Lesson of the Day: ‘How Coronavirus Hijacks Your Cells’
Find all our Lessons of the Day here.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “How Coronavirus Hijacks Your Cells” by Jonathan Corum and Carl ZimmerThe virus that causes Covid-19 is spreading around the world. At least six other types of coronavirus are known to infect humans, with some causing the common cold and two causing outbreaks: SARS and MERS.In…
COVID-19: Working from home during coronavirus
Over the past ten years, remote working has moved further and further into the public consciousness. For better or worse, technology has made business portable. Got a phone, laptop or tablet and a Wifi or 3G connection? Step into your office.Modern tech combined with a growing focus on work-life balance has seen companies make moves to…
COVID-19: The facts
To learn more about coronavirus, join our free online course COVID-19: Tackling the Novel Coronavirus, created by leading health experts at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. You can recognise the term COVID-19, you’ve learned something about washing your hands whilst singing Happy Birthday twice, and you’ve heard mutterings about coronavirus being engineered in…
COVID-19: How to prepare your home for coronavirus
It’s hard to escape any news about the coronavirus at the moment, or its official medical term – COVID-19.Although we’re seeing a lot of people respond to the news about this new illness in different ways, some reactions have been more extreme than others.When it comes to online learning about the disease, we round up…
COVID-19: FutureLearn offers free online coronavirus course
With 130,000 cases in 125 countries and sadly almost 5,000 deaths so far – including 8 in the UK – the novel coronavirus outbreak now constitutes a pandemic, according to the World Health Organisation.As conflicting information flies around the internet, it’s never been more crucial to stay informed and receive expert advice about how we…
COVID-19: How does coronavirus compare to other outbreaks?
Since the first case of coronavirus on 1st December 2019, there have been over 100,000 cases of the disease worldwide, in over 65 countries. Despite the extreme measures taken to try and reduce the spread, the WHO has been careful not to call it a pandemic at this stage. You may remember previous pandemics that have…
COVID-19: The Facts
You can recognise the term COVID-19, you’ve learned something about washing your hands whilst singing Happy Birthday twice, and you’ve heard mutterings about coronavirus being engineered in a lab. You’ve probably heard soundbites on coronavirus everyday for a month now. But during outbreaks, it can be hard to separate reliable information from rumour. We’ve put together information…
Lesson of the Day: ‘To Tame Coronavirus, Mao-Style Social Control Blankets China’
How contagious is the coronavirus? How deadly is it?Scientists have been working hard to determine the infection and fatality rates of the coronavirus. This information will draw a clearer picture of how the pathogen behaves and how and whether it can be contained.The graph above shows how the new coronavirus compares with other infectious diseases.…
Lesson of the Day: ‘What Is the Coronavirus? Symptoms, Treatment and Risks’
Find all our Lessons of the Day here.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “What Is the Coronavirus? Symptoms, Treatment and Risks” by Roni Caryn Rabin.Have you heard anything about the coronavirus? Are people in your school or community concerned about contracting it?The coronavirus is a respiratory virus named for the spikes that protrude from its membrane, which resemble…
