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Apr 2, 2020 • 13min
In Crowded Hospitals, Who Will Get Life-Saving Equipment?
As health care workers prepare for surges of Covid-19 patients, they must grapple with the ethics of rationing critical medical gear.
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Apr 1, 2020 • 15min
Researchers Push For Mass Blood Tests as a Covid-19 Strategy
While it might seem wasteful to test the seemingly-healthy, tracking antibodies could show how widely the virus has spread—and who may now be immune.
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Mar 31, 2020 • 4min
France's Virus Train Moves Patients to Less Hard-Hit Areas
The national railroad system converted a TGV high-speed train to move 20 Covid-19 patients from Strasbourg to calmer hospitals in the Loire Valley.
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Mar 30, 2020 • 8min
The Heady, Intricate Beauty of Watching Whiskey Evaporate
When American whiskey evaporates, it leaves behind webs, or fingerprints of sorts, that could help sleuths identify counterfeit swill.
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Mar 27, 2020 • 10min
If Robots Steal So Many Jobs, Why Aren't They Saving Us Now?
We've been led to believe that robots and AI are replacing humans en masse. But this economic catastrophe is blowing up that myth.
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Mar 26, 2020 • 17min
An Old Source for Potential New Covid-19 Drugs: Blood Serum
A 100-year-old way to beat disease could help researchers figure out how to harness the antibodies from earlier patients to help the newly infected.
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Mar 25, 2020 • 9min
Telemedicine Is a Safety Valve for a Strained Health Care System
“Virtual visits” can be an effective way to decide who needs to be tested for Covid-19. But remote doctors can't diagnose or treat illness.
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Mar 24, 2020 • 15min
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 with lots more testing.
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Mar 23, 2020 • 8min
The ‘Surreal’ Frenzy Inside the US’ Biggest Mask Maker
Prestige Ameritech typically makes 250,000 masks a day. Now it's manufacturing 1 million daily, and turning away orders for 100 million more.Â
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Mar 20, 2020 • 9min
Mass Panic Is Unlikely, Even During a Pandemic
Hollywood tells us humans are prone to lose all rationality in a disaster, looting and trampling one another. But that’s not giving our brains any credit.
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