The US response to the coronavirus was slow and problematic, but it also was rooted in a 19th-century way of viewing public health.
In places where everyone wears a mask, cases of COVID-19 seem to be less severe. Evidence from labs and outbreaks suggests that masks protect not only others, but the person wearing the mask, too.
Test positivity rates measure the success of a testing program. Even though the US performs a huge number of tests, high test positivity rates across the country show that that it still isn't enough.
People have lived with infectious disease throughout the millennia, with culture and biology influencing each other. Archaeologists decode the stories told by bones and what accompanies them.
Researchers from New York University are designing AI algorithms to help predict COVID-19 outcomes.
Cellphone data can show who coronavirus patients interacted with, which can help isolate infected people before they feel ill. But how digital contact tracing is implemented matters.
COVID-19 has a long incubation time, and testing can take days to get results. Don't let continually rising case numbers make you give up on staying at home.
Universities and colleges around the world are closing. People are fleeing from cities. Some people are being forced to move but others must weigh the risks and ethical concerns of travel.
With no vaccines or treatments, the fight against coronavirus comes down to this behavioral technique. A physician explains how it works.
As the novel coronavirus spreads, an expert offers ways the elderly can stay safe while staying connected.
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