Month: May 2020

The men might have been among the earliest to be stolen from their homeland and brought to the Americas. View original article Contributor:

Scaling up the manufacturing of syringes and other medical products required to deliver a vaccine to millions of Americans will be just as important as the vaccine itself. View original article Contributor:

Drawing mundane things like my dish rack had helped me survive job loss. Could it be helping me through the coronavirus? View original article Contributor:

Test your knowledge of this week’s health news. View original article Contributor:

Twenty percent of staff at one hospital are quarantined, but the doors remain open as the war wounded are brought in. View original article Contributor:

After weeks of lockdowns and quarantines, countries are starting to relax their rules, with people in China scrambling to take advantage of a chance for holiday travel and South Africa ending its lockdown, one the world’s strictest. View original article Contributor:

The project, announced by the C.D.C., will help trace patterns of transmission, investigate outbreaks and map how the virus is evolving, which can impact a cure. View original article Contributor:

(LANSING, Mich.) — The Republican-led Michigan House refused Thursday to extend the state’s coronavirus emergency declaration and voted to authorize a lawsuit challenging Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s authority and actions to combat the pandemic. The step came as hundreds of conservative activists, including some who were openly carrying guns, returned to the Capitol to denounce … Read more

Desperate for information as coronavirus deaths mounted at the Massachusetts veterans home where her father lived, Susan Kenney drove there with her question written in big letters on her car window: “Is my dad alive?” He was. But not for long. Kenney’s father and 69 others who served their country have died after contracting the … Read more

As lockdowns drag on and on in many U.S. states, there are worrying signs that people’s resolve to continue social distancing is flagging. An illicit house party in Chicago made headlines this week, as did photos of crowded beaches in Southern California and packed parks in New York City. Anonymized cell-phone data tracked by the … Read more