
Coronavirus Roundup for May 9–May 15
Here are pandemic news highlights for the week
Here are pandemic news highlights for the week
There is no evidence that dogs can pass the virus to people, however
President Trump pointed out yesterday that if we didn't do any testing for the virus we would have very few cases, which forces us to confront the issues posed by testing in general.
The viruses they carry spill over into humans mostly when we encroach on their territory or drag them into ours—and bats do great good as well
A physician’s suicide reminds us that the plague of COVID-19 creates deep emotional wounds in health care workers
Being immune was once a status symbol—and another way to segregate and divide humanity
A 120-nanometer virus makes face coverings de rigueur in places where they were once shunned or against the law
The disease’s unequal impacts on different segments of the population are illuminating long-standing structural injustices
Different species are helping answer different questions about COVID-19 in humans in order to develop vaccines and treatments
Studies of social networks show that opposition to vaccines is small but far-reaching—and growing
The ways governments choose to bolster foundering economies could impact greenhouse gas emissions
We shouldn’t risk our genetic privacy to find it
According to terror management theory, people can have surprising reactions
Platforms that enable nuanced forms of crowdsourcing are opening a new era in epidemiological forecasting
Pooling diagnostic samples, and using a little math, lets more people get tested with fewer assays
Researchers are still trying to understand what the deal is with kids and COVID-19
Patients held for psychiatric care are especially vulnerable; we must act now to support them
Coming out of lockdown, the country is relying on thousands of local case trackers and on software, once used to protect rhinoceroses, for disease surveillance
The virus that causes COVID-19 can persist in aerosol form, some studies suggest. But the potential for transmission depends on many factors, including infectiousness, dose and ventilation...
They have slowed for now. But as we begin to emerge from our homes, we need to brace for a resurgence
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