How monitoring our sewage could help head off future disease outbreaks
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Because SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, shows up in the poop of infected people, wastewater monitoring can indicate…
Because SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, shows up in the poop of infected people, wastewater monitoring can indicate…
Jon-Emile S. Kenny MD [@heart_lung] Introduction An important reason for treating both tuberculosis and HIV with multiple…
Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker and Traci Watson discuss some of 2020's most significant coronavirus research papers.In the final…
Presymptomatic detection of COVID-19 has been a challenge in containing the ongoing pandemic. Wearable monitoring devices…
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This research also includes a groundbreaking study to determine the lethality of Covid-19 based on the most comprehensive…
The UK and many other countries in Europe are in lockdown again, but what should be done next?
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El repunte de casos de coronavirus confirmados por PCR ha frenado la vuelta a la normalidad tras el retorno de las vacaciones.
Easy, fast coronavirus testing is critical to controlling the virus. AP Photo/Elaine…
Enlarge / Signage outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday…
People can have COVID-19 without knowing it -- and that's a huge threat to public health.
CNET – People can have COVID-19 without knowing it — and that’s a huge threat to public health. “…If you’re an asymptomatic…
Money for the Postal Service and mail voting is one sticking point: This is your morning tip sheet.
Reinforcing summer safety with some of the special twists and dangers of this dangerous and twisty time.
Casual connections with people we encounter in the course of daily life can give us the sense of belonging to a community.
Negotiators acknowledged some progress over the weekend, but said they remained far apart on a number of issues.
She and other top health officials in the Trump administration warn states of a deepening spread of the coronavirus, in both…
Millions of dollars of Paycheck Protection Program loans went to China-backed businesses in critical sectors, a study found.
If medical rationing becomes necessary, some older adults are prepared to step aside. But many have the opposite concern: that…
Say this about President Trump’s approach to Moscow: It’s been consistent.
The Treasury Department imposed sanctions on a powerful government entity that runs companies and farms in the Xinjiang region…
Public health officials once suggested only people with symptoms should be tested. Now some say getting one is a civic duty.
If Covid takes the football season away from us, we’re in danger of losing the bond we’ve taken so many years to build.
Congress, which is tasked with shepherding the nation through the pandemic, itself lacks consistent procedures for protecting…
Senate Republicans forced the chamber to begin moving forward with an extension of unemployment benefits that expire on Friday…
Research by the Brookings Institution found evidence that a new payment card helped offset the loss of subsidized meals when…
Congress, which is tasked with shepherding the nation through the pandemic, itself lacks consistent procedures for protecting…
After an initial decrease in the youth detention population since the pandemic began, the rate of release has slowed, and the…
Mayra Ramirez was the first of a small but growing number of people whose only hope of surviving the coronavirus was to replace…
Many seniors comply with the physical distancing and stay-at-home orders, even as we understand that social isolation generates…
He spent 11 months in a North Vietnamese prison after his plane was downed. He was later a long-serving mayor of South Bend. He…
The Texas congressman, who frequently refused to wear a mask, said he had probably contracted the coronavirus because he did so.
Senators in the party are “all over the lot” on the pandemic bill as jobless benefits run out and the fate of any legislative…
The two issues are linked, but during the coronavirus pandemic the relationship is not always simple.
Lawmakers will have to bridge significant policy gaps to reach an election-year agreement on how to best provide relief to…
That aging can make us better than ever may be the biggest dirty little secret of all time.
The president’s announcement that he would pitch at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 15 startled the team’s officials, who had not…
The coronavirus pandemic is forcing the military to consider creating a quarantine zone at the court compound to allow…
Mr. O’Brien is the most senior Trump official to test positive for the coronavirus. White House officials said he had…
The study aims to enroll 30,000 people this summer and determine whether the vaccine is safe and effective, possibly by November.
Distorted eating behaviors occur in young people irrespective of their weight, gender, race, ethnicity or sexual orientation.
Missing social contacts and altered routines, disturbed sleep and eating habits can be particularly intense for the kids with…
The proposal on the eve of Republicans’ unveiling of a larger aid bill amounts to a concession that the two parties are…
The agency’s statement followed earlier criticism from President Trump that its guidelines for reopening were too “tough.”
