Infectious Disease

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Coronavirus Drug and Vaccine Studies Are Recruiting Their First Volunteers

As a vaccine and drug trial for COVID-19 get underway, US scientists may lo...

As a vaccine and drug trial for COVID-19 get underway, US scientists may look overseas for patients as well

Test kit to detect novel COVID-19 coronavirus in patient samples. RT-PCR kit reagents allow to convert viral Covid19 RNA to DNA and amplify region of viral DNA specific for 2019-nCov.

Responding to Coronavirus Testing Problems, U.S. Government Expands Number of Labs That Can Run Tests

China and other countries have conducted tens of thousands of tests for COV...

China and other countries have conducted tens of thousands of tests for COVID-19. Why has the US only performed a few hundred?

Scientific staff members works in a secure laboratory, researching the new coronavirus, at the Pasteur Institute in Dakar on Feb. 3, 2020.

Inside the Efforts to Prepare African Countries for COVID-19

The WHO has said its "biggest worry" with COVID-19 is to make sure that the...

The WHO has said its "biggest worry" with COVID-19 is to make sure that the disease doesn't spread in countries with weaker health systems, many of which are in Africa.

Scientist pipetting a sample into a test tube during a experiment in the laboratory

A First-of-Its-Kind Library of Potential Coronavirus Drugs, Built at Columbia University, Funded by China's Richest Person

Led by HIV expert Dr. David Ho, the program will catalogue potential chemic...

Led by HIV expert Dr. David Ho, the program will catalogue potential chemicals that could work against the next coronavirus to hit humans

Infectious Disease

Coronavirus Drug and Vaccine Studies Are Recruiting Their First Volunteers

Responding to Coronavirus Testing Problems, U.S. Government Expands Number of Labs That Can Run Tests

Inside the Efforts to Prepare African Countries for COVID-19

A First-of-Its-Kind Library of Potential Coronavirus Drugs, Built at Columbia University, Funded by China's Richest Person

Fist Bumps vs. Handshakes: How COVID-19 Does—and Doesn’t—Spread

The Coronavirus Outbreak Should Bring Out the Best in Humanity

Passengers on a Virus-Stricken Cruise Ship in Japan Speak About Life Under Quarantine