Coronavirus

By Rebecca Hennes Updated 9:45 am CDT, Saturday, June 20, 2020 Vasanthi Avadhanula shows Dr. Pedro Piedra lab results from Baylor College of Medicine’s work with antibodies to the coronavirus. Piedra led Baylor’s development of a coronavirus antibody blood test the medical school plans to use to determine the prevalence of the virus in Houston. less…

Even if the covid-19 virus is as sensitive to climate as other seasonal viruses, Collins wrote, that wouldn’t be enough to slow its spread through the population right now — as evidenced by its rapid spread across such tropical nations like Brazil and Ecuador.Still, summer does open up more opportunities for outdoor activities, which all…

CLOSEThe past month of America’s coronavirus crisis has looked different.Stores, restaurants and workplaces reopened. People became more comfortable leaving their homes. Mass protests over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police dominated television and social media just as fewer people talked about wearing masks and social distancing.All the while, the virus…

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a news conference in March. Chen Junxia/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chen Junxia/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic reached a new one-day high Thursday with 150,000 new confirmed cases, according to the World Health Organization. Almost half of those cases were reported in…

The novel coronavirus started to spread in Italy two months after the sustained community transmission transformed the country into the world’s COVID-19 epicenter. Researchers analyzed wastewater samples dating back to October and found traces of the virus in the sewage water for Milan and Turin, two northern Italian cities. The infection showed up as early…