The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts 2020 will be an above-average hurricane season, with six to 10 hurricanes. NOAA expects three to six to be Category 3 or higher, with sustained wind speeds above 110 miles per hour. This hurricane season is coinciding with the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed nearly 100,000 people in the […] Read more

Preppers all over the world have been hunkered down safely at home or in their bunkers during the COVID-19 pandemic. For them, long-term food storage is a baseline, so making it through a season or two without venturing out is primarily a psychological challenge. I’ve spent the past three years interviewing people preparing for an […] Read more

Beijing has suspended imports from four major meat suppliers amid a dispute over the origins of the coronavirus. Welcome to Foreign Policy’s weekly China Brief. The highlights this week: China suspends imports from major Australian meat suppliers, another city in China’s northeast reimposes travel restrictions, and Shanghai’s Disneyland reopens. China Suspends Australian Meat Imports China has suspended imports from four major Australian [... Read more

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that some treatments appear to be limiting the severity or length of the COVID-19 disease and that it was focusing on learning more about four or five of the most promising ones. The Geneva-based WHO is leading a global initiative to develop safe and effective vaccines, tests and […] Read more

It’s been billed as a right-wing nut-job conspiracy theory: the idea that the coronavirus accidentally escaped from a virology facility in Wuhan, China. Originally the virus was thought to have originated in Wuhan at a so-called wet market. In fact, those who have dared to discuss such a possibility—a seemingly logical one, as not just […] Read more

Amidst the backdrop of the broadening coronavirus pandemic, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have confirmed their plans to launch a wide-ranging non-profit organisation named Archewell, reports on Tuesday said. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who formally stepped down as senior members of the British royal family at the end of last month, told the Daily Telegraph newspaper they […] Read more

The shortage of medical supplies due to the impact of COVID-19 is now a worldwide problem. According to FEMA administrator Peter Gaynor, the federal government is prepared to “go to zero” in its stockpile of face masks to meet pressuring demand nationwide. Earlier this week, Gaynor announced the government will be sending shipments of masks […] Read more

Does it seem that Muslims are relatively immune to the impact of the spreading coronavirus? It is true that the Islamic world is not suffering from COVID-19 to the degree that non-Muslim nations are. But, according to practitioners of Islam, this has nothing to do with any kind of “natural immunity” but simply because Muslims […] Read more

Despite increases in the number of cases and deaths attributable to the global coronavirus outbreak, health experts are saying to remain cautious, but there is no need to panic about the spread of the disease here in the states. According to Fox News medical correspondent Dr. Marc Siegel, “People are walking down the street with […] Read more