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Using models applied to hospital and death data, we estimate the impact of the lockdown and current population immunity.

While the COVID-19 pandemic will increase mortality due to the virus, it is also likely to increase mortality indirectly.

An analysis by the New York Times found some cities in Latin America have seen spikes in fatalities that match the worst of the pandemic elsewhere.

Virologist Peter Piot fell ill with COVID-19 in mid-March. He spent a week in a hospital and has been recovering at his home in London since.

COVID-19 has caused scarcity of medical resources in health systems and has severely affected the global economy.

Maryland’s stay-at-home order protects communities from COVID-19 transmission, but staying at home does not mean safety for everyone.

Mounting promises that some vaccine may be available for emergency use as early as the autumn are fueling expectations that are simply unrealistic.

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.

How the coronavirus is making America’s health care access problems even worse.

Africa is boosting its capacity to respond to COVID-19, but lack of solidarity will cost lives, warns Africa CDC head John Nkengasong.

A coronavirus vaccine won’t stop the pandemic without all countries having access to it.

Fighting the coronavirus has become secondary as U.S. seeks to hamstring the World Health Organization, turning it into a 2020 election issue.