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"What it has proven is that a drug can block this virus." A clinical trial of remdesivir shows promising results—though an earlier trial in China found no "significant...
The US passed 1 million confirmed Covid-19 cases on Tuesday. Frontline officials from other countries explain what the United States needs to do to re-open. About rebuilding: “The notion of...
A state-by-state breakdown of COVID-19 testing shows many fall short of the levels needed for a safe reopening. See also: A new model shows contact reduction is tied to how...
Vietnam begins easing its aggressive containment campaign after few infections and no deaths. China says all coronavirus patients in Wuhan have now been discharged. Another bright spot: during a pandemic,...
In the past week, the African continent has seen a more than 40 percent rise in Covid-19 cases. In Kenya and in other African countries, a tragic question for some...
A new model estimates that instead of the 23 cases confirmed in five major US cities on March 1, there were actually 28,000. See also: Antibody tests show one in five New Yorkers...
For Earth Day 2020, the side effects of the pandemic offer a glimpse of an alternative future. "What the original Earth Day showed is that, when Americans are mobilized, remarkable things...
The Senate passes a $484 billion coronavirus relief plan that expands testing and provides aid to small businesses and hospitals. The House hopes to approve the legislation today. “If 9/11 and 2008...
The president wants to suspend all immigration to protect the country from an “invisible enemy.” "Trump, who says the country is ready to begin reopening, says the crisis...
The US coronavirus death toll from COVID-19 has topped 40,000 people, among more than 750,000 cases. A live, state-by-state measure of Rt, an important value for how fast COVID-19 is growing. In...
Health experts say coronavirus testing needs to double or triple before the US can safely reopen. "It's the paradox of public health: When you do it right, nothing happens."...
A study finds severe Covid-19 patients who take the antiviral medicine remdesivir experience rapid recoveries, with nearly all patients discharged in less than a week from a Chicago hospital. In...
This week brings the total number of people in the US who've filed for unemployment benefits to 22 million. The unemployment rate is about to appear artificially low, because the...
Think your job has gotten strange in the past month? Imagine being tasked with rescuing humanity from a pandemic. See also: How Anthony Fauci became America’s doctor. The...
After governors on the East and West coasts formed coalitions to decide when their states will reopen, Trump breaks with the Constitution, claiming his "authority is total" in ordering when...
Tornadoes in Mississippi and Louisiana caused "catastrophic" damage after touching down Sunday. The US overtakes Italy with nearly 22,000 fatalities from Covid-19, the most in the world. There have been at...
In the absence of federal direction, states and America’s top experts forge the path ahead. A guide to the stimulus checks being sent to a large majority of...
New York state now has more cases of the coronavirus than any other country in the world. Boris Johnson has left intensive care, but remains under observation. The US unemployment...
A coronavirus surge in Singapore raises fears of post-lockdown breakouts, perhaps a glimpse of what the US faces. The Chinese government has been "hugely successful" in convincing China that the...
Scientists in China say some people who've recovered from COVID-19 are showing low or no antibody levels, which could mean there's potential for reinfection. People crowded into China'...
China reports no Covid-19 deaths for the first time since January. In Italy, a feeling grows that the worst has passed. Meanwhile, a state of emergency settles in Japan. The...
Yesterday, Dr. Anthony Fauci prepared Americans: "We've got to get through this week that's coming up, because it is going to be a bad week." "If things collapse,...
3M responds to Trump's order that the company should stop exporting N95 respirators to Canada and Latin America: "There are...significant humanitarian implications." Along with pledging to send 1,000 ventilators,...
The White House invokes the Defense Production Act for ventilator manufacturing. Google will start releasing user location data in 131 countries, “aggregated and anonymized,” to assess the effectiveness of...
In a report, US intelligence concludes China intentionally underreported its COVID-19 cases and deaths. The number of people filing for unemployment benefits in the US reaches a new high, with...
The last thing America needs right now is partisan squabbling. “But when we’re back on our feet, the country needs to know what went wrong.” On...