Opinion

How we can change lives in the pandemic

With so many people sick and dying and US unemployment at a level not reached since the Great Depression — and people in poor countries even worse off — many want to address those needs.This column is an answer to those queries. I’ve picked a few organisations that are responding b...

Opinion

Coronavirus: Best and worst-case scenarios mapped out

I’ve been speaking to epidemiologists about their best- and worst-case scenarios to gauge what may lie ahead and see how we can tilt the balance. Let me start with the best case, since we could all use a dose of hope — which may even be therapeutic — before presenting a bleaker pro...

Opinion

Coronavirus is a pandemic now. Here’s how to tackle it

Update: The World Health Organisation on Wednesday officially declared the novel coronavirus a pandemic. The WHO defines a pandemic as “the worldwide spread of a new disease.”There are now more than 118,000 confirmed coronavirus cases reported across at least 114 countries.=In the US Pre...