Fearing deportation, many immigrants at higher risk of Covid-19 are afraid to seek testing or care
LOS ANGELES — Trying to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus has proven extremely…
Category: public health
5 burning questions about tech efforts to track Covid-19 cases
The pitch from technology companies goes something like this: We can tap phone data to…
Some social distancing may be needed into 2022 to keep coronavirus in check, new study says
A modeling study on the new coronavirus warns that intermittent periods of social distancing may…
Opinion: The coronavirus pandemic could transform our health care system — for the better
The Covid-19 pandemic has rapidly disrupted our everyday life. Cities and states are on lockdown…
With Covid-19 delaying routine care, chronic disease startups brace for a slew of complications
Clinicians at health tech startups who treat patients with chronic conditions are raising a looming…
Who gets the last ventilator? Facing the coronavirus, a hospital ponders the unthinkable
This is one in a series of reports from hospitals responding to the Covid-19 pandemic….
Help wanted: Health agencies will need an army of coronavirus trackers
K.J. Seung is surprised to be hiring and training new workers in Boston. His public…
As Covid-19 surges among San Francisco’s homeless, doctors face difficult choices
SAN FRANCISCO — As a doctor at San Francisco’s safety net hospital, Katie Brooks takes…
Social distancing is controlling Covid-19; now scientists need to figure out which measures are most effective
Banning gatherings, having people stay at home, closing schools, and other measures to reduce the…
Methadone clinic lines and packed waiting rooms leave clients vulnerable to the coronavirus
One photo shows a long line of people standing close together while waiting for methadone…
It’s difficult to grasp the projected deaths from Covid-19. Here’s how they compare to other causes of death
The numbers seem catastrophic, overwhelming, beyond a magnitude that the human mind or heart can…
Opinion: CDC: remember who you are
Public health wins are quiet — the child born healthy, the loved one still safe,…
After 9/11, we gave up privacy for security. Will we make the same trade-off after Covid-19?
In a span of weeks, the novel coronavirus has turned the nation’s roiling health privacy…
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Trump pledges to put a hold on U.S. funding for the World Health Organization
WASHINGTON — President Trump said Tuesday that the United States would halt funding to the…
A $30 billion gamble: Pandemic expert calls for making Covid-19 vaccines before we know they work
There’s a one-word exit strategy for the devastating Covid-19 pandemic, which is crippling economies around…
‘We’re flying blind’: African Americans may be bearing the brunt of Covid-19, but access to data are limited
Stark statistics are coming to light only now and only in piecemeal fashion showing that…
Data for Gilead’s potential coronavirus therapy are coming soon. Here’s what you need to know
This month, the world should get the first results from a clinical trial testing the…
Opinion: A deficit of more than 250,000 public health workers is no way to fight Covid-19
What happens when a nation systematically cuts or underfunds its public health workforce? We are…
CDC launches studies to get more precise count of undetected Covid-19 cases
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has begun preliminary studies to try to determine…
An interview with the CDC director on coronavirus, masks, and an agency gone quiet
Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, describes the coronavirus pandemic…
Americans are underestimating how long coronavirus disruptions will last, health experts say
Public health experts are increasingly worried that Americans are underestimating how long the coronavirus pandemic…
White House expected to recommend all Americans wear cloth masks to prevent coronavirus spread
WASHINGTON — The White House is expected to announce a new policy, based on guidance…
Covid-19 spreads too fast for traditional contact tracing. New digital tools could help
Every strategy for releasing Covid-19’s vise-grip on daily life starts with identifying cases and tracing…
Opinion: Navigating the Covid-19 pandemic: We’re just clambering into a life raft. Dry land is far away
Imagine you are in a small boat far, far from shore. A surprise storm capsizes…
New effort aims to provide Covid-19 resources to non-English speakers in U.S.
