The Cybersecurity 202: Privacy experts say many coronavirus apps aren't doing enough to safeguard users' information: Governments across the world are leaning on an array of coronavirus technologies, such as contact-tracing apps and smart thermometers, to make decisions about reopening. But experts are warning that their security and privacy protections are lacking — which could make it easier for hackers to compromise peoples' personal information.

Which coronavirus vaccine will win the race? The clues are in the vial: The old-school, the slow and the silver bullet: three options for a vaccine to free the world.

Rural America was always more vulnerable to COVID-19 than cities: Rural areas seemed immune as the coronavirus spread through cities earlier this year. Few rural cases were reported, and attention focused on the surge of illnesses and deaths in the big metro areas. But that false sense of safety is now falling apart as infection rates explode in rural areas across the country.

Of the top 25 COVID-19 hot spots that popped up in the past two weeks, 18 were in non-metropolitan counties. Arkansas, North Carolina, and Texas all set records in mid-June for the number of people entering hospitals for COVID-19. Georgia’s daily reported death toll from COVID-19 was up 35% compared to three weeks earlier.

2nd wave of virus cases? Experts say we're still in the 1st: "When you have 20,000-plus infections per day, how can you talk about a second wave?" said Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health. "We're in the first wave. Let's get out of the first wave before you have a second wave."

COVID-19 em Portugal

Researchers forecast COVID-19 pandemic could delay clean energy transition: Traveling restraints and shelter-in-place orders that grounded planes and emptied streets during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic brought greenhouse gas emissions down and air quality up. In a commentary published June 19 in the journal Joule, environmental economists argue COVID-19 may seem like a 'silver lining' for climate change in the short run, but in the long run it is more likely to harm the climate due to its potential to delay clean energy investments and innovation.

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