Migrant workers in New Delhi waiting to return to their home state of Uttar Pradesh, during an extended nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus in India. Credit... Adnan Abidi/Reuter

Testing Is Key to Beating Coronavirus, Right? Japan Has Other Ideas The country has reported fewer deaths than other major nations and ended a state of emergency even while maintaining a low testing r

The coronavirus still has a long way to go. That’s the message from a crop of new studies across the world that are trying to quantify how many people have been infected. Official case counts often su

The Price of a Virus Lockdown: Economic ‘Free Fall’ in California California’s strengths — as a hub for commerce, tourism and education in the Pacific Rim — have become liabilities in the pandemic. Na

As coronavirus lockdowns loosen and some Americans flock to restaurants, beaches, and other outdoor spaces for Memorial Day weekend, the question of reopening too quickly is striking an eerily familia

World As Covid-19 cases mount, doctors are seeing patients who are experiencing symptoms like seizures, hallucinations and loss of smell and taste April 14, 2020 4:28 pm ET Paramedics taking a coronav

Surfaces Are ‘Not the Main Way’ Coronavirus Spreads, C.D.C. Says If you’re worried about wiping down grocery bags or disinfecting mailed packages, this C.D.C. guidance might bring some relief. It’s no

Treating Mild Coronavirus Cases Could Help Save Everyone Acting before or very soon after an infection is the best way to handle most acute viral diseases. Why aren’t we focusing on that with Covid-19

Talking Can Generate Coronavirus Droplets That Linger Up to 14 Minutes A new study shows how respiratory droplets produced during normal conversation may be just as important in transmitting disease,

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read FILE PHOTO: A closed sign is seen in a shop window in Dunham Massey, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Dunham Massey, Britain, May 7, 2020. REUT

New Inflammatory Condition in Children Probably Linked to Coronavirus, Study Finds Researchers compared 10 cases in Italy with previous cases of a similar childhood illness, Kawasaki disease. The rate

‘Straight-Up Fire’ in His Veins: Teen Battles New Covid Syndrome Jack McMorrow, 14, awoke in agony, with heart failure. His case may help doctors understand a frightening new affliction in children li

Low-Tech Way to Help Some Covid Patients: Flip Them Over Turning ventilated patients onto their stomachs, called proning, helps them by opening their lungs. Now doctors are testing to see if it can ke

Published 16 May 2020 Share page About sharing Image source, Brian McClure Image caption, Brian McClure was admitted to hospital with pneumonia as a result of Covid-19 By Richard Galpin BBC News Up to

Ravi Sharma, an emergency medical technician serving Brooklyn and Queens, before he fell ill. Credit... via Bina Yamin Coronavirus May Pose a New Risk to Younger Patients: Strokes Doctors have reporte

Why Are There Almost No Memorials to the Flu of 1918? A restaurant owner in Vermont and a professor from New Zealand are among the few to commemorate the most lethal pandemic since the bubonic plague.

New Studies Add to Evidence that Children May Transmit the Coronavirus Experts said the new data suggest that cases could soar in many U.S. communities if schools reopen soon. Workers sprayed disinfec

World Nations begin to let in workers or create ‘travel bubbles’ with countries deemed to have contained the new coronavirus By Bojan Pancevski in Berlin and Daniel Michaels in Brussels May 12, 2020 1

How Pandemics End An infectious outbreak can conclude in more ways than one, historians say. But for whom does it end, and who gets to decide? A Sicilian fresco from 1445. In the previous century, the

After Recovery From the Coronavirus, Most People Carry Antibodies A new study adds to evidence of immunity among those who have already been exposed to the pathogen. transcript 0:00/6:07 -0:00 transcr

Children Are Falling Ill With a Baffling Ailment Related to Covid-19 No children are known to have died so far, but several have ended up in intensive care with mysterious symptoms that include enlarg

This is the full-length version of this post. You can read the condensed version, which appeared as an opinion article in the Washington Post , here . The coronavirus pandemic pits all of humanity aga

No More Jenga, No More ‘Amen’ as Cities Learn to Live With Coronavirus In parts of Asia and Australia, people are going out — but social distancing and other restrictions have become the new normal. A

Distracting, intrusive, and now a potential health hazard. The list of grievances against crowded open office floor plans is mounting, and as state officials mull how to safely reopen offices shuttere

Why Days 5 to 10 Are So Important When You Have Coronavirus Tracking your daily symptoms can help you and your doctors make better decisions about whether a hospital visit is needed. By Published Apri

1 of 4 Gordon packs a tray of plasmids of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, to be sent to other labs. Photo: Stephen Lam / Special to The Chronicle 2 of 4 Nevan Krogan, a molecular bio

Airborne Coronavirus Detected in Wuhan Hospitals While the RNA of the virus was found in tiny droplets in China, scientists don’t know if it was capable of transmitting the virus. A health worker spra

The economic fallout from the spread of COVID-19 has put the housing market in the United States on pause. New home listings have dropped precipitously. Mortgage lending has gotten even more strict, m

Published 25 April 2020 Share page About sharing Image caption, Sweden's schools have remained open while neighbouring countries shut theirs for weeks By Maddy Savage BBC News, Stockholm Sweden's stra

Published 22 April 2020 Share page About sharing Image source, PA Media The UK will have to live with some disruptive social measures for at least the rest of the year, the government's chief medical

The Fear of Coronavirus and Flu Colliding in the Fall Even as the president plays down that possibility, the C.D.C. chief and other experts warn of a dual challenge. Dr. Robert Redfield, the C.D.C. di

Published 21 April 2020 Share page About sharing Image source, Reuters Image caption, Millions across the world already rely heavily on food aid to survive The world is at risk of widespread famines "

The Infection That’s Silently Killing Coronavirus Patients This is what I learned during 10 days of treating Covid pneumonia at Bellevue Hospital. April 20, 2020 A pulse oximeter can provide early war

Opinion Commentary New Data Suggest the Coronavirus Isn’t as Deadly as We Thought A study finds 50 to 85 times as many infections as known cases—meaning a far lower fatality rate. By Andrew Bogan Apri

An Overlooked, Possibly Fatal Coronavirus Crisis: A Dire Need for Kidney Dialysis Ventilators aren’t the only machines in intensive care units that are in short supply. Doctors have been confronting a

Published 18 April 2020 Share page About sharing Image source, Getty Images Hopes that coronavirus antibody tests could help the UK end its lockdown have been dealt a blow - after the World Health Org

Published 16 April 2020 Share page About sharing Image source, Getty Images Image caption, What will 'normal' look like? By Katty Kay Presenter, BBC World News @KattyKayBBC President Trump says "we'll

World Asia Doctors believe that the disease may have gone dormant and then come back, posing more challenges for testing April 17, 2020 1:40 pm ET Nurses line up to enter the treatment ward for corona

The Tokyo Olympics are now scheduled to take place from 23 July-8 August 2021 It is "very unrealistic" the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will take place next year unless a coronavirus vaccine has bee

‘You Have to Disobey’: Protesters Gather to Defy Stay-at-Home Orders As governors ponder reducing coronavirus restrictions, rallies largely spurred by talk radio and conservative social media reflect