Covid-19 is impacting lives across the U.S., and health officials are racing to provide communities…
The coronavirus is washing over the U.S. These factors will determine how bad it gets in each community
On March 15, the governor of Washington called the Seattle area the “hotbed of this…
Opinion: Create a cadre of community health workers to fight Covid-19 in the U.S.
Five years ago, I was working in Kono, a district in Sierra Leone, on projects…
Test makers are moving fast, but the coronavirus may be moving faster
In Lake Success, a village on the border of suburban Long Island and the New…
What explains Covid-19’s lethality for the elderly? Scientists look to ‘twilight’ of the immune system
Researchers on Monday announced the most comprehensive estimates to date of elderly people’s elevated risk…
Opinion: It’s past time to fully deploy the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps to fight Covid-19
Controlling a pandemic like Covid-19 requires both the intervention of government agencies and changes in…
Debate flares over using AI to detect Covid-19 in lung scans
A series of studies, starting as a steady drip and quickening to a deluge, has…
What if hydroxychloroquine doesn’t work? What if it does? Right now, we don’t know
An old malaria medicine, hydroxychloroquine, has gone viral on the internet. But is it really…
Covid-19 hasn’t yet hit India in a widespread way. But I saw more warnings there than I did in the U.S.
CHENNAI, India — I grab my grandfather’s cellphone to call the corner shop and make…
With masks dwindling, a hospital’s Covid-19 crisis team searches for a way out
This is one in a series of reports from hospitals responding to the Covid-19 pandemic….
The next frontier in coronavirus testing: Identifying the full scope of the pandemic, not just individual infections
Scientists are starting to roll out new blood tests for the coronavirus, a key development…
New reports raise possibility pregnant women can pass coronavirus to fetus, but risk is unclear
A trio of scientific reports about Covid-19 infections in pregnant women raises concerns that the…
‘We’re racing against the clock:’ Researchers test wearables as an early warning system for Covid-19
Researchers at two prominent California universities launched ambitious new studies this week to test whether…
Covid-19’s resurgence in Hong Kong holds a lesson: Defeating it demands persistence
As a mysterious virus raced through Wuhan, China, 570 miles to the north, residents in…
What we’ve learned about the coronavirus — and what we still need to know
As we approach the three-month mark since we all learned about a new virus triggering…
When can we let up? Health experts craft strategies to safely relax coronavirus lockdowns
With countries from Italy to the U.S. having waited too long to combat the coronavirus,…
Hospitals turn to remote monitoring tools to free up beds for the sickest coronavirus patients
Desperate to free up beds for only the sickest Covid-19 patients, hospitals nationwide are weighing…
A sports medicine office morphs into a coronavirus clinic, braced for the onslaught
First in a series of reports from hospitals responding to the Covid-19 pandemic. The doctor…
Social distancing, politicized: Trump allies are urging an end to isolation, worrying public health experts
WASHINGTON — How and whether to prevent disease is suddenly a political question. And in…
Startups touting at-home coronavirus tests suspend plans after FDA warning
In a rapid about-face, a handful of startups that had already rolled out at-home coronavirus…
Opinion: We need smart coronavirus testing, not just more testing
Despite three weeks of assurances, most Americans who have symptoms of Covid-19 still can’t get…
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Desperate for Covid-19 answers, U.S. doctors turn to colleagues in China
Even as the Covid-19 outbreak has already overwhelmed some U.S. hospitals, in many cities anxious…
‘A long ways from everything’: In Montana, distance is shaping the coronavirus response
BUTTE, Mont. — The little town of Libby, a former mining hub of 2,700 that’s…
Opinion: What Singapore can teach the U.S. about responding to Covid-19
Our country, Singapore, has managed to contain the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus within its…
I asked eight chatbots whether I had Covid-19. The answers ranged from ‘low’ risk to ‘start home isolation’
U.S. hospitals, public health authorities, and digital health companies have quickly deployed online symptom checkers…
For people with underlying health conditions, the coronavirus presents ‘all the ingredients’ for danger
An infection from the coronavirus can be a formidable threat to anyone. But it is…