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Inside the flying military hospital that’s treating COVID-19 patients

By Christina Mackenzie

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A panic attack can mimic the symptoms of COVID-19. Here’s what to do about it.

By Rachel Feltman

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Five beast-mode workouts PopSci editors are doing from home

By Popular Science Team

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Nature’s best toilet paper substitutes

By Bill Heavey/Field & Stream

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American Airlines hasn’t flown cargo-only flights since 1984. That just changed.

By Rob Verger

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COVID-19 is separating parents from their newborns

By Katharine Gammon/Undark

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Four essentials you can donate to help healthcare workers fighting COVID-19

By Sara Kiley Watson

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COVID-19 could be especially bad news for the South

By Laura Beil/Undark

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Don’t take chloroquine to prevent COVID-19

By Kat Eschner

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Twelve meals you can make from frozen produce during uncertain times

By Catherine Tillman Whalen/Saveur

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Yes, the new coronavirus is mutating—but that’s not a bad thing

By Kate Baggaley

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Fourteen mobile games to make your quarantine more fun

By Shira Chess/MIT Press Reader

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A guide to safe outdoor activities during the coronavirus pandemic

By Ula Chrobak

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Confirmed US cases of COVID-19 have surpassed 50,000. How many are really out there?

By Rachel Feltman

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Why so many of the COVID-19 graphs you see are misleading

By Sara Chodosh

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Everything you need to know about getting tested for coronavirus

By Kate Baggaley & Claire Maldarelli

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How to quarantine with your partner without destroying your relationship

By Rachel Feltman

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Look better on video calls using pro photography techniques

By Stan Horaczek

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Losing your sense of smell could be a sign of COVID-19

By Kat Eschner

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How to stop touching your face

By Benning, Labus & Barchard/The Conversation

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How airlines are wrestling with the fallout of COVID-19

By Rob Mark/Flying Magazine

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How long will COVID-19 last?

By Kate Baggaley

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13,000 fans moshed at home as a metal band streamed from an empty venue

By Stan Horaczek

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An expert guide to love and sex during a pandemic

By Sara Kiley Watson

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How to disinfect public surfaces during a pandemic (and whether you even need to)

By Katherine J. Wu

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No, you don’t need to hoard toilet paper to prep for a pandemic

By Jay L. Zagorsky/The Conversation

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Europe is the new epicenter of coronavirus, and the US may be next

By Rachel Feltman

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How the COVID-19 mask shortage imperils virus research

By Katherine J. Wu/Undark

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Eleven soup recipes perfect for freezing and hoarding

By John Kennedy

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Gotta fly? Wash your hands early and often to keep COVID-19 from following you home

By Kat Eschner

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Who’s responsible for containing COVID-19?

By Brian Labus/The Conversation

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COVID-19 symptoms typically appear 5 days after infection

By Kate Baggaley

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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

By Kat Eschner

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The American healthcare system is only making COVID-19 worse

By Kat Eschner

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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

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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

By Kat Eschner

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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

By Molly Glick

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

By Matthew R. Francis

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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

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

By Kat Eschner

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Coronavirus shows our health agencies are ill prepared for fake news

By Kat Eschner

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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

By Kat Eschner

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

By Kat Eschner

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

By Kat Eschner

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

By Rachel Feltman

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A mysterious virus is sickening people in China

By Kate Baggaley