Health

[ad_1] There has been a lot of interest in leveraging smartphone apps for contact tracing, a public health strategy that involves tracking people who are COVID-19 positive to identify disease hot spots. Traditionally, this is done by foot workers and over the phone, and we know that this labor-intensive method …

[ad_1] Indonesia’s economic recession is likely to be worse than expected as Southeast Asia’s largest economy struggles to contain the coronavirus pandemic, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Indonesia’s gross domestic product (GDP) is now expected to contract by 1.5 percent this year instead of the 0.3 percent contraction the …

[ad_1] By Lewis McLellan, Oliver West, Phil Thornton Oct 13, 2020 Development activists are concerned that the IMF is pressuring Covid-affected countries to implement austerity measures, although these are not traditional conditions. The IMF says its message is “spend what you need, but keep the receipts.” The overwhelming majority of …

[ad_1] This story is part of Amazon Prime Day, CNET’s guide to everything you need to know and how to make sure you get the best deal. Amazon Prime day is officially here and runs through Wednesday, October 14 at 11:59 pm PT. Rivals of the retail giant, including Best …

[ad_1] By David Lawder, Jan Strupczewski WASHINGTON / BRUSSELS (Reuters) – World financial leaders said on Tuesday that the global economy had escaped a collapse caused by the coronavirus so far, but warned not to conquer the pandemic, maintain stimulus and address mounting debt between nations. poor could crush a …

[ad_1] Amazon.com Inc.’s two-day Prime Day sale kicked off Tuesday and is expected to give the world’s largest e-commerce company an early edge over traditional rivals still competing with pandemic-scared consumers that they distrust fighting blacks. Friday crowds. With Prime Day pushed back to October from July this year, Amazon …

[ad_1] Credit: Pixabay / CC0 Public Domain The patient entered the Washoe County Community Testing Station in the US state of Nevada on April 18 with a sore throat, dry cough and headache, but there was no reason to be concerned. She was only 25 years old, had no prior …

[ad_1] There has been a “staggering increase” in the number of extreme weather events in the past 20 years, driven in large part by rising global temperatures and other climate changes, according to a new United Nations report. From 2000 to 2019, there were 7,348 major natural disasters around the …

[ad_1] In a new clinical trial, UC Davis Health will test the efficacy and safety of REGN-COV2, the cocktail of monoclonal antibodies, in preventing COVID-19 in adults living with infected patients. The drug was recently administered to President Donald Trump as part of his treatment for SAR-CoV-2 infection. It is …

[ad_1] Paris (AFP) The patient entered the Washoe County Community Testing Station in the US state of Nevada on April 18 with a sore throat, dry cough and headache, but there was no reason to be concerned. She was only 25 years old, had no prior medical conditions, and although …