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This World Health Organization page includes descriptions of false information circulating around as it pertains to the COVID-19 pandemic, and includes helpful graphic explainers that you can download and share.
edscoop: “Researchers from the University of Maryland announced this week they’ve developed an analytics-driven website that measures how well people in each state are complying with stay-at-home and social distancing guidelines. The tool, built by researchers in the university’s engineering department, uses anonymized and aggregated location data from mobile devices and data from the COVID-19 International Data Collaborative, …
Gizmodo: “The damaging effects of covid-19 will extend beyond the lungs to our brains and minds, scientists are warning. The viral disease may directly affect the nervous systems of some patients both during and post-infection, and the stress of the pandemic and its economic fallout is likely already leading to spikes in anxiety among the …
Harvard Law Today – Urs Gasser explores the risks and benefits of mining data to combat COVID-19: “…Privacy and data protection issues vary greatly depending on the types of data, use cases, and actors involved. And countries around the world have very different baselines and practices in place determining how such rights are protected. European …
Reuters Institute – Navigating the ‘infodemic’: how people in six countries access and rate news and information about coronavirus. Professor Rasmus Kleis Nielsen; Dr Richard Fletcher; Nic Newman; Dr. J. Scott Brennen; Dr Philip N. Howard. Wednesday 15 April 2020. “In this report, we use survey data collected in late March and early April 2020 …
The New York Times – “With most of us quarantined in our homes, chances are you’ve been reacquainting yourself with the forgotten spices and fusty beans from the depths of your pantry. But how fusty is too fusty? When is the right time to throw something out? And what about fresh ingredients? If I’m trying …
“Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate health committee, joined Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) to outline Democrats’ new proposal to address the Trump Administration’s failure to rapidly expand testing capacity for COVID-19 in Washington state and across the country. …
Apple Newsroom: “Apple today released a mobility data trends tool from Apple Maps to support the impactful work happening around the globe to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. This mobility data may provide helpful insights to local governments and health authorities and may also be used as a foundation for new public policies by showing …
Politico Nightly: “In the U.S., more than 2.8 million coronavirus tests have helped reveal more than half a million cases of Covid-19. New York leads the nation in testing, conducting 16 percent of all tests, which have covered more than 2.7 percent of the state’s population. More than 1.1 percent of New York residents have …
NPR – “Just as the coronavirus has spread from coast to coast and disrupted nearly every aspect of daily life, so too have the state-level restrictions and recommendations designed to combat it. Governors are implementing all sorts of measures aimed at controlling the outbreak and responding to the public health and economic damage it has …
Washington Post – “A team of government officials — led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — has created a public health strategy to combat the novel coronavirus and reopen parts of the country. Their strategy, obtained by The Washington Post, is part of a larger White …
CRS Legal Sidebar – Constitutional Considerations of Remote Voting In Congress April 14, 2020: “COVID-19 has had an impact on almost every facet of American life. Congress has not been spared. Largely because the risk of transmission of the disease is highest in concentrated groups, there have been calls to alter the internal operation of …
