Coronavirus

Shark Tank–style initiative aims to produce millions of new diagnostic tests per week by end of summer

COVID-19 coordinator Deborah Birx also honored with bobblehead

The scientific community is “making lemonade out of lemons,” one researcher says

Doctors try to find the best way to treat “happy hypoxics”

Christian Drosten, who has become Germany’s most popular podcaster, warns against reopening the country too soon

Preliminary study plays outsize role in debate about when to ease restrictions

Hospital data from China and a classified drug screening program led to the rapid launch of $21 million study

A postdoc shares what she learned by talking to a friend who is a psychiatrist

On this week’s show: The latest on how COVID-19 infections damage the body, and what can be learned from ancient magnetic traces in rocks on Earth and in space

China’s Sinovac makes headway with old-fashioned technology that “kills” whole virus

Consensus judgments could provide an alternative to statistical models

Medical staff face high rates of anxiety and depression, emerging studies suggest

The state of emergency has no teeth and critics say it came too late

Critics question accuracy of tests and media promotion before full results are published

Cardiologists urge careful monitoring of patients on chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine

Rising levels of SARS-CoV-2 detected in wastewater before corresponding spike in clinical cases