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Politics

Trump: U.S. will terminate relationship with the World Health Organization in wake of Covid-19 pandemic

By Andrew Joseph and Helen Branswell

Health

The Covid-19 Tracker

By STAT

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Health

New research rewrites history of when Covid-19 took off in the U.S. — and points to missed chances to stop it

By Helen Branswell

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Health

Contact tracing could help avoid another lockdown. Can it work in the U.S.?

By Andrew Joseph

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Health

He experienced a severe reaction to Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate. He’s still a believer

By Matthew Herper

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In the Lab

‘It’s something I have never seen’: How the Covid-19 virus hijacks cells

By Sharon Begley

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Health

When did the coronavirus start spreading in the U.S.? Likely in January, CDC analysis suggests

By Helen Branswell

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Health

When hard data are ‘heartbreaking’: Testing blitz in San Francisco shows Covid-19 struck mostly low-wage workers

By Usha Lee McFarling

Generational protection
Health

As Covid-19 tears through Navajo Nation, young people step up to protect their elders

By Mona Gable

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First Opinion

A fiasco in the making? As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable data

By John P.A. Ioannidis

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Health

What explains Covid-19’s lethality for the elderly? Scientists look to ‘twilight’ of the immune system

By Sharon Begley

Health

Covid-19 Drugs and Vaccines Tracker

By Damian Garde

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Health

The world needs Covid-19 vaccines. It may also be overestimating their power

By Helen Branswell

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First Opinion

Early diagnosis, not cancer drug breakthroughs, is the best way to fix the global scourge of breast cancer

By Maura McCarthy

Cover your cough
Health

The new coronavirus can likely remain airborne for some time. That doesn’t mean we’re doomed

By Sharon Begley

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Special Report

Three potential futures for Covid-19: recurring small outbreaks, a monster wave, or a persistent crisis

By Sharon Begley

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Health

CDC: 80,000 people died of flu last winter in U.S., highest death toll in 40 years

By Associated Press

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Health

Who is getting sick, and how sick? A breakdown of coronavirus risk by demographic factors

By Sharon Begley

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First Opinion

Covid-19 is battering independent physician practices. They need help now

By Andy Slavitt and Farzad Mostashari

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