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 putting 7,000 people in a building may be a thing of the past.” Amsterdam plans to embrace
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 sharply the death toll rises in each US state. Texas will allow certain businesses and facilities to
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, the odds of a war between major powers seem to go down, not up. Also, we’re getting closer to
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 communities: to eat or to heal? "Governance failures, economic inequalities, societal resilience." A range of young scholars
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 may have had COVID-19. In LA County, the coronavirus is now killing more people every
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 are possible.” Advice from an emergency planner, a mosquito hunter, a survivalist and more on how to prepare
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 wore out trust in the old political establishment, 2020 should kill off the idea that anti-politics
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 is so bad that he is signing an order 'temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!'" According to
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 Nova Scotia, a gunman murdered at least 16 people over the course
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." Why America is not overreacting to the coronavirus. Florida reopens some of its beaches and parks, but
