Health

A wristband without a screen. A service that scans your body through your camera. An always-listening voice analysis that provides guidance on emotional tone. Amazon’s entry into the fitness space is truly strange and ambitious. And we just get our minds around it. Amazon has entered the health and fitness …

The current guidance for safe social distancing may not be enough to stop the spread of COVID-19, a new analysis suggests. In the report, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Oxford say that other factors, such as ventilation, crowd size, exposure time and whether face …

According to Amazon, how you speak is a useful indicator of your well-being, both emotionally and physically. As a result, the Halo Band will monitor your tone to determine if you’re feeling positive enough to get through your day. Every morning you will get a breakdown of your tonal patterns …

An unexpectedly positive turn for Brazilian cities once plagued by the coronavirus pandemic raises fresh questions about immunity. A new report in the Washington Post described how the impoverished city of Manaus saw hospitalizations decline, although it had never imposed a lockdown or taken other drastic austerity measures in Asia …

At least three people were infected with COVID-19 a second time this week, asking what we know about immunity to the deadly virus. While past infections have been reported in the past, including some in South Korea in May, it later emerged that the cases were likely a result of …