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Published: May 10, 2020 at 1:12 p.m. ET University of Washington model now sees 137,184 cumulative deaths from COVID-19 A server waits on a customer during the first day back to dine-in service at a restaurant in Atlanta in late April. Getty Images The decision by states to end lockdowns on their populations will inevitably…

Like the virus whose origin it purports to explain, the following conjecture refuses to die: The novel coronavirus was cooked up in a Chinese lab and either escaped or was intentionally released.It’s a claim without the support of any publicly available evidence. It implies that tight-lipped members of a large and malign network colluded to…

CLOSE White House has confirmed a second coronavirus case among West Wing staff, this time in VP Mike Pence's office. President Trump addresses concerns. USA TODAYThe White House is pushing a return to its failed experiment in relying on temperature screening of air travelers to detect coronavirus despite vehement objections from the nation's top public health agency, internal documents obtained…

By mapping interactions between human proteins and the new coronavirus, researchers have pinpointed 29 potential treatments using drugs already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a wide range of other conditions.Share on PinterestScientists have tested an array of pre-existing drugs to see how they might tackle the new coronavirus.There is currently no…

Researchers have identified a mutation in the genetic code of SARS-CoV-2 that mirrors changes scientists saw in the 2003 SARS outbreak.Share on PinterestA newly discovered mutation in SARS-CoV-2 sheds some light on how the current outbreak might evolve.SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes the illness COVID-19. In the mutation, 81 letters in the virus’s genome…