COVID-19 (Page 12)

Everything you need to know about the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Latest in COVID-19

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COVID-19 symptoms typically appear 5 days after infection

By Kate Baggaley

White hospital beds

COVID-19 has now killed 29 people in the U.S.

By Rachel Feltman

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Why COVID-19 can’t beat a good hand-washing

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The American healthcare system is only making COVID-19 worse

Gates of the Arctic National Park

The melting Arctic gives scientists valuable access to long-dead viruses

By Marlene Cimons/Nexus Media

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What the official COVID-19 mortality rate actually means

By Rachel Feltman

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Hand washing trumps sanitizer when it comes to beating viruses

By Sara Kiley Watson

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Thirteen science questions about COVID-19 from teens

By Rachel Feltman

What pregnant people need to know about COVID-19

By Kate Baggaley

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COVID-19 is exposing dangerous flaws in how we make and prescribe drugs

a person sneezing

All the ways you can—and can’t—catch the coronavirus

By Kate Baggaley

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How to prepare for a viral outbreak like COVID-19

By John Kennedy

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What COVID-19’s ‘inevitable’ spread in the United States actually means

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Just how contagious is COVID-19? This chart puts it in perspective.

By Matthew R. Francis

A view over a plaza in Wuhan, China

The prejudice stemming from the coronavirus outbreak isn’t new

By Marisa Peryer/Undark

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Want to stay healthy? Learn to wash your hands the right way.

By Rachel Feltman

A close-up of a spherical microbe covered in protrusions.

The novel coronavirus finally has a name—two of them, actually

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Coronavirus shows our health agencies are ill prepared for fake news

A lab with pipettes

A small coronavirus breakthrough could aid in the search for a vaccine

By Ian Christopher Davis/The Conversation

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We’re still not sure where the novel coronavirus really came from

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The CDC just confirmed a second U.S. case of the Wuhan coronavirus

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The timing of the Wuhan coronavirus could be a global-health nightmare

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The Wuhan coronavirus has officially hit the US—but don’t panic

By Rachel Feltman

virus in a petri dish

A mysterious virus is sickening people in China

By Kate Baggaley