Dec. 2, 2020 9:28 am ET Back in February, when the sports world was still wondering how severe an outbreak of something called Covid-19 might be, a Colombian cyclist named Fernando Gaviria was finding

Today the United States blew by two grim pandemic milestones. The country recorded a record 195,695 coronavirus cases and reported 100,226 hospitalizations, passing the 100,000 mark for the first time

Here is what we know about the state of COVID-19 as we approach the winter holiday season. On Thanksgiving Eve, more than 1 million passengers cleared airport security, the highest single-day volume s

Published 1 December 2020 comments Share page About sharing Image source, Getty Images By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent Covid-19 could be causing lung abnormalities still detectable more than thr

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is predicting the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus could hit 321,000 by mid-December. By then, hospitals could be overflowing with patients in many p

“HVAC companies are willing to sell you tons of stuff,” said Schacht, who said she had to do her own research to figure out which products recommended by manufacturers were effective. “But as a buildi

Published 24 November 2020 Share page About sharing Image source, Reuters Image caption, Three million people are reported to have travelled through US airports from Friday to Sunday Millions of Ameri

(CNN) Thousands of mink have died at fur farms in Utah and Wisconsin after a series of coronavirus outbreaks. In Utah, ranchers have lost at least 8,000 mink to Covid-19 among the animals known for th

Updated at 9:10 a.m. ET on November 25, 2020. By now, the pandemic has disrupted Americans’ daily lives for nearly as long as a baby typically spends in the womb. This means that many children conceiv

Evidence Builds That an Early Mutation Made the Pandemic Harder to Stop Scientists were initially skeptical that a mutation made the coronavirus more contagious. But new research has changed many of t

On Saturday morning, Megan Ranney was about to put on her scrubs when she heard that Joe Biden had won the presidential election. That day, she treated people with COVID-19 while street parties erupte

While domestic cats may not display noticeable signs of SARS-CoV-2, they can still shed the virus through their nasal, oral, and rectal areas, readily transmitting it to other cats within two days. Tw

Perhaps no hospital in the United States was better prepared for a pandemic than the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. After the SARS outbreak of 2003, its staff began specifically prepa

T hinking too hard about saliva can really ruin a nice meal. And to eat inside a restaurant in 2020 requires ignoring the harsh reality of drool: the residue left behind by a chip dipped in a shared b

Many Employers Avoid Coronavirus Tests Over Cost, Not Availability A survey sheds light on why many companies aren’t testing workers. There is also “confusion and uncertainty as to how tests work,” a

The United States has made huge advances in fighting the coronavirus. The astonishingly high death rates the country saw during the spring have fallen, and Americans are much more likely now than they

The Coronavirus Is Airborne Indoors. Why Are We Still Scrubbing Surfaces? Scientists who initially warned about contaminated surfaces now say that the virus spreads primarily through inhaled droplets,

There’s never a good time to get sick with COVID-19, but in the next few weeks it will be especially dangerous. America’s coronavirus epidemic is really, really bad right now . I asked Atlantic writer

Gareth Iacobucci The BMJ Young, low risk patients with ongoing symptoms of covid-19 had signs of damage to multiple organs four months after initially being infected, a preprint study has suggested. 1

Published 16 November 2020 Share page About sharing Image source, Federal Republic of Germany Image caption, "We did nothing. Absolutely nothing," the man in the advert says Videos released by the Ger

Published 16 November 2020 comments Share page About sharing Media caption, Coronavirus vaccine: How close are you to getting one? By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent A new vaccine tha

The coronavirus is growing out of control. Deaths will likely increase to 2,000 people a day before the end of the year, and the virus will be with us for much of 2021 and possibly longer. Of the many

In about 25 days, if all goes according to schedule, the FDA’s vaccine advisory committee will recommend expanding the public use of the first vaccine against the coronavirus. Preliminary results from

Listen to this article Switzerland has overtaken Belgium and is on pace to surpass Czech Republic as Europe’s top COVID-19 hot spot. Infections are roughly triple the per capita count in Sweden or the

Published 9 November 2020 comments Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus Image source, Getty Images By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent The first effective coronavirus va

Covid Infections in Animals Prompt Scientific Concern Mink in Denmark are not the only animals that could become reservoirs for the coronavirus to spread new mutations to people. Mink were collected f

Dr. Albert Bourla, Pfizer’s C.E.O., was in occasional contact with President Trump on the vaccine’s timeline. “Every time I spoke with the president I told him that he should not worry about us compro

Forget Long Weekends: During the Pandemic It’s All About Short Weeks Trips that might have been two or three nights last year now feel too brief — not worth all the hoops, not quite enough time away.

Nasal Spray Prevents Covid Infection in Ferrets, Study Finds Scientists at Columbia University have developed a treatment that blocks the virus in the nose and lungs, is inexpensive and needs no refri

Children Produce Weaker Coronavirus Antibodies, Study Finds The research suggests that children clear the infection much faster than adults and may help explain why many don’t become seriously ill. Ch

Published 6 November 2020 Share page About sharing Image source, Getty Images Denmark has been taken off the UK's coronavirus travel corridor list, the transport secretary has said. Passengers arrivin

How Are Americans Catching the Virus? Increasingly, ‘They Have No Idea’ New outbreaks used to be traced back to crowded factories and rowdy bars. But now, the virus is so widespread not even health of

A woman takes an “I voted” sticker after casting her ballot at Northpoint Elementary School in Blaine, Minn. Credit... Caroline Yang for The New York Times Americans voted on Tuesday in the midst of a

Nearly a year into the global coronavirus pandemic, scientists, doctors and patients are beginning to unlock a puzzling phenomenon: For many patients, including young ones who never required hospitali

Published 2 November 2020 Share page About sharing Image source, Getty Images Image caption, The many ways the body's immune system responds to Sars-CoV2 are still being discovered By Philippa Roxby H

Asymptomatic people who are infected with Covid-19 exhibit, by definition, no discernible physical symptoms of the disease. They are thus less likely to seek out testing for the virus, and could unkno

Most Americans now know someone who has had COVID-19 according to a survey from NBC News and Survey Monkey. Sixty-eight percent of those surveyed said they personally knew someone who had contracted t

Why You Shouldn’t Worry About Studies Showing Waning Coronavirus Antibodies Experts say it’s normal for levels of antibodies to drop after clearing an infection, and that they represent just one arm o

Last week, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first treatment for Covid-19. The drug is called Veklury, although most people refer to it by its scientific name, remdesivir. But what very fe

Published 31 October 2020 Share page About sharing Image source, Reuters Image caption, The Polish government has been criticised for not doing enough tests Hungary and Poland are the latest countries