X-FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and four other experts have published a roadmap to re-opening the US economy from Coronavisus shutdowns. Here Nextbigfuture reviews the details of the next phase. Trigger for Moving to Phase II A state can safely proceed to Phase II when it has achieved all the following: A sustained reduction in cases …
The Carnival of Space 659 is up at Urban Astronomer. Universe Today Are the Gaps in These Disks Caused by Planets? Above – This is the sharpest image ever taken by ALMA — sharper than is routinely achieved in visible light with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. It shows the protoplanetary disc surrounding the young …
CanSino Biologics is starting phase II clinical trials for Ad5-nCoV, a COVID-19 vaccine candidate. Ad5-nCoV is a genetic engineered vaccine candidate with the replication-defective adenovirus type 5 as the vector to express SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, which intends to be used to prevent the disease caused by the novel coronavirus infection. In the phase 1 trial, …
The Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID) is one of the databases compiling all of the genome sequencing of COVID-19. The disease is being repeatedly sequenced to track it mutations. Genome sequencing of the disease is being done all of over the world and we are nearly at 8000 genome sequences. Genome sequences …
New York Governor Cuomo and the University Washington IHME say the worst of the US Coronavirus for this wave happened three days ago. The Washington IHME, says Italy had its peak of COVID-19 resource usage on March 28, 2020. Spain peaked on March 29, 2020. The hospitals in Italy and Spain will have 20% of …
The latest U.S. and European data proves the world is in its steepest freefall ever—and the old economic and political playbooks don’t apply. This global economic collapse is not the result of a financial crisis. It is not even the direct result of the pandemic. The collapse is the result of a deliberate policy choice, …
Taiwan, South Korea and Vietnam have been countries with the best coronavirus procedures and they are safely keeping their economies open. South Korea had a significant outbreak that they were able to contain. The US now has more than the level of testing that South Korea had when it contained its outbreak. The US has …
From Wednesday, Denmark children aged 11 and younger will return to schools and nurseries, after a month of closures. Denmark, Norway, Czech Republic and Austria are the first European countries that are slowly lifting lockdown. They are re-opening some stores and schools. Austria some shops reopen this Tuesday and other stores, restaurants and hotels will …
UK Prime Minister is out of the hospital and will recover at his country residence, Chequers. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. It covers many disruptive technology and trends including Space, Robotics, Artificial …
Admiral Brett Giroir, lead White House team COVID-19 testing efforts, said he is “very optimistic” that tens of millions of the tests will be available by May. This could enable the US economy to be opened. The current shutdowns are costing the US economy about 1 million unemployed every day. If there is: Masks worn …
Apple and Google will be launching a comprehensive solution that includes application programming interfaces (APIs) and operating system-level technology to assist in enabling contact tracing. Given the urgent need, the plan is to implement this solution in two steps while maintaining strong protections around user privacy. 1. In May, both companies will release APIs that …