The controversy over inadequate protective equipment has come to embody what critics describe as a haphazard federal effort to…
Disputes over how to extend supplemental jobless benefits — and a White House push for money for a new F.B.I. building — slowed…
St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, the private school in the Maryland suburbs attended by Barron Trump, said it was considering…
Right now, we have an opportunity to help our kids take a hard look at their friendships, including friends they may want to…
Republicans said they had reached an agreement in principle on their opening bid for coronavirus relief, but they remain divided.
Republicans said they had reached an agreement in principle on their opening bid for coronavirus relief, but they remain divided.
So far, there is scant evidence that these punishments have limited the cyberattacks and other bad behavior from America’s two…
Mayor Francis Suarez of Miami, a Republican, wants President Trump and Governor Ron DeSantis to enforce a masks-in-public rule.
Experts say the law could be more actively used to secure medical supplies, but the Trump administration’s reluctance has left…
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Skeptics say: Why wear masks if they don't filter out all coronavirus? Scientists say: Because it could mean less severe illness.
Putting some ugly Covid-19 facts together.
The hackers have been targeting British, Canadian and American organizations researching vaccines using spear-phishing and…
Wesley Ira Purkey was killed by lethal injection at the penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind., for killing a teenage girl more than…
An under-fire public health expert gently hits back: This is your morning tip sheet.
Whatever the wolf is that disrupts your story, here are ways to emerge as the hero.
Despite the challenges of at-home learning, some parents are considering teaching kids at home this fall.
The presidential order under consideration would be based on the same statute in the Immigration and Nationality Act used in a…
But two top federal health officials defended the decision, saying that the new database was necessary to expedite and…
Dr. Moncef Slaoui, the chief adviser for the Trump administration’s coronavirus vaccine program, can remain a government…
The criticism voiced by Peter Navarro, President Trump’s top trade adviser, in an op-ed is “Peter’s alone,” Alyssa Farah, a…
New studies show that people with Type A blood are not at greater risk of getting sick, as previous studies had suggested.
Hopes for a rebound are endangered by prolonged closures of schools, renewed state restrictions on business and fears of a…
Hospitals have been ordered to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and send all patient information to a…
Hospitals have been ordered to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and send all patient information to a…
Mask-wearing in public has become an increasingly pressing and politicized issue as the economy reopens and cases surge across…
Early hopes for a quick rebound from the pandemic have yielded to worries about its long-term impact on state finances and the…
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As unemployment claims keep pouring in, new job postings are lacking, and an end to some benefits is approaching.
In this episode, approval of an Ad5 vectored SARS-CoV-2 vaccine for the military in China, description and clinical trials of a…
Economic and security officials warned a federal fund against putting retirement savings in China at “a time of mounting…
In the pandemic, the United States has relied on expanded unemployment benefits, while European governments have subsidized…
Republicans and Democrats are considering new aid for workers and businesses, but lobbyists and lawmakers say the Trump…
Some 4.8 million positions were added last month, but renewed shutdowns could accelerate the continuing layoffs.
School is over. There’s no camp. It’s so boring. How to be your tween’s creative collaborator instead of the boss.
The House cleared the extension, which would give companies more time to apply for pandemic relief loans, sending it to the…
Surging outbreaks in the U.S. Embassy and the kingdom and quiet congressional pressure led the State Department belatedly to…
Continuing shortness of breath, muscle weakness, flashbacks, mental fogginess and other symptoms may plague patients for a long…
The government’s top infectious disease expert told a Senate panel that bars needed to be closed, and the Fed chairman…
People who put off care as Covid-19 surged are easing back into the medical system. Here are some tips to help keep it safe.
Growing evidence shows most infected people aren’t spreading the virus. But whether you become a superspreader probably depends…
A Democratic measure would cap insurance costs and grant the government the power to negotiate drug costs just as the…
Primary care physicians, to whom many anxious patients turn first when their health declines, can’t always provide tests — or…
There are 8 million high school athletes. They must be tested regularly. Along with the revival of professional sports comes…
“Sometimes very big problems, they have very simple solutions.”
Given the drastic pandemic-induced reductions in travel, the chances of bringing home these uninvited guests have been greatly…
Now, nearly two months after the first cases were reported, doctors can reassure parents that the syndrome remains rare, while…
Issues include limited access to community support and counseling and, in some cases, quarantining with unsupportive family…
The group, which is selling the cards online, is not a real government organization, federal officials said.