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Fake News: Should We Have Laws to Ban Fake News? - TLDR News.
With the volume of fake news growing and the severity of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, many are beginning to question if we should have anti-fake news laws. Should the government regulate the internet to stop the spread of...
Healthcare Triage
The Immune System, T-Cells, and Covid-19
So far we’ve been pretty focused on the antibody side of things during the pandemic, but recent work suggests that T Cells aren’t sitting this one out, and that could mean something significant in terms of immunity, even for people who...
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Taiwan to roll out social distancing app
Taiwan is working on a social distancing app to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, a cabinet official said on April 11.
Catalyst University
The Coronavirus Replication Cycle
In this video, I explain how the Coronavirus (COVID-19) infects and replicates inside the host’s cells.
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Chinese port closure increases global shipping bottleneck
One of China’s busiest ports, Yantian, blamed a Covid outbreak for stopping export operations in late May.
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WHO is downplaying risks of coronavirus airborne transmission: scientists
Some 239 scientists in 32 countries say the coronavirus is an airborne disease that can linger in tiny droplets to infect people indoors, according to a report in the New York Times.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
2020 Britannica Year in Review
In 2020 the world experienced unprecedented hardships alongside joy and celebration. Britannica's readers sought out numerous topics that helped them to put 2020's events into context and better understand an astonishing year.
Rachel's English
ENGLISH PRACTICE: The Coronavirus Pronunciation / Vocabulary / Phrasal Verbs that you NEED
Do you want English practice? Do you want to know the pronunciation, vocabulary and phrasal verbs you need to discuss the Coronavirus? Are you looking for an English practice lesson that is both challenging and relevant? If so, this...
Mediacorp
Breaking Bad Habits: Can This Device Help Stop Face Touching?
Host Joshua tries the face touch buzzer, but soon gets used to the light buzzing. He takes it to a user experience (UX) designer, in hopes that making it more annoying will also make it more effective. Let's see how it goes! Pandemic...
Global Health with Greg Martin
R0 and vaccine coverage. How to use a COVID-19 vaccine to get to herd immunity and beat Coronavirus
R0 (the basic reproductive number) tells us more than just how many people will be infected in a totally susceptible population. It can be used to calculate the how much vaccine coverage is needed to get to herd immunity. As COVID-19...
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Understanding COVID-19: A Healthcare Perspective
This video provides information on the current protocols and challenges faced by healthcare providers in managing the COVID-19 outbreak. It covers the transmission and symptoms of the virus, testing criteria, and the measures taken to...
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How soap destroys a virus
Washing your hands thoroughly with soap is one of the most effective ways to eliminate SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, from your skin, according to Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control.
Curated Video
Epidemics
They’re diseases that affect people living in a single country or region – but what impact have historic epidemics had on US society?
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Federal Art Project
Thanks to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ambitious New Deal plan, American artists were able to keep working during the Great Depression. The work they produced remains a key part of the American landscape.
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Moderna’s phase-1 trials show experimental coronavirus vaccine can induce immune response
U.S. biotech firm Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine has successfully triggered an immune response in all volunteers against COVID-19 during preliminary testing
Financial Times
Coronavirus: the race between vaccines and new variants
Anna Gross lays out the threat new variants of the disease pose to the UK's vaccination programme. The hopes of the rest of the world could rest upon whether Britain succeeds in its target of 15m vaccinations by mid-February.
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Why you should put the toilet lid down before flushing: study
Researchers from Yangzhou University have shown that an uncovered toilet can eject infected aerosol droplets up to three feet, or one meter, in the air, according to a study published on June 16 in the journal Physics of Fluids.
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Why COVID shipping bottlenecks could take years to untangle
Container chaos is one of the causes of the global supply chain crisis that’s causing price increases and product shortages.
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Wuhan suspends public transport amid virus outbreak
Authorities in the Chinese city of Wuhan have shut down public transport to stop the spread of a new strain of coronavirus.
Professor Dave Explains
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
It's time to start talking about coronaviruses. Many people may remember the outbreak of SARS in 2003, which was a mysterious respiratory disease that was then linked to a coronavirus, which was called SARS-CoV. This was the first of...
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Explainer: What is Remdesivir and how does it treat COVID-19
Gilead’s remdesivir is an antiviral nucleoside analogue that disrupts a virus’s ability to replicate its genome.
Curated Video
Coronavirus Song: The Less We Get Together
Here is a Coronavirus song for kids. This song is called "The Less We Get Together." It is simple and easy to learn and reminds children what to do to stay healthy and safe.
Grandpa (spoken): Hello? Little girl (spoken): Hi Grandpa!...
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Pandemic Lockdown of 1918
The Spanish Flu was one of the deadliest pandemics the world has ever seen – so how was one sleepy Colorado town able to escape unscathed?
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Is Trust In The Media Eroding? Should We Trust the News Media About COVID? - TLDR News
With misinformation on the rise and a real need for scientific and medical information than ever, you'd expect people would flock to the media. However, if you trust Twitter people are angrier with journalists than ever before and people...