Financial Times
How Covid has strained the world's ports
The FT's Trade Secrets editor Claire Jones says few places of business have faced the pressures of the pandemic quite as much as the world's ports. A boom in manufacturing and strong demand for consumer durables in the second half of...
But Why
Understanding Coronavirus
A new threat to human health, a disease called COVID-19, is spreading rapidly around the globe. The cause of COVID-19 is a coronavirus, named for the crown-like spikes on the surface of the virus particles. In this audio story, an...
Healthcare Triage
Antibody Tests, Lockdowns, and Why Isn't This Working? Coronavirus Q&A 5-2-2020
We're all tired of staying home. You've still got a lot of questions about this pandemic. We've got some answers. You can jump directly to a question by clicking on the time stamps below. 0:13 - Should Officeholders Pass Basic Science...
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Explainer: Deadly virus threatens pets and wild rabbits in North America
Rabbits are under threat as a deadly hemorrhagic virus spreads across the southwestern United States.
Vlogbrothers
Are Viruses Necessary?
I am not sure which virus is currently hijacking my cells, but I'm going to go to bed now and hope it improves. Thanks for being here.
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Seoul to build ‘10-Minute City’ for COVID lockdowns
The neighborhood will have every shop, gym, office, farm and cultural facility residents might need within ten minutes’ walk from their apartments.
SWPictures
KILL OR CURE - Preparing for the Pandemic
The world stands on the edge of a flu pandemic, according to the world’s leading experts. The results, they predict, will be catastrophic. Millions of deaths, economies and civil society in chaos, political life undermined or destroyed....
Financial Times
Coronavirus sell-off why markets have further to fall | Charts that Count
The FT's US finance editor Rob Armstrong says investors in the S&P 500 have made above average returns over the past decade. But at this point, that is both reassuring and frightening.
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Study finds airport security trays contains more viruses than toilets
A study published in the BioMed Central Infectious Diseases journal found that plastic airport security trays carry viruses that could cause respiratory infections.
TLDR News
Europe Closes its Borders to Britain: How Brexit & COVID Have Made the UK Isolated - TLDR News
Over 40 countries have blocked travellers from the UK in the last three days. This has caused huge disruption to Britain with over 1,500 lorries trying to get out of the UK and thousands of people stuck. So in this video we discuss the...
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China pressured WHO team to say lab leak ‘extremely unlikely’
A top W.H.O. official said his team was pressured to report that it was ‘extremely unlikely’ that a Chinese lab leak caused the COVID pandemic.
TLDR News
Coronavirus: Why UK Schools are Still Open (& When Will They Close) - TLDR News.
In the UK schools remain open, despite the government encouraging social distancing. So in this video we'll explain why schools are still open, if they are going to close and if so when?
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Excess body weight can weaken efficacy of flu vaccine
Scientists have found that the flu vaccine is less effective for people with excess weight.
Financial Times
Is the world reaching ‘peak meat’?
FT commodities correspondent Emiko Terazono explains how even before the pandemic meat consumption was showing signs of having peaked in developed countries. Demand in China, which accounts for almost a third of the total meat eaten,...
Science360
Dying Lobsters
The Caribbean Spiny Lobster has been a mainstay of Florida's seafood industry for decades, but the harvest went off a cliff about a decade ago, declining about 30%, and has never rebounded. Biologists think the culprit is a virus called...
Financial Times
How Beijing is cracking down on Hong Kong
Pro-democracy campaigners Jimmy Lai and Martin Lee talk to the FT's Sue Lin Wong about Beijing's attempts to override Hong Kong's mini-constitution while the world is distracted by the coronavirus pandemic.
TLDR News
Coronavirus Bar Chart Race: How the Disease Crossed the World - TLDR News
Coronavirus continues to spread around the world, so we thought we'd rewind to the beginning of the crisis to show you how the virus spread around the world. In this video, we use all of the WTO's situation reports, to show which...
Healthcare Triage
The Flu is Terrible!
This year's influenza is really bad. Hospitalizations are up, and health departments in 49 states report widespread flu. Apparently, if you don't want the flu, go to Hawaii. Just kidding. You can still get a flu shot, and you don't have...
Healthcare Triage
Lessons from Singapore and Reopening The United States
Singapore had one of the world's most robust and effective responses to coronavirus and COVID19. Despite that, the country still had to enter lockdown and struggled to control the spread of the disease. What can this tell us about how...
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Largest Chinese COVID-19 study suggests elderly, sick most at risk
Chinese authorities have published a study of COVID-19 patients across China – the largest one done on the disease so far.
CuriosaMente
¿Qué es un meme?
¿Los memes son sólo imágnes con frases chistosas? ¿Realmente qué es un meme? Acompáñanos a conocer el origen del concepto "meme" Este fascinante video nos sumerge en el universo de los memes, no solo como imágenes con textos...
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HPV vaccine to be rolled out for teen boys in the UK
A shot that protects against the HPV virus, which is said to cause causes cervical cancer in women, will be given to boys aged 12 to 13 in England, the BBC reports. Thousands of boys in England are expected to be vaccinated under the...
TLDR News
Why Did Johnson Cancel Christmas in an "Inhuman" Last Minute Decision? - TLDR News
Yesterday in a seemingly last-minute decision, Johnson decided to 'cancel' Christmas for around 20 million Brits, limiting Christmas for millions more. So in this video, we discuss what led him to this decision and why despite mounting...
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CDC says vaccinated people can spread delta
Vaccinated people who become infected can spread the delta variant, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.