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The US needs tens of thousands of “disease detectives” to safely reopen the economy.
“These people are clotting, and we can’t shut it off.”
Listen to everything from what it’s like to be quarantined to America’s level preparedness for Covid-19.
Thousands of volunteers in “mutual aid” groups are bringing groceries, medications, and more to vulnerable strangers.
Five questions about the World Health Organization’s role in the coronavirus pandemic, answered.
Covid-19 is disproportionately affecting black and brown communities in New York and elsewhere. Air pollution seems to be one reason why.
It’s one of the best ways to prevent Covid-19 — and you’re probably doing it wrong.
Assume that everyone at the hospital has Covid-19 until proven otherwise.
States are scrambling to adequately staff the hardest-hit hospitals.
Rural communities “tend to be older, with more chronic illness,” making people more at risk of severe Covid-19.
New York City is staggering to keep up with the coronavirus pandemic.
Why our aging population might be ignoring our pleas to isolate themselves.
It might not be the “game changer” Covid-19 treatment the president promised.
The medical supply chain is the latest fiasco.
“Oncologists are in a very particular predicament right now,” says Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee.
Kids can spread the virus to more vulnerable adults, and infants may have a higher risk of serious illness than older children.
If you have Covid-19 symptoms, here’s when to seek medical care and how to protect the people you live with.
I got an induction in the hope of avoiding a Covid-19 health care catastrophe.
As the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic spreads around the globe, “our biggest enemy is panic,” Brooks says.
High health care costs and low medical capacity made the US uniquely vulnerable to the coronavirus.
Public health professionals at the CDC and elsewhere need to speak with the public every single day.
Trump is expanding his European travel ban to the UK starting Monday night.
We already have medicines for treating cytokine storm syndrome, the immune response that’s killing many who die of Covid-19.
The pandemic quickly became one of the most talked-about things on the internet.
What are the symptoms of this coronavirus? Where did it come from? How will the pandemic end?
The actor played cool about the diagnosis on social media.
As schools close and parents lack paid leave, who will take care of the country’s kids?
This is how we all help slow the spread of coronavirus.
How deep or lasting the economic impact will be depends on the coronavirus’s spread, and how governments manage the outbreak.
The coronavirus is much more than a public health problem.
The difference between quarantine, isolation, and social distancing, explained.
“It’s all about speed”: the most important lessons from China’s Covid-19 response.
Donald Trump Jr. claimed Democrats want coronavirus deaths in order to “end Donald Trump’s streak of winning.”
The president’s argument rests on a misunderstanding of how time works.
We’re living in a dangerous post-antibiotic era. AI can help.
The world’s biggest tech companies are coming to terms with how their businesses are being impacted by the global outbreak.
Coronavirus spreading through US military ranks would be a disaster.
Amid criticism of his coronavirus strategy, Trump is defending his choices and maintaining that “we did the right thing.”
It’s the latest example of how the tech industry is reacting to worries about the virus’s spread.
Although public officials in the area say the virus is contained for now, some in the tech industry fear the virus will spread out of control.