A call from a university chancellor set in motion a private sector effort to procure 50 million masks, gowns and…
Study Finds Coronavirus in Tiny Airborne Droplets in Wuhan
Even when governments don’t force people to stay home, fear does. Spain, France and Greece have announced plans to restart…
China Pushes Back Against U.S. Calls for Coronavirus Compensation: Live Updates
A spokesman accused U.S. politicians of “lying through their teeth,” about the origins of the virus. In India, plans for…
Trump Disinfectant Remarks Echo Claims by Miracle-Cure Quacks
Doctors and public health officials fear the attention could boost purveyors of dangerous elixirs who push ‘miracle cures’ with no…
Caring for Africa’s sickle cell children: will we rise to the challenge?
Most of the world’s sickle cell disease (SCD) burden is in Africa, where it is a major contributor to child…
Making sense of the viral multiverse
Researchers propose a new classification system, capable of situating coronaviruses like SARS-CoV-2 within the enormous web of viruses across the…
Contact tracing and isolation key to controlling SARS-CoV2 in Shenzhen, report finds
Contact tracing to rapidly isolate people who could be infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reduced the length of time…
Behind the Wheel, Women Are Safer Drivers Than Men
Compared with women, male drivers of cars and vans were involved in twice as many fatal accidents.
Antibiotics may increase risk for opioid abuse
Taking antibiotics alongside opioids may increase the risk of opioid abuse, according to research in rats.
Gut microbes influence how rat brains react to opioids
Antibiotic treatment — which depletes gut microbes — drastically changes the parts of a rat’s brain that are activated during…