As states across the country take steps toward reopening, public health authorities have emphasized the importance of wearing masks inside stores or other enclosed spaces as a precaution against COVID-19. A majority of Americans report they have followed this guidance all or most...
The Trump administration is planning to defund a number of COVID-19 testing sites across the country, and it remains unclear whether doing so might be part of a broad plan by the president to “slow down on testing.”
Thirteen sites...
Florida reported 5,511 new coronavirus infections Wednesday, the most ever for single day, and the outlook for the future might be even more sobering.
“We have to take this very seriously,” said José Szapocznik, professor of public health at the...
If a person with blood type A transmits the virus to a person with type O blood, the type O person will have antibodies that can fight the virus.
People with blood type O have less of a chance of...
From the earliest days of the global coronavirus pandemic, the NFL has plowed ahead with business as usual, determined to not let COVID-19 interfere with the 2020 offseason and regular season. That strategy may soon be adjusted.
NFL Network’s Ian...
NC sees record high for COVID-19 hospitalizations
North Carolina’s hospitalizations from coronavirus continue to grow. The state hit a record high for hospitalizations Tuesday, with 774 people currently in the hospital with severe COVID-19 symptoms -- 35 more than the...
Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, said that Chinese authorities did a “disservice” by not allowing scientists in their country to speak freely about COVID-19 at the start of the virus's outbreak.
“I think the Chinese authorities that...
Eighth-graders at the Waldorf School in Santa Fe, New Mexico had spent the entire year raising $2,800 for their rafting trip, a thrilling end to their time in middle school. But then came Covid-19.
Rather than mope after the trip's...
Robert De Niro has reignited his feud with Donald Trump, claiming the US president "doesn't care how many people die" in from COVID-19.
Actor De Niro, 76, who has been one of Trump's most vocal celebrity critics, criticised the president's...
When the news broke yesterday that Operation Warp Speed had selected five experimental COVID-19 vaccines to fast-track through testing and, potentially, mass-scale production, it was news even to some top scientists involved with the White House-led program. “It’s been...