through the air ~health Article 1267 words 11 votes
Greta Thunberg reflects on living through multiple crises in a 'post-truth society' ~enviro climate change Article 2161 words 7 votes
Black players continued a mentoring tradition amid a US pandemic ~sports.baseball Article 1622 words 6 votes
For those new to working-at-home since the pandemic began: What purchases/subscriptions have most improved your life? ~life work Ask (survey) In work terms, that is. Though a "keep the baby occupied" consumer purchase might minimize meeting interruptions. 25 votes
America will sacrifice anything for the college experience ~life education.higher Article 2767 words 8 votes
First it was toilet paper—now we’re running out of fridges. Here’s why. ~finance Article 808 words, published Oct 10 2020 16 votes
Danish veterinarians and farmers have begun culling at least 2.5 million minks in northern Denmark after coronavirus has been reported in at least sixty-three farms ~health Article 426 words 6 votes
Effect of hydroxychloroquine in hospitalized patients with Covid-19 ~health healthcare medicine Link 9 votes
Eli Lilly says its monoclonal antibody cocktail is effective in treating Covid-19 ~health medicine Article 484 words 7 votes
US Presdient Donald Trump’s antibody treatment was tested using fetal cells obtained through abortion ~health medicine Article 588 words 18 votes
Planning is GREAT: Britain was supposed to be the most prepared country in the world. Then an unexpected enemy arrived ~health Article 4436 words 6 votes
‘No Time To Die’ delayed to Easter weekend 2021 as pandemic takes grip at box office ~movies Article 626 words 4 votes
New open-source test tube rack helps COVID-19 testing lab tame thousands of samples ~health Article 2436 words 7 votes
Japanese sex business operator sues state over virus cash handout snub ~health Article 522 words 7 votes
How the pandemic forced mental health care to change for the better ~health.mental Article 2925 words 6 votes
What factors have made Germany relatively successful in managing the coronavirus crisis? ~health Article 2455 words 4 votes
As the first major blockbuster to release since the start of the pandemic, Tenet opens to $20 million at US box office and nears $150 million internationally ~movies science fiction Article 1133 words 15 votes
Technology has been promising the dream of a cocooned future, and our pandemic isolation is giving us the rare opportunity to see where this road leads ~tech Article 1535 words 12 votes
United States House subcommittee releases coronavirus task force reports kept secret by the White House ~health Article 884 words 18 votes
Meet the “menu engineers” helping restaurants retool during the pandemic ~food restaurants Article 1415 words 7 votes