by Vishal SalviA woman seeking emergency treatment for a life-threatening condition at Duesseldorf University Clinic in Germany, became ransomware attacks’ first fatality last September, after the facility’s IT systems were crippled. The bad news for the healthcare sector is that this is unlikely to be the last fatality from cyber-attacks unless the malaise is treated … Read more
Our World in Data: “Cumulative Confirmed COVID-19 Cases.” The New York Times: “Covid in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count,” “States That Imposed Few Restrictions Now Have the Worst Outbreaks,” “New York City to Close Public Schools Again as Virus Cases Rise.” The Associated Press: “‘Tired to the bone’: Hospitals overwhelmed with virus … Read more
“With a blizzard, everything shuts down, but you know it’ll be a day, 2, maybe 3. It has some degree of a time frame,” says Philip R. Muskin, MD, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center. “This has no time frame. You can’t assess anything because we don’t have reliable information. The information … Read more