(Natural News) As the coronavirus ravages northern Italy, the country’s economically stagnant south is teetering on the edge of anarchy. Law enforcement personnel are worried that widespread rioting and looting can erupt if the government doesn’t get its act together quickly. In particular, the island of Sicily, Italy’s southernmost region, is turning into a powder keg. […]

(Natural News) As the coronavirus continues to spread across the United States, many government offices have closed their offices and asked their employees to work from home to protect the latter from the virus. The latest to join the ranks is the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which issued a blanket evacuation order to its workforce Friday. An agency-wide email sent out […]

(Natural News) Hundreds of thousands of migrant laborers in India have started on long, grueling journeys on foot to get home after being rendered essentially jobless and homeless due to the nationwide lockdown ordered by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a bid to quell the spread of the coronavirus. Just last week, India’s […]

(Natural News) The economic slowdown brought about by the global coronavirus pandemic, compounded with the price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia, has sent oil prices into an 18-year low Monday. This was crude-oil future’s biggest percentage drop on record for any month or quarter, according to Dow Jones Market Data analysis, since 1983. Crude oil futures in […]

(Natural News) An infectious diseases expert at the forefront of the search for a coronavirus vaccine said on Friday that it was the most “frightening disease“ he’s ever encountered, and that “war is an appropriate analogy” for what the country is facing, as “50 – 70 percent of the global population” may become infected. (Article by Tyler Durden republished […]

(Natural News) Around 100 scientists are stranded on a research ship in the Arctic after countries all over the world shut down their borders due to the coronavirus pandemic. The scientists are members of a project called the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of the Arctic Climate, or MOSAiC. The expedition’s goals include deepening human understanding […]

(Natural News) Social distancing has been one of the buzzwords that has been going around ever since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. Now, data collected from over a million smart thermometers shows it does play a crucial part in slowing down the spread of the disease. Kinsa Health has been tracking fevers recorded with their thermometers in certain […]

(Natural News) As France experiences its largest daily death toll from COVID-19 to date, health officials are warning that Paris’ hospitals could become overwhelmed by patients within the next 48 hours. This dire warning was announced by Frederic Valletoux, president of the French Hospital Federation, the union that represents over 2,500 health institutions all over France. […]

(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 […]