Pandemic

The novel coronavirus is raging across the planet. Millions are quarantined, the stock market is violently gyrating and one of the preeminent VC firms in the Valley is back to saying RIP Good Times. The daily stream of news is terrifying, and we are going to learn even more in…

Medical staff on the Polish side of the Jedrzychowice border crossing between Poland and Germany on March 9, 2020.Photo: Odd Andersen (AFP via Getty Images)This weekend, the coronavirus outbreak officially reached more than 100 countries, touching every continent but Antartica. China is no longer the only hotspot, with large epidemics…

(CNN)American universities from California to New York have canceled classes as the novel coronavirus has affected more than 100,000 people and transformed into what CNN is calling a pandemic.The cancellations have been focused in states and areas hardest hit by the virus, including the Seattle area, California and New York.These…

I want to talk about malignant incompetence on the part of our elected officials, and this isn’t even about the pandemic. Rather, it’s about the spectacularly misguided, counterproductive, expensive, and overbearing approach to end-to-end encryption by the USA along with Australia, Canada, the UK, and New Zealand — the so-called…

It’s a bit gauche to talk about positive economic impacts of what may become a global pandemic, but the novel coronavirus hasn’t been bad news for every company. Video conference provider Zoom appears to be one beneficiary; after going public in 2019, its share price rose from around $68 at…

Image: Getty Images By Morgan Sung2020-02-29 23:40:21 UTC Please wash your damn hands.  It's 2020 and yes, full grown adults still need to hear it.  Health officials in Washington confirmed the first death from the new coronavirus, officially named COVID-19, on Saturday. The virus is highly contagious, and as of…

CDC Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Principal Deputy Director Anne Schuchat and US Secretary of Health Alex Azar listen to President Donald Trump as he speaks during a news conference on the COVID-19 outbreak at the White House on February 26, 2020. Photo: Eric Baradat (AFP via Getty…

The point person for the government (who will be reporting to Vice President Pence) is Deborah Birx, a longtime leader in the U.S. government’s efforts to contain the HIV/AIDS pandemic. From her position within the State Department as the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representative for Global Health Policy,…

The merch machine can’t be stopped, even for coronavirus or COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. Coronavirus merch has arrived, and it’s somehow worse than I anticipated. The themes generally seem to be: jokes about China; the idea of survival against the virus; and general stock imagery of…

A worker wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea, on Feb. 27, 2020. Ahn Young-joon/The Associated Press No country should make the “fatal mistake” of assuming it will be spared the coronavirus, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, as governments from…