A global pandemic is anxiety-provoking for most people. But modifying the way you perceive the situation can set you up to deal with it more effectively.

Facebook, Google and Twitter are stepping up to block misinformation and promote accurate information about the coronavirus. Their track records on self-policing are poor. The results so far are mixed.

Much of the world is moving online in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Society's newly increased dependence on the internet is bringing the need for good cyber policy into sharp relief.

The federal government has declared a state of emergency over COVID-19. Two public health scholars explain what that means.

You don't have to believe the official figures to realise that the rate of spread of the virus in Japan has been slower than in other countries.

Behind every government announcement, there is an army of epidemiologists predicting how the virus will spread, and how to beat it.

Behind every government announcement, there is an army of epidemiologists predicting how the virus will spread, and how to beat it.

Emphasizing foreign origins of a disease can have racist connotations and implications for how people understand their own risk of disease.

The coronavirus pandemic alters who we are, writes a psychologist. It affects how we think, how we relate to others and what we value.

Different demographics are more or less vulnerable to serious complications from the coronavirus. A virologist explains the aging-related changes in how immune systems work that are to blame.