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The number of deaths per day from the coronavirus in the U.S. has fallen in recent weeks to the lowest level since late March, even as states increasingly reopen for business. But scientists are deeply afraid the trend may be about to reverse itself.“For now, it’s too soon to be reassured that deaths are going…

The last few days have brought alarming news about the state of the pandemic in the U.S. Hospitalizations from Covid-19 reached new highs in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas; while case totals have been on the rise in recent weeks for more than half the country. But…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Researchers on Tuesday announced the first drug shown to save lives among severely ill coronavirus patients, offering hope even as infection rates rose in Africa and Asia, and there were worrisome upticks of contagion in countries that had largely contained the virus.The cheap, widely available steroid, called dexamethasone, reduced deaths by 35%…

The COVID-19 pandemic is spreading like a wildfire in India, despite the lockdown and other containment measures in force in the country. What it is so? One possible reason is that many people infected by the novel coronavirus never show symptoms of the disease. And these asymptomatic people likely play a significant role in the…

Deep-rooted inequality and graft have thwarted the steps Peru took to prepare for its response to the pandemic.Relatives carrying the coffin of a suspected Covid-19 victim at a cemetery on the southern outskirts of Lima last month.Credit...Ernesto Benavides/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesBy Mitra Taj and Anatoly KurmanaevJune 12, 2020Updated 7:58 p.m. ETLIMA, Peru — President…