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The Doctor Who Helped Defeat Smallpox Explains What's Coming

The Doctor Who Helped Defeat Smallpox Explains What's Coming

Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant, who warned of pandemic in 2006, says we can beat the novel coronavirus-but first, we need lots more testing.

Open-Access JSTOR Materials Accessible to the Public

Open-Access JSTOR Materials Accessible to the Public

The online academic resource has long had ebooks and journals available without the need for a login.

Coronavirus - What We're Doing and How You Can Help in Simple Terms

Coronavirus - What We're Doing and How You Can Help in Simple Terms

We’re simulating the dynamics of COVID-19 proteins to hunt for new therapeutic opportunities. In fact, there are a number of ways you can help, and they’re not mutually exclusive.

Medical Company Threatens to Sue Volunteers That 3D-printed Valves for Life-saving Coronavirus Treatments

Medical Company Threatens to Sue Volunteers That 3D-printed Valves for Life-saving Coronavirus Treatments

The 3D printed valves have saved 10 patients so far.

'There is a Policy of Surrender': Doctor on UK's Covid-19 Failures

'There is a Policy of Surrender': Doctor on UK's Covid-19 Failures

Consultant Mark Gallagher can't understand why the NHS is not testing its staff for coronavirus.

Hundreds of Scientists Scramble to Find a Coronavirus Treatment

Hundreds of Scientists Scramble to Find a Coronavirus Treatment

In an ambitious international collaboration, researchers have "mapped" proteins in the coronavirus and identified 50 drugs to test against it.

Limited Open Access to Cambridge University Press Textbooks

Limited Open Access to Cambridge University Press Textbooks

Cambridge University Press is making higher education textbooks in HTML format free to access online during the coronavirus outbreak.

Building Your Remote Workforce: Including Tips & Tricks for Social Distancing

Building Your Remote Workforce: Including Tips & Tricks for Social Distancing

Organizations across the globe are being forced to adapt quickly, with some allowing employees to work from home the first time. But there are many reasons to shift to a remote team - learn more about why and how.

In the Coronavirus Pandemic, We're Making Decisions Without Reliable Data

In the Coronavirus Pandemic, We're Making Decisions Without Reliable Data

Countermeasures like social distancing may help stop the spread of Covid-19. But how can policymakers tell if they are doing more good than harm? Data!

Publishers Make Coronavirus Content Freely Available and Reusable

Publishers Make Coronavirus Content Freely Available and Reusable

More than 25 leading publishers have committed to making all of their COVID-19 and coronavirus-related publications, and the available data supporting them, immediately accessible in PubMed Central and other public repositories.

Coronavirus Cases Have Dropped Sharply in South Korea. What's the Secret to Its Success?

Coronavirus Cases Have Dropped Sharply in South Korea. What's the Secret to Its Success?

A scary brush with Middle East respiratory syndrome led the country to set up the world's most expansive testing program for COVID-19

Help! I Need to Teach My Course Online and I've Never Done This Before!

Help! I Need to Teach My Course Online and I've Never Done This Before!

In times of crisis, we need community. With schools, colleges and universities mandating online teaching and learning in response to COVID-19, often with only a week of preparation time, people are scrambling for resources and information.

NIH Clinical Trial of Investigational Vaccine for COVID-19 Begins | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

NIH Clinical Trial of Investigational Vaccine for COVID-19 Begins | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

A Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating an investigational vaccine designed to protect against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has begun in Seattle.

Call to Action to the Tech Community on New Machine Readable COVID-19 Dataset

Call to Action to the Tech Community on New Machine Readable COVID-19 Dataset

Today, researchers and leaders from the Allen Institute for AI, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), Microsoft, and the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health released the COVID-19 Open Research Dataset (CORD-19) of scholarly literature about COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, and the Coronavirus group.

‘An Earthquake’: Coronavirus Crisis Rocks Higher Education, Forcing Students and Professors Into Uncharted Territory

‘An Earthquake’: Coronavirus Crisis Rocks Higher Education, Forcing Students and Professors Into Uncharted Territory

The Coronavirus pandemic sends students around the world home from university campuses and into online courses.

Coronavirus Crisis Hits Ice-locked Arctic Research Expedition

Coronavirus Crisis Hits Ice-locked Arctic Research Expedition

A team member on the huge project has tested positive for the virus, delaying the air mission.

'Flattening the Curve' May Be the World's Best Bet to Slow the Coronavirus

'Flattening the Curve' May Be the World's Best Bet to Slow the Coronavirus

Experts say by taking aggresive measures, governments have a shot at stamping out new chains of transmission of the coronavirus.

How Canceled Events and Self-quarantines Save Lives, in One Chart

How Canceled Events and Self-quarantines Save Lives, in One Chart

This is how we all help slow the spread of coronavirus.

COVID-19: Funding Bodies Around the World Pledge New Money for Virus Research

COVID-19: Funding Bodies Around the World Pledge New Money for Virus Research

Research charities Wellcome Trust and the Gates Foundation announced they are joining forces with the credit card company MasterCard in a $125 million push to speed up development of drugs for treating COVID-19 infections, in the latest example of the rush to fund research into the novel coronavirus.

Why Do People Migrate In Europe? A New Online Tool Explains

Why Do People Migrate In Europe? A New Online Tool Explains

Universities and research organisations have joined forces to develop a new interactive tool that explores how free movement has affected EU economies and societies.

Does Closing Schools Slow the Spread of Coronavirus? Past Outbreaks Provide Clues

Does Closing Schools Slow the Spread of Coronavirus? Past Outbreaks Provide Clues

A researcher who forecasts epidemic spread argues that proactive closures, though disruptive, could help.