Health
Coronavirus, Flu or Cold?
As the World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, it’s important to be aware of the symptoms. Many people confuse the seasonal flu as coronavirus which has spread to at least of […]
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Business
10 Year US Treasury Rate Falls Below 0.5% for First Time Ever
Minutes to the Tokyo Stock Exchange open, the 10 Year US Treasury and 30 Year US Treasury yields fell to record lows. The 10 year yields touched 0.487% while the 30 year breached 1%, a […]
Politics
Ted Cruz In Self Quarantine After Interaction With Patient Diagnosed With Coronavirus
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) announced that he will self quarantine after having a brief interaction with an individual who was diagnosed with coronavirus. The interaction happened at the Conservative Political Action Conference and included […]
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COVID-19 restrictions take a toll on brain function, but there are techniques to help you cope
Nancy Brassard, École nationale d’administration publique (ENAP) Confinement — which has been frequent during the pandemic — has undeniable effects on the brain. There’s the inability to concentrate enough to read or write, the lack […]
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Doug Ford’s flip-flops: A dangerous failure of risk communication in COVID-19 third wave
Jack L. Rozdilsky, York University, Canada All disasters are political. Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s April 16 news conference announcing new pandemic control measures was followed by a rapid flip-flop after public outcry. A panicky walking […]
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7 tips for staying safe as COVID-19 cases rise and colder weather heightens the risk
Melissa Burdi, Purdue University As temperatures fall, people are spending more time indoors. That heightens the risk of the coronavirus spreading, but there are some simple steps you can take to help protect yourself and […]
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‘What do you mean, it was a false positive?’ Making sense of COVID-19 tests and terminology
Priyanka Gogna, Queen’s University, Ontario During the COVID-19 pandemic, words and phrases that have typically been limited to epidemiologists and public health professionals have entered the public sphere. Although we’ve rapidly accepted epidemiology-based news, the […]
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Why Donald Trump’s words work, and what to do about it
Robert Danisch, University of Waterloo As America chaotically careens toward election day with President Donald Trump fighting a COVID-19 infection, we should stop and ask: Just why and how do Trump’s words work? And how […]
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Coronavirus: will the UK really have highest death toll in Europe, as a US study suggests?
Jeremy Rossman, University of Kent Within four months, the UK will have 66,314 fatalities from COVID-19, according to a recent report from the University of Washingon’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). This would […]
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North Korea insists it has no coronavirus – how the state is managing the story
Niki J.P. Alsford, University of Central Lancashire North Korea continues to insist that it is completely free of coronavirus. The World Health Organization’s representative to the country said that 709 people had been tested with […]