Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Virtual volunteers offer help to strangers amid virus stress

Sitting cross-legged in her living room, Donna Borak rested her palm on her heart as she guided a small group of virtual participants in meditation and deep breathing. Notice where you might be holding tension, she instructed.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Lockdowns multiply globally as virus strains health systems

Major streets and highways were deserted in many parts of the world Saturday as curfews and lockdowns multiplied in the face of a rapidly advancing virus that is severely straining many health systems.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Europe's south strains under pandemic; 10,000 die globally

Southern Europe buckled under the strain of the coronavirus pandemic Friday, with gasping patients filling sick wards in Spain and Italy and field hospitals going up in hotels and a convention center, as the global death ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Crowdsourcing app aims to fill gaps in coronavirus data

As a health tech master's student at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech, David Hachuel, M.S. '19, developed an award-winning app to empower sufferers of gastrointestinal illness.

Psychology & Psychiatry

How a time of panic buying could yet bring us together

For every headline about panic buying, fighting and even arrests in supermarkets, we see other stories about communities and individuals rallying in support of each other. These interpersonal connections reveal our true humanity, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Millions holed up at home as virus profoundly shifts US life

Millions of Americans began their work week holed up at home against the coronavirus Monday as the escalating outbreak upended the nation's daily routines in ways never before seen in U.S. history.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Cyprus tightens entry rules, shutting hotels over virus

The Republic of Cyprus said Sunday it would further tighten entry restrictions and close a string of businesses including the vital tourism sector's hotels to rein in the novel coronavirus.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Trump to make 'statement' Wednesday on coronavirus measures

President Donald Trump said he will make a primetime address Wednesday on measures to confront the growing health and economic challenges to the United States from the novel coronavirus.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

US warns 7 companies over fraudulent coronavirus claims

U.S. regulators warned seven companies to stop selling soaps, sprays and other concoctions with false claims that they can treat the new coronavirus or keep people from catching it.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

'This is not a drill': WHO urges world to take virus more seriously

World health officials have warned that countries are not taking the coronavirus crisis seriously enough, as outbreaks surged across Europe and in the United States where medical workers sounded warnings over a "disturbing" ...

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