Category «Health Care»

Worldometer COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic

Worldometer COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic: “Confirmed Cases and Deaths by Country, Territory, or Conveyance – The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 199 countries and territories around the world and 1 international conveyance (the Diamond Princess cruise ship harbored in Yokohama, Japan). The day is reset after midnight GMT+0.” Case Graphs – Death Graphs – Countries – Death …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care, Internet

The Rules for Going Outdoors During Coronavirus

Outside –  How to recreate responsibly and safely through the COVID-19 pandemic: ““This disease is hyper-infectious; we haven’t seen anything like it in recent history,” says Global First Ladies Alliance Cora Neumann, who is advising Montana state heath authorities on their handling of the COVID-19 crisis. “We need to flatten the curve,” she says. By slowing the rate of …

Subjects: Health Care, Knowledge Management

IBM and The Weather Channel debut coronavirus map

Fortune: “IBM and its subsidiary, The Weather Channel, have created an online map that tracks the spread of U.S. coronavirus cases. The new map, which debuted nationwide on Wednesday after a few days of testing, shows a state-by-state and county-by-county breakdown of confirmed COVID-19 cases and related deaths. People can see specific information from their …

Subjects: Health Care, Internet

WaPo Live Coronavirus Updates – US and around the world

Access to these Washington Post updates is free – Live updates: Confirmed coronavirus cases approach 500,000 worldwide; Senate passes stimulus, but new U.S. jobless claims shatter decades-old record – “Much of the world’s population is now living under some sort of coronavirus-related restrictions as the total number of confirmed cases worldwide approaches 500,000. In Washington, …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research, Legislation

Trump team failed to follow NSC’s pandemic playbook

Politico – “The 69-page document / PDF [and embedded in this article], finished in 2016, provided a step by step list of priorities – which were then ignored by the administration. “The strategies are among hundreds of tactics and key policy decisions laid out in a 69-page National Security Council playbook on fighting pandemics, which …

Subjects: Defense, Government Documents, Health Care, Legislation

Governments could track COVID-19 lockdowns through social media posts

CNET – A research group scrapes more than 500,000 Instagram profiles in Italy to see if people are abiding by the quarantine. “Your posts on social media have been harvested for advertising. They’ve been taken to build up a massive facial recognition database. Now that same data could be used by companies and governments to …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Health Care, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media

COVID-19 Pushes Up Internet Use 70% And Streaming More Than 12%

Forbes: “The first internet streaming and usage figures are coming in as the coronavirus pandemic places a quarter of the world’s population under lockdown. As millions of people go online for entertainment and more, total internet hits have surged by between 50% and 70%, according to preliminary statistics. Streaming has also jumped by at least …

Subjects: Education, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management