Stanford Online High School's student run news site

OHS Observer

Stanford Online High School's student run news site

OHS Observer

Stanford Online High School's student run news site

OHS Observer

New viruses, or virions, break out of their infected human cell host.

A Way To Achieve Complete Viral Resistance: Is It Possible?

Ashok Nambisan, Staff Writer May 23, 2022

We have all witnessed it: A viral pandemic, COVID-19, quickly spread across the world. The pandemic took a huge toll on our economy and lifestyles. We’ve had to move events online, practice social distancing,...

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Role-Model Countries: How The World has Effectively Prevented The Spread

Role-Model Countries: How The World has Effectively Prevented The Spread

Lily Parry, Staff Writer March 3, 2021

The virus we have all been experiencing, and that is slowly yet promisingly coming to an end, has been a worldwide phenomenon. It has affected the people, cultures, economies, healthcare and education...

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Figure 1 COVID-19 case growth curve in logarithmic scale

COVID-19 Outbreak – When Will It End and How to End It

Andrew Chiang, Science & Tech Editor April 27, 2020

As of April 3, 2020, there have been 275,586 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States, a sharp rise from 101,657 just a week ago. According to Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resources Center,...

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The normally congested freeways of the Bay Area.

COVID-19 and the Danger of Exponential Growth

Andrew Chiang, Science & Tech Editor March 21, 2020

On March 6, 2020, Stanford University announced that all classes would be conducted online for the remainder of winter quarter when one faculty member was among 20 confirmed cases of COVID-19 virus in...

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