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Mounting Promises on Covid-19 Vaccines are Fueling False Expectations, Experts Say
Mounting promises that some vaccine may be available for emergency use as early as the autumn are fueling expectations that are simply unrealistic.
Has COVID-19 Subverted Global Health?
For the first time in the post-war history of epidemics, there is a reversal of which countries are most heavily affected by a disease pandemic.
Coronavirus has created a crisis for primary care doctors and their patients
How the coronavirus is making America’s health care access problems even worse.
Let Africa into the market for COVID-19 diagnostics
Africa is boosting its capacity to respond to COVID-19, but lack of solidarity will cost lives, warns Africa CDC head John Nkengasong.
At Least 89 Vaccines Are Being Developed. It May Not Matter.
A coronavirus vaccine won’t stop the pandemic without all countries having access to it.
WHO Becomes Battleground as Trump Chooses Pandemic Confrontation Over Cooperation
Fighting the coronavirus has become secondary as U.S. seeks to hamstring the World Health Organization, turning it into a 2020 election issue.
Large trial yields strongest evidence yet that antiviral drug can help COVID-19 patients
A candidate treatment for COVID-19 has shown convincing—albeit modest—benefit for the first time in a large, carefully controlled clinical trial in ho
Why the Coronavirus Is So Confusing
A guide to making sense of a problem that is now too big for any one person to fully comprehend.
The Other Time a U.S. President Withheld WHO Funds
President Trump’s decision last week to suspend payments to the WHO wasn’t the first time a U.S. president has withheld funds from the organization.
The Subways Seeded the Massive Coronavirus Epidemic in New York City
New York City’s multitentacled subway system was a major disseminator – if not the principal transmission vehicle – of coronavirus infection.
28,000 Missing Deaths: Tracking the True Toll of the Coronavirus Crisis
At least 28,000 more people have died during the coronavirus pandemic over the last month than the official COVID-19 death counts report.
How Do You Do Contact Tracing? Poor Countries Have Plenty Of Advice
Contact tracing is used all over the world, including in the U.S. The idea is to track down anyone in recent contact with a newly diagnosed patient, t