Coronavirus

May 23, 2020 | 11:21am Enlarge Image Blood collection tubes sit on a rack on the first day of a free coronavirus antibody testing event. Paul Hennessy/Barcroft Media via Getty Images Immunity to the coronavirus could only last up to six months, scientists say. A study at the University of Amsterdam found that those who…

Published on May 22, 2020The Prime Minister's chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, travelled out of London during the lockdown while ill with coronavirus symptoms. He was questioned by the police after travelling to Durham in an apparent breach of the lockdown rules. It came as the government announced a new £1,000 fine for anyone arriving in…

One of the biggest mysteries of the new coronavirus is its relative harmlessness in most children who get infected. At least part of the explanation may be in the cells lining their noses, according to a new study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. The researchers…

If you’d asked me, when our baby was born in November, how likely it was that I’d decide to delay his vaccinations against the doctor’s recommendations for several months, I’d have told you there was absolutely no chance. I report on global health; I know that the diseases vaccination has virtually eradicated in the US…

The Centers for Disease Control has been lumping together tests for active coronavirus with tests for recovered patients, boosting testing totals but muddying the pandemic’s course.Blood samples were collected at a restaurant in Brooklyn for a coronavirus antibody test, which reveals if a person has recovered from Covid-19.Credit...Misha Friedman for The New York TimesPublished May…