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Adarsh Jagan SathyamoorthyUniversity of MarylandCould a COVID-19 robot help in social distancing surveillance? We spoke to Professor Dinesh Manocha and Adarsh Jagan Sathyamoorthy about how their new ...

As the coronavirus outbreak has spread throughout the United States, social and physical distancing measures have taken many forms — such as business and school closures, stay-at-home orders, and ...

The White House ended the national emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic weeks ago, but is still mandating masking and social distancing for the unvaccinated at its events, according to a report.

New York State courts are decreasing social distancing measures — while still requiring face coverings — as part of a push to move toward resuming normal operations and “clear out our backlogs,” ...

In a recent study published on the medRxiv* server, researchers from Austria have utilized a mathematical model-based analysis to understand whether the implementation of social contact reduction had ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world we live in. Informative signs, designed to limit the virus’s spread are everywhere these days, reminding us: Wear a mask, wash your hands, cover your mouth ...

But not all policies were made equal, and many countries saw considerable variations in case counts despite putting relatively similar policies in place to combat the spread of the respiratory ...

Social distancing when sick has become second nature to many of us in the past few years, but some sick animals appear to take a different approach. A new study of house finches uncovered a surprising ...