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Quarantine Diary: Lost in Space
Before we were put into this lockdown here in Malaysia, I imagined us to be like orbiting planets in the vast solar system of our life. My husband, son and myself, revolving around the center of our home on varying paths. It was only on weekends that the gravitational pull of our living room couch…
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“There Is Hope for This Horrible Pandemic” – Trial Drug Can Block Early Stages of COVID-19
“There is hope for this horrible pandemic,” says University of British Columbia scientist Dr. Josef Penninger. The study provides new insights into key aspects of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and its interactions on a cellular level, as well as how the virus can infect blood vessels and kidneys.
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Coronavirus Quarantine: Grow Closer to Your Spouse
Whether you’ll be at home with your spouse for two weeks or two months, your attitude and approach can make all the difference. Here are some guidelines for the most positive experience, in spite of the stressful situation.
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Confused About “Shelter in Place”? Read This.
Stay at home and shelter in place. These are our instructions. Dr. Anthony Fauci from the NIH has advised us to stay at home. California Governor Gavin Newsom and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered residents to shelter in place. Connecticut and Illinois have followed suit. My city, Dallas, announced it yesterday. Other places will…
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Can You Get Coronavirus Twice?
Why it’s such a difficult question to answer. Knowing whether or not you’ve had Covid-19 raises another question: If you did have it and recovered, are you immune from getting it again?
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The Unpredictable Curve of COVID-19
Expanding our mental model of flattening the curve to make sense of the uncertain road ahead. The infographic version of “flatten the curve” has been reinterpreted a number of ways (including with cats and baby Yoda). Most iterations are conceptual graphics though, not rooted in the actual case counts of COVID-19. Opinion articles have proliferated,…
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Lives or Livelihoods? COVID-19 and the economy
In the middle of an unthinkable crisis, all we can do is take on each challenge as we find it. But does that mean we will fail to prepare for a very different Britain after? What is only a week, seems to have lasted forever, but does that make thinking about the future too hard?…
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Coronavirus Advice From America’s Foremost Ebola Doctor
Dr. Bruce Ribner, who successfully treated multiple Americans with Ebola in 2014, offers perspective on Covid-19 There’s little denying that the United States was ill-prepared for the coronavirus pandemic. Testing capacity is still staggeringly slow, health workers don’t have enough protective equipment, and there are not enough ventilators. But the United States is not without…
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In view of the challenges faced by the outbreak of COVID-19
Corrigendum to Public Notice dated March 25, 2020). According to a public notice issued by the Head of IP Offices in India (Controller General of Patents, Designs, Trademarks, Geographical Indication and Copyright) all due dates for filing documents/replies, payment of fees, and completion of any action in respect of any IP application filed in India…
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This Is How Your Immune System Reacts to Coronavirus
People infected with the novel coronavirus can have markedly different experiences. Some report having nothing more than symptoms of a mild cold; others are hospitalized and even die as their lungs become inflamed and fill up with fluid. How can the same virus result in such different outcomes?