Daily Archives: 03/02/2020


Media Faces Challenges in Covering Coronavirus Outbreak

Covering the coronavirus story requires careful navigation and constant attention.      News organizations trying to responsibly report  on the growing health crisis are confronted with the task of conveying its seriousness without provoking panic, keeping up with a torrent …


Italy’s Health System at Limit in Virus-Struck Lombardy

The coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy has so overwhelmed the public health system there that officials are taking extraordinary measures to care for the sick, seeking to bring doctors out of retirement and accelerate graduation dates for nursing students.The region …


Virus Kills Member of Council Advising Iran’s Supreme Leader

A member of a council that advises Iran’s supreme leader died Monday after falling sick from the new coronavirus, state radio reported, becoming the first top official to succumb to the illness that is affecting members of the Islamic Republic’s …


Tractor Giant Sows Uber High-Tech Seeds in Africa

In the near future, farmers in Africa could boldly go where no farmers have gone before. Major manufacturers look to launch the industry into the 21st Century by tying tractors to cell phones. With a high-tech device, can follow a …