9 November Globally, the total confirmed cases of Covid-19 have reached over 50,500,000 with more than 1,256,000 deaths and 33,036,000 recoveries. The US have the highest number of confirmed cases at more than 10 million and numbers continue to rise. Illinois is seeing a steep rise in new confirmed cases per day, increasing from 2,164 …

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9 November Global: Global coronavirus infections have passed 50.4 million, meanwhile, the global coronavirus death toll exceeds 1.25 million according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. The latest seven-day average shows global daily infections are rising by more than 540,000 and October was the worst month of the pandemic so far, according to Reuters calculations. …

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9 September The Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC) has selected Empatica, an MIT Media Lab spinoff company, to deploy a wearable device and algorithm for the early detection of Covid-19. Empatica’s Aura algorithm provides a daily risk-indication using physiological data collected through Empatica’s smartwatch, EmbracePlus, for individuals who may have contracted Covid-19. Humanigen, …

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9 November Antonio Fatas, an economics professor, re-tweeted about how fundamentally misguided economists’ fears were about zombie firms or money-losing firms that have managed to stay afloat either due to abundant profit or Federal Reserve and Treasury support. He believes that weakening businesses are consequence of a weak economy and the cause of one, therefore …

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6 November Global: Global coronavirus infections have passed 48.6 million, meanwhile, the global coronavirus death toll exceeds 1.2 million according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. The world suffered the highest total one-day death toll of the pandemic so far, with 11,447 people lost in the last day. Europe: WHO warns of ‘explosion’ of virus …

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The Riverdale-based Utah Military Academy has been closed temporarily and is encouraging students to take to online classes following a Covid-19 outbreak at the school. School authorities reported that four adults tested positive for the virus. The infected staff stayed out of the premises when tested positive. However, school authorities are monitoring every student and …

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6 November Jim Stanford, an economist, re-tweeted on how the pandemic has shone light on the growing menace of insecure work, mass displacements, remote working trends, and polarisation, with those in the most insecure jobs removed first in the crisis. More than half of Australia is employed in precarious, temporary, casual, and part-time jobs or …

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5 November Globally, the total confirmed cases of Covid-19 have reached over 48,215,000 with over 1,227,000 deaths and 31,958,000 recoveries. Across the globe the daily confirmed Covid-19 cases continue to climb, with the US, India, and Brazil remaining as the top three most heavily affected countries. The US has seen record highs in daily confirmed …

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5 November Global: coronavirus infections have passed 48 million, meanwhile, the global coronavirus death toll exceeds 1.2 million. Daily coronavirus deaths worldwide set a new record of more than 10,000, while global infections passed 600,000 in a day for the first time as the pandemic gathered pace, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Europe: …

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5 November Ben White, a chief economist correspondent and columnist, tweeted on how pundits have underestimated the importance of pre-pandemic economic growth for US citizens. He shares a 2019 piece depicting how Trump defied doubters with a surging economy. Even though the economy displayed resilience, Trump’s overall approval seemed to be falling as per polls, …

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