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Can the coronavirus infect someone twice?
Up to 10 percent of coronavirus patients leaving medical facilities in Wuhan after being tested negative for Covid-19 seem to have subsequently been re-infected, according…
What we don’t yet know about the coronavirus
It has been only three months since reports first emerged from China of an unknown virus causing unusual cases of pneumonia, and scientists and public…
Scientists: Trump bungled this badly
A public health expert told Salon that President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been abysmal. “It definitely made it worse,” Dr. William…
A Tiny Island Tries to Shut Out the Virus
NORTH HAVEN, Maine—The ferry to the island of North Haven, Maine, has space for a dozen or so vehicles and 220 passengers. This past Saturday…
Health officials rebelling against Trump for pulling them off COVID-19 research to go on ‘wild goose chases’: report
According to a report from Politico, Donald Trump is angering officials in Health and Human Services department for pulling them off important research aimed at…
Politico asked 34 big thinkers to predict how the coronapocalypse will permanently change our world
Politico asked 34 “macro thinkers” to share some of their thoughts on what the world will look like after we crawl from the wreckage of…
Even after a frigid winter, Arctic sea ice is still really low
Large parts of the U.S. experienced a pretty wimpy winter this year, thanks to cold air staying parked over the Arctic. This made for a…
‘She drank the Kool-Aid’: Viewers baffled as Dr. Birx ‘incinerates her credibility’ by praising Trump for being ‘attentive to scientific literature’
Speaking on the Christian Broadcasting Network’s Faith Nation this Wednesday, White House response coordinator for the US Coronavirus Task Force, Dr. Deborah Birx, talked about the…
‘He’s killing us’: Outrage as Trump says hospitals need just two ventilators and FEMA balks over pricetag of buying more
There is massive outrage as many are hearing President Donald Trump telling Fox News host Sean Hannity that New York City hospitals usually just have…
‘Navajo warrior’ dinosaur was a real fighter, with a scar to prove it
Scientists have unearthed fossils of a fearsome feathered dinosaur in northwestern New Mexico that was a quick and agile predator that could chase down smaller…
Nationalization Roundtable
With the advent of COVID-19 and an unprecedented economic shock, measures that were a month ago far outside the mainstream policy debate have moved to…
US Space Force will send its first satellite into space today
The US Space Force will kick off its first National Security Mission this afternoon. It’s sending a Lockheed Martin Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-6) satellite…
The Christian right’s hostility to science is definitely going to get people killed
Scientists and health experts largely agree on the steps needed to fight COVID-19, the rapidly spreading new coronavirus: Widespread testing, if possible. Widespread and often…
Scientists create a new smart testing device for coronavirus
Scientists at Lancaster University in the UK have announced that they have developed a new smart testing device for coronavirus. The testing device incorporates artificial…
Anthony Fauci warns: Coronavirus could return in seasonal cycles unless we get a vaccine
There is a strong chance the new coronavirus could return in seasonal cycles, a senior US scientist said Wednesday, underscoring the urgent need to find…
Coronavirus could become seasonal: top US scientist
There is a strong chance the new coronavirus could return in seasonal cycles, a senior US scientist said Wednesday, underscoring the urgent need to find…
Fake cures and risky rumors: Virus misinformation hits home
From being duped into taking poisonous “cures”, to watching businesses crumble and avoiding life-saving medication, people are suffering devastating real-world impacts of a deluge of…
Here’s what’s in the $2T stimulus package — and what’s next
The biggest economic stimulus in American history is hurtling toward passage, but Washington’s colossal intervention to save the economy still chooses winners and losers among…
New Orleans emerges as next coronavirus epicenter, threatening rest of South
New Orleans is on track to become the next coronavirus epicenter in the United States, dimming hopes that less densely populated and warmer-climate cities would…
Florida’s move to pull in its welcome mat may draw court challenge
TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ move to secure his state border against the coronavirus invader is an invitation to a legal challenge that could…
We already paid for COVID-19 treatments — we cannot let Big Pharma make us pay again
There’s much we don’t yet know about COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. We don’t know how long the pandemic will last, when…
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