Seattle’s coronavirus surveillance program resumes after being shut down by the FDA Article 532 words 7 votes
WHO warns millions of children at risk as Covid-19 pandemic disrupts routine vaccinations Article 492 words 7 votes
Finland has demonstrated that it is possible to reduce the number of smokers without seeing a surge in e-cigarette users Article 801 words, published May 4 2020 7 votes
Apple and Google launch exposure notification API, enabling public health authorities to release apps Article 859 words 8 votes
A military contractors’ report circulating on Capitol Hill claims to have evidence that COVID-19 escaped from a Chinese lab. It’s filled with information that’s just plain wrong. Article 2259 words 5 votes
An entire city (Noida, India) has been told to download a controversial contact tracing app — Or face jail: "Not installing the app will be considered a violation of lockdown orders," police say Article 9 votes
No vaccine in sight: The US was once at the cutting edge of pandemic prevention, then Big Pharma took over Article 6935 words 11 votes
COVID has badly affected wealthy nations, what will it do to poor ones and how can they stop it with their limited means? Article 1572 words 5 votes
“Political connections and cronyism”: In blistering whistleblower complaint, Rick Bright blasts Team Trump’s pandemic response Article 2203 words 7 votes
‘Closing borders is ridiculous’: The epidemiologist behind Sweden’s controversial coronavirus strategy Article 1233 words 10 votes
How one man poisoned a city’s water supply (and saved millions of children’s lives in the process) Article 1693 words, published Feb 12 2015 11 votes
A disaster waiting to happen or a bold, evidence-based response? In Sweden, it depends who you ask Article 1057 words 6 votes
Sweden counts coronavirus deaths in care homes but many countries do not – medical officials said a third of deaths recorded last week came from nursing home residents Link 5 votes
Norway's largest mobile operator, Telenor, is collaborating with the Norwegian Institute of Public Health to help them track the spread of the coronavirus Article 96 words 6 votes
Why I’m not making COVID19 visualizations, and why you (probably) shouldn’t either Article 2370 words, published Mar 31 2020 4 votes
After warnings in January, US federal agencies waited until mid-March to begin placing bulk orders of masks, mechanical ventilators and other equipment needed by front-line health care workers healthcare Article 2280 words 7 votes
Blood banks narrowly averted a supply crisis. But they’re ‘worried about four weeks from now.’ healthcare Article 1141 words 5 votes
As the coronavirus crisis heats up, why isn't America hearing from the CDC? Article 1323 words 17 votes
Public health responses to COVID-19 outbreaks on cruise ships — Worldwide, February–March 2020 Article 3537 words 3 votes
Here come the "death panels": Obamacare didn’t lead to rationing. The mismanagement of the coronavirus will. healthcare Article 904 words 10 votes
Swedish PM Stefan Löfven warned over 'Russian roulette-style' Covid-19 strategy – health experts say attempt to build herd immunity is a 'mad experiment with 10m people' Article 1181 words 6 votes
FDA worried about blood shortage as donation drives are canceled amid coronavirus concerns healthcare Article 671 words 8 votes
‘It’s just everywhere already’: How delays in testing set back the US coronavirus response Article 2745 words 15 votes
The White House has ordered federal health officials to treat top-level coronavirus meetings as classified Article 845 words 29 votes
Hand-washing with soap and water destroys coronavirus more effectively than hand sanitizer Article 1177 words 27 votes
Why Taiwan has just forty-two coronavirus cases while neighbors report hundreds or thousands healthcare Article 830 words 12 votes
A future with no future: depression, the left, and the politics of mental health ~health.mental Article 5012 words 11 votes
Is change on the way for Sweden's zero tolerance drug policy? Shifting the focus away from zero tolerance to the pursuit of zero drug-related deaths Link 5 votes
Chinese scholar and outspoken critic directly blames Xi Jinping for severity of viral outbreak Article 718 words 8 votes
The UK has one of the most equitable health care systems in the world. Here’s how. healthcare Article 2974 words 11 votes
Wuhan virus: China confirms human-to-human transmission, says medical workers infected Article 577 words 11 votes