United States House subcommittee releases coronavirus task force reports kept secret by the White House Article 884 words 18 votes
Why has the Republican response to the pandemic in the USA been so mind-bogglingly disastrous? Article 5852 words 11 votes
US Coronavirus data has already disappeared after Donald Trump administration shifted control from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Article 740 words 6 votes
The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic crash have caused 5.4 million Americans to lose health insurance, the largest drop ever recorded Article 343 words 11 votes
White House ordered National Institutes of Health to cancel coronavirus research funding, Anthony Fauci says Article 795 words 15 votes
Norway's data inspectorate has banned the use of public health app Smittestopp to control the spread of COVID-19 over data protection concerns Article 499 words 9 votes
Seattle’s coronavirus surveillance program resumes after being shut down by the FDA Article 532 words 7 votes
Brazil’s favelas, neglected by the government, organize their own coronavirus fight healthcare Article 1190 words 7 votes
Andrew Cuomo gave legal immunity to nursing home execs after big campaign donations. Critics say data proves New York's liability shield is linked to higher nursing home death rates. healthcare Article 2943 words 11 votes
Ontario to explore criminal charges against five long-term care homes in scathing military report, says Premier Doug Ford Article 503 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
Explosive whistleblower complaint by ousted US Health and Human Services official says he was pressured to give contract to Donald Trump-friendly pharma firm Article 615 words, published May 5 2020 11 votes
What we know about your chances of catching the virus outdoors: Pandemic life is safer outdoors, in part, because even a light wind will quickly dilute the virus Article 216 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
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
A handful of US cities have passed soda taxes, but are they working? Article 665 words, published Feb 26 2020 5 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
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo orders all people to wear face coverings in public Article 96 words 11 votes
South Dakota’s governor resisted ordering people to stay home. Now it has one of the nation’s largest coronavirus hot spots Article 1813 words 8 votes
Mayor London Breed’s early and aggressive moves to contain the outbreak have made San Francisco a national model in fighting the pandemic Article 2316 words 7 votes
More than 2,200 coronavirus deaths in nursing homes, but US federal government isn't tracking them healthcare Article 1162 words 9 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
Novelist Arundhati Roy on how coronavirus threatens India — and what the country, and the world, should do next Article 2892 words, published Apr 3 2020 5 votes
Scotland's chief medical officer has resigned after making two trips to her second home during the coronavirus lockdown Article 683 words 8 votes