Coronavirus, 541 morti in un giorno, contagi costanti, in calo i ricoveri

Sono 37.298 le persone positive al Covid-19 in Lombardia: in un giorno i contagi sono aumentati di 2.409 casi, sostanzialmente in linea con il forte incremento registrato giovedì, quando si è registrato un +2.543. Lo ha reso noto l’assessore al Welfare di Regione Lombardia, Giulio […]

Rocket startup Skyrora shifts production to hand sanitizer and face masks for coronavirus response

One of the newer companies attempting to join the rarified group of private space launch startups actually flying payloads to orbit has redirected its entire UK-based manufacturing capacity towards COVID-19 response. Skyrora, which is based in Edinburgh, Scotland, is answering the call of the UK […]

How to Disinfect Everything: Coronavirus Home Cleaning Tips

There’s something deeply unsettling about stepping out of the home-from-work boredom of self-isolation into the tense, ambient panic of grocery shopping during a pandemic. Normal is a double-sided coin now. At home, things feel hyperreal and outside they feel entirely surreal—two steps removed from the […]

The FDA just okayed multiple 15-minute blood tests to screen for coronavirus, but there are caveats

On Thursday, the FDA amended their emergency policy around diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Following on a change made March 16, the agency opened the door for a number of specific private entities and labs to develop and distribute tests […]