Emergency food sellers see a 100-fold spike in orders, months of wait times from COVID-19

While COVID-19 food shortages have yet to hit mainstream grocery and warehouse stores in a big way, suppliers specializing in long-term storage food (i.e. emergency food) have spent the past month struggling with a triple-digit spike in orders. The panic buying seems to have started in late January as COVID-19 news spread from China around

No, a vaccine or a re-purposed antiviral therapy will not save us from the first wave of COVID-19

About the author: Ari Allyn-Feuer has PhD in bioinformatics and is a principal data scientist at a major pharmaceutical company. He develops lifesaving drugs for a living. In recent days, the increasingly dire news about the global spread of COVID-19 has featured little glimpses of charming optimism. Specifically, many internet commenters, a couple biotech companies,

COVID-19: key developments for Wednesday, February 19, 2020

A collection of key developments in the fight against COVID-19 (the actual virus is SARS-COV-2), posted throughout the week for those who just want the signal and not the noise. If there’s something you think we should include, sound off in the comments thread attached to the post. Visit our Wuhan coronavirus status page and

COVID-19: key developments for Thursday, February 13, 2020

A collection of key developments in the fight against the Wuhan coronavirus (nCoV-2019), posted throughout the week for those who just want the signal and not the noise. If there’s something you think we should include, sound off in the comments thread attached to the post. Visit our Wuhan coronavirus status page and learn how

COVID-19: key developments for Wednesday, February 12, 2020

A collection of key developments in the fight against the Wuhan coronavirus (nCoV-2019), posted throughout the week for those who just want the signal and not the noise. If there’s something you think we should include, sound off in the comments thread attached to the post. Visit our Wuhan coronavirus status page and learn how