Strategies to Adjust Your Life and Business in a Time of Crisis
How Using Transparency, Empathy and Planning Can Create Better Personal and Business Strategies During this Time of Crisis. You’ve probably been thinking to yourself, “So, now what?” Or perhaps you’ve been so busy over the last few weeks you’ve hardly had
A Silent Spring Has Fallen Upon Us, It’s Time to Listen so That We Can Emerge With Dignity
It has been weeks since I’ve written anything of consequence, or even released a short story on Kindle direct publishing. Since late fall I’ve been editing my third book, “The Dignity Doctrine: Rational Relations for an Irrational World,” which will
Trump’s War on the World Health Organization
Updated 20 April 2020. Trump's war on the World Health Organization has just taken a new twist. News has emerged that the Trump administration received full information in real-time from Americans working at WHO, undercutting Trump's accusations that the WHO
COVID-19: How to fight disease outbreaks with data
In today’s age of information, big data allows us to fight an infectious disease like COVID-19 more effectively. This article explores the challenges, especially in the area of collating and analyzing global data and collaboration between experts. Throughout history, the movement
Coronavirus Books for Children
According to Unesco (as of 11 April), school closures are affecting 91% of the world’s student population - that’s over 1.5 billion children whose learning has been disrupted. They are at home and wondering what happens next. As the coronavirus
COVID-19 Pandemic Exacerbated by America’s Uninsured
Saving Money by Hiding From the Doctor In winter 2009, I was growing up in a lower middle-class family and attending public school in rural Tennessee when I caught the most severe flu I’d ever had. I remember suffering through fever
Schools out forever? Supporting resilient learning in the face of COVID-19
To contain the continuous spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has seen, at the latest count, 188 countries taking the unprecedented action of closing their nation’s schools. Over 1.5 billion learners are affected. While the measure is necessary to
The Viral View from London Bridge
Impakter presents Oscar Sparrow's contribution, a British poet's viral view of the COVID-19 pandemic, that "damn pesky virus, that wasp at the global picnic": As the Duchess Megs and her beau, the cool Duke H, lifted off into the skies above
How We’re Continuing to Support Rural Businesses and Smallholder Farmers During the Coronavirus Outbreak
Rural businesses and smallholder farmers are the heart of rural communities, a vital part of the economy that needs to continue functioning during the novel Coronavirus outbreak. This is how Root Capital using digital technology helps to stay in close
How Individuals Can Take Action During the COVID-19 Crisis
How People in the B Corp Community and Others Can Contribute to Those in Need During COVID-19 Crisis. Life has been a whirlwind since we first heard the term COVID-19. Over a few short weeks, the coronavirus pandemic has posed profound
Jupe Health Launches Mobile ICU Units
Since its outbreak in China in December 2019 and recognition as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020, over 725,000 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in 202 countries resulting in over 34,000 deaths. The United
Columbia University Researchers Use AI to Develop Treatment for Coronavirus
Columbia University is at the frontier between AI and biotech, especially in coronavirus research. Two graduates of the Data Science Institute (DSI) at Columbia University - Andrew Satz and Brett Averso - are using AI in coronavirus research, relying on computational