Which Groups Are Most at Risk from the Coronavirus?

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March 03, 2020

Dear Reader, Hi, I'm Tanya Lewis, associate editor for health and medicine, and I'm filling in for Sunya Bhutta today. We're continuing to follow the coronavirus outbreak, including which groups of people are most at risk for the disease. Also today are stories on whether music can really boost cognition and a chat with Ann Druyan, co-creator of Cosmos, on her vision for making the world a better place.

Tanya Lewis, Associate Editor, Health & Medicine @tanyalewis314

Public Health Which Groups Are Most at Risk from the Coronavirus? Being elderly, having an underlying illness and possibly being male all increase the risk of dying from an infection with the virus By Sharon Begley,STAT

Cognition Does Music Boost Your Cognitive Performance? The answer depends on your personality By Cindi May

Arts & Culture Ann Druyan Is Reimagining the Future   Cosmos co-creator discusses communicating her dream for humanity  By Lee Billings

Physics Coronavirus Fears Cancel World's Biggest Physics Meeting Physicists who were set to attend the American Physical Society's Denver conference are using virtual platforms to share their talks By Davide Castelvecchi,Nature magazine

Space Riding along with a Stratospheric Telescope In pursuit of celestial mysteries onboard the world's only airborne observatory By Yvette Cendes

Natural Disasters Homes in U.S. Flood Zones Are Vastly Overvalued Requirements to disclose flood risk could help discourage development in inundation-prone areas By Thomas Frank,E&E News

FROM THE STORE The Secrets of Consciousness Consciousness is more than mere awareness. It's how we experience the world, how we turn input into experience. Once the province of philosophy, religion or perhaps fantasy, neuroscientists have added a scientific voice to the discussion, using available medical technology to explore just what separates so-called "mind" from brain. In this eBook, we look at what science has to say about one of humankind's most fundamental, existential mysteries.

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Finding a Killer's Achilles' Heel: Clues from a Pandemic The 1918 flu genome may help fight future outbreaks By Jeneen Interlandi | November 2010

QUOTE OF THE DAY "That's my dream: that human ambition will be directed to making this planet, and the astonishing diversity of life that it supports, our priority." Ann Druyan, co-creator of Cosmos, Scientific American

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