Martial signaling notwithstanding, the likelihood that Beijing is about to embark on a major military endeavor in the Taiwan Strait remains fairly low. Here’s What You Need to Remember: Although Beijing is undoubtedly committed to further widening the military imbalance in the Taiwan Strait and to deploying assets that can delay or even prevent a U.S….
France, Germany, and Italy face major challenges in ICU capacity this winter and will exceed the first peak without further suppression measures. A new report from the Imperial College London COVID-19 Response Team, says the pandemic has placed enormous strain on healthcare systems, particularly intensive care units (ICUs), with COVID-19 patient care being a key concern…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that the latest restrictions have not yet changed the trend in coronavirus infections and added that they need more social distancing, per Reuters. Additional takeaways “We are a long way from the 50 per 100,000 per week prevalence rate needed to restore track and trace.” “State and national…
Surjit S Bhalla writes: Lockdowns were an unnatural experiment and, around the world, they have not worked in achieving their major health objective of less infections or slower pace of infections. January 22 was the first unnatural experiment — Wuhan, China entered into a lockdown. (Illustration by C R Sasikumar) It is now slightly more…
As coronavirus cases, hospitalizations, and deaths rise in nearly every state, with hospitals overflowing in some, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, is trying to get one message out: the power to stop the virus is in our hands, as Americans. We have to work together—and follow the public health fundamentals, doing as…
As COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to rise nationwide, some states are halting phased reopening plans or imposing new coronavirus-related restrictions. Several are putting limits on social gatherings, adding states to travel quarantine lists, mandating face masks, and encouraging residents to stay home, as many did in the spring. Others are restricting business hours of…
Greetings from Tyler, The media tells us it’s over. The election, that is. COVID-19 is running amok, or so all the news-breaks say. Just as we thought, the COVID-19 scare is still picking up steam 10 months later. It is setting records every day, maybe every minute. “Hospitals are being overrun with COVID cases,” they…
“Trust me. It’s safe.” Photo: Alexy Nikolsky/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Not to be outdone by Pfizer’s big announcement, Russia’s state-run Gamaleya Research Institute announced Wednesday that its Sputnik V vaccine is 92% effective. Why it matters: Experts have criticized the lack of transparency around the vaccine and the haste with which the Kremlin approved it, but several…
A Kurdish refugee mother and son from the Syrian town of Kobani walk beside their tent in a camp in the Turkish town of Suruc on the Turkish-Syrian border in 2014. President-elect Joe Biden aims to reverse the Trump administration’s dramatic cuts to refugee admissions. —Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to reassert…