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Antibody surveys suggesting vast undercount of coronavirus infections may be unreliable
Critics question accuracy of tests and media promotion before full results are published -
Antimalarials widely used against COVID-19 heighten risk of cardiac arrest. How can doctors minimize the danger?
Cardiologists urge careful monitoring of patients on chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine -
Coronavirus found in Paris sewage points to early warning system
Rising levels of SARS-CoV-2 detected in wastewater before corresponding spike in clinical cases -
United States should allow volunteers to be infected with coronavirus to test vaccines, lawmakers argue
Bipartisan letter from 35 members of Congress supports challenge trials -
‘Open the doors for us.’ Indonesian scientists say government snubs offers to help fight coronavirus
Researchers criticize what they say is a chaotic response and severe shortage of COVID-19 tests -
To streamline coronavirus vaccine and drug efforts, NIH and firms join forces
Alliance will prioritize which candidates move forward in clinical trials -
How does coronavirus kill? Clinicians trace a ferocious rampage through the body, from brain to toes
The lungs are ground zero for COVID-19, but blood clots may play a surprisingly big role in severe illness -
How early-career scientists are coping with COVID-19 challenges and fears
“It’s OK to feel scared and sad. And it’s OK to say so,” one Ph.D. student advises -
Antibiotic treatment for COVID-19 complications could fuel resistant bacteria
Defense Department plans major study with medical centers looking at antibiotic use and secondary infections in COVID-19 patients -
Podcast: How countries could recover from coronavirus, and lessons from an ancient drought
On this week’s show: Climbing out of a COVID-19 crisis, managing water is not enough to defeat drought, and tracing waves of sensation on the surface of the hands -
Crushing coronavirus means ‘breaking the habits of a lifetime.’ Behavior scientists have some tips
Sometimes, even subtle cues can change people’s behavior -
For Brazil’s Indigenous communities, pandemic revives memories of earlier plagues
Other infections and scant medical care may worsen toll of COVID-19 -
U.S. conservatives who detest climate models add a new target: coronavirus models
Lawmakers and pundits cast doubt on numerical forecasting -
South Africa flattens its coronavirus curve—and considers how to ease restrictions
Sending tens of thousands of health workers to villages, the country looks beyond lockdown to long-term pandemic fight -
Pandemic robs field scientists of ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ moments
Long-running chimp studies, oceanographic cruises interrupted as researchers avoid travel
