Monthly Archives: May, 2020

In late February, the virus expert Nevan Krogan called an early morning meeting at his UCSF lab in Mission Bay and told 20 fellow scientists that their lives were about to change. The new coronavirus, which emerged in China, was now spreading from person to person in California. Health authorities had just confirmed it. Soon…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.The coronavirus pandemic has drastically altered the planet since first appearing in late 2019, infecting more than 3 million and resulting in the deaths of at least 230,000 people. As some parts of the world ease stay-at-home and lockdown orders,…

A new report is predicting that the coronavirus pandemic may last as long as two years and that it could take up to two-thirds of the global population being immune to effectively control the spread of the virus.The report, released Thursday from the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of…

Orphaned as a youth in Bangladesh, Jamal Uddin worked in a ribbon factory in Lower Manhattan while attending high school, before graduating from college and ultimately finding a career helping people with H.I.V./AIDS.Over his 68 years he had proved that he was a survivor, but the battle of his life would take shape in a…

Millennials experienced a "health shock" because of declining mental health, even before the coronavirus pandemic. Daniel Lozano Gonzalez/Getty Images The mental-health effects of the coronavirus pandemic are hitting people of all ages.Millennials find themselves in a precarious position. The generation had already been experiencing a mental-health decline. The loneliness and anxiety of quarantine life are…