Health|Patient Is Reported Free of H.I.V., but Scientists Urge CautionBrazilian scientists say the man no longer shows signs of the infection after taking a powerful drug cocktail. But the preliminary results require confirmation.“Am I skeptical? Of course,” said Dr. Steve Deeks, an H.I.V. researcher at the University of California, San Francisco. “Am I intrigued? Absolutely.”Credit...Alexandre…

Customers sit at tables socially distanced from each other at the outdoor terrace of a bar, operating at reduced capacity in Plaza Mayor in Madrid, Spain.NurPhotoCovid-19 antibodies in Spain's population "are insufficient to provide herd immunity," a new study has claimed, despite the country being one of the worst-affected by the pandemic.In a peer-reviewed paper…

Maine CDC reports 1 new coronavirus-related death, 17 new cases The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported one new coronavirus-related death and 17 new cases on Tuesday.The number of Mainers with COVID-19 who have died is 110. The new reported death was in Cumberland County.The 17 new cases brings the total in Maine…

At just 17, Carsyn Leigh Davis had already experienced more challenges than most people face in their entire lives. From age 2, she battled a host of health issues, including cancer and a rare autoimmune disorder. But not once did Carsyn let the serious ailments get her down, her family said.So when the high school…

Adam Kucharski didn’t expect to publish a book about contagion in the middle of a global pandemic. But consider him less surprised than the rest of us. “In my field we always have the next pandemic on the radar,” he says. Kucharski, an epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, is a…