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As Countries Restart, WHO Warns About Lack of Virus Tracing
A top world health official Monday warned that countries are essentially driving blind in reopening their economies without setting up strong contact tracing to beat back flare-ups of the coronavirus.
Transgender Woman in Hospice While Awaiting Court Ruling
A Detroit-area woman at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court case about transgender rights is in hospice care while awaiting a decision.
Pence, Task Force Members Isolate After Virus Exposure
Vice President Mike Pence is self-isolating after an aide tested positive for the coronavirus last week.
Could Korea's COVID-19 Tracing Be Used to Persecute Gays?
Some nations have implemented tracing efforts to track and help contain viral transmission in the COVID-19 pandemic. But it's a short step from monitoring movements to persecution, gays in Korea fear.
We Knew The Coronavirus Was Coming, Yet We Failed 5 Critical Tests
The saddest part is that most of the failings and vulnerabilities that the pandemic has revealed were predictable — a direct outgrowth of the kind of market-based system that Americans generally rely on for health care.
COVID Survivors' Blood Plasma Is A Sought-After New Commodity
The coronavirus has infected more than 1.2 million people in the U.S., and now government scientists, academic researchers and for-profit pharmaceutical firms all are scrambling for blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors.
MSM Blood Ban Overturned in Brazil
A pinpoint of good news emerged from Brazil when that nation's Supreme Court did away with a yearlong ban on gay and bisexual men giving blood.
What Needs to Go Right to Get a Coronavirus Vaccine in 12-18 Months?
Researchers around the world are innovating the process of vaccine development in real time to develop a vaccine as fast as possible. So how close are we to a vaccine?
Empty ERs Worry Doctors as Heart Attack and Stroke Patients Delay Care
Across the U.S., doctors call the drop-off staggering, unlike anything they've seen. And they worry a new wave of patients is headed their way — people who have delayed care.
Experts Worry CDC is Sidelined in Coronavirus Response
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has repeatedly found its suggestions for fighting the coronavirus outbreak taking a backseat to other concerns within the Trump administration.
Coronavirus Found in Patients' Semen in Small Chinese Study
The virus that causes COVID-19 can be found in semen, Chinese researchers report in a small study that doesn't address whether sexual transmission is possible.
Hear Me Roar: How Recovery Unplugged Helps Women in Addiction
Music-based addiction treatment network Recovery Unplugged offers an innovative approach for women seeking treatment and long-lasting recovery.
People with Disabilities Among Hardest Hit by Coronavirus
For millions of disabled people and their families, the coronavirus crisis has piled on new difficulties and ramped up those that already existed.
Remdesivir Explained - Why Might it Work Against Coronavirus?
Remdesivir is a member of one of the oldest and most important classes of drugs — known as nucleoside analogue. Here's a crash course in how it may be effective against coronavirus.
'If This Thing Boomerangs': Second Wave of Infection Feared
As Europe and the U.S. loosen their lockdowns against the coronavirus, health experts are expressing growing dread over what they say is an all-but-certain second wave of deaths and infections.
How Accurate Are Coronavirus Tests?
Widespread testing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus is important to both slow the virus and gain information about how widespread it is in the U.S. But a second aspect of testing has gotten less attention: accuracy.
5 Questions Answered About Asymptomatic COVID-19
A professor of medicine and microbiology at the University of Virginia who specializes in infectious diseases runs through what's known and what isn't about asymptomatic cases of COVID-19.
Lessons From 6 Countries as Coronavirus Lockdowns Ease
Just as each nation chose a different route into lockdown, each is likely to choose its own exit path.
The Second Virus Wave: How Bad Will it be as Lockdowns Ease?
From the marbled halls of Italy to the wheat fields of Kansas, health authorities are increasingly warning that the question isn't whether a second wave of coronavirus infections and deaths will hit, but when — and how badly.
Palliative Care Helped Family Face 'The Awful, Awful Truth'
Palliative care specialists in COVID-19 hot spots around the country have seen their professional duties transformed by the deadly coronavirus.