(Natural News) As the number of coronavirus patients around the world blows past 600,000, governments around the world are turning to invasive surveillance methods to track whether or not their citizens are abiding by lockdown rules. The U.K.’s privacy watchdog has given the government the green light to use persona data from people’s mobile phones to track […]

(Natural News) Almost one out of every four American adults say that they’ve either been laid off or furloughed because of the coronavirus outbreak, a recent poll says. However, the same poll also shows that most Americans are fine with keeping businesses closed down to help fight the coronavirus outbreak. The Reuters/Ipsos March 26-27 opinion poll, released […]

(Natural News) The global coronavirus pandemic has claimed the lives of over 24,000 people as of Thursday, but that number could have been much, much worse. A new study points out that the outbreak could have caused 40 million deaths had it not been kept in check. The study comes from Imperial College London,  where researchers estimated the potential scale […]

(Natural News) The human immune system works tirelessly to fight off invading pathogens like bacteria, toxins and viruses. To protect yourself from infection and disease, you must keep your immune system healthy, which can be achieved by eating nutrient-rich foods, getting enough sleep and exercising regularly. These healthy habits all promote a healthy immune function, […]

(Natural News) A total of 3.2 million people filed for unemployment benefits last week as the economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus outbreak forced layoffs around the U.S. last week. The seasonally adjusted total reported by the Department of Labor (DOL) shattered records, surpassing the previous one of 695,000 initial jobless claims in a single week set […]

(Natural News) The U.S. is now the leading country in the world in coronavirus caseloads – a grim milestone in the fight against the global pandemic. The novel coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2, which was first detected in the country on Jan. 20 from a person who had recently returned from Wuhan, China, has since spread to at least 85,996 […]

(Natural News) Three teenagers have been arrested after they assaulted? – and coughed at? – an elderly couple in Hertfordshire. A spokesman for Hertfordshire Police, in an interview with Yahoo News UK, said an elderly couple was walking through Paynes Park in Hitchin when they were approached by three people, one of whom reportedly coughed […]

(Natural News) As major cities all over Europe go into lockdown, levels of air pollution are dropping dramatically. Levels of particulate matter, which usually come from vehicles burning fuel, as well as nitrogen dioxide from vehicle exhausts, have been dropping in London, Paris, Rome, Milan and many other major cities in Europe. According to data […]

(Natural News) To better enforce their national lockdown, Italy may begin imposing bigger fines for violating quarantine. The new fines may go as high as 3,000 euros ($3,245) per violation. Police officers will also have the power to seize the vehicles of the offenders. The Italian government, led by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, is expected […]

(Natural News) The ongoing coronavirus outbreak could be nature’s way of sending us a message warns Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Andersen stated that humanity was placing too many pressures on the natural world and that the coronavirus was one of the consequences of doing so. Andersen, along with other […]