The race is on for antibodies that stop the new coronavirus
Research teams hunt antiviral “neuts” in blood of recovered COVID-19 patients, tweak existing antibodies or design new ones
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Should schools reopen? Kids’ role in pandemic still a mystery
Hints that children don’t spread coronavirus efficiently prompt debate -
Pressure grows on China for independent investigation into pandemic’s origins
But nation shows no sign of interest, so far -
Primatologists work to keep great apes safe from coronavirus
Past respiratory epidemics among chimpanzee and gorilla groups suggest COVID-19 could devastate them -
NIH’s axing of bat coronavirus grant a ‘horrible precedent’ and might break rules, critics say
Emails show agency reacted to unproven claims that pandemic started at Wuhan, China, lab -
Children of the pandemic: How will kids be shaped by the coronavirus crisis?
Drawing on past crises, psychologists launch studies—and offer solutions -
Large trial yields strongest evidence yet that antiviral drug can help COVID-19 patients
Remdesivir sped recovery of patients by several days, although it’s “not a home run” -
NIH launches competition to speed COVID-19 diagnostics
Shark Tank–style initiative aims to produce millions of new diagnostic tests per week by end of summer -
Fauci mania! His voice for science during pandemic inspires bobblehead, other kitsch … and SNL
COVID-19 coordinator Deborah Birx also honored with bobblehead -
As COVID-19 forces conferences online, scientists discover upsides of virtual format
The scientific community is “making lemonade out of lemons,” one researcher says -
Why don’t some coronavirus patients sense their alarmingly low oxygen levels?
Doctors try to find the best way to treat “happy hypoxics” -
How the pandemic made this virologist an unlikely cult figure
Christian Drosten, who has become Germany’s most popular podcaster, warns against reopening the country too soon -
Reopening puts Germany’s much-praised coronavirus response at risk
Preliminary study plays outsize role in debate about when to ease restrictions -
New York clinical trial quietly tests heartburn remedy against coronavirus
Hospital data from China and a classified drug screening program led to the rapid launch of $21 million study -
Suffering from COVID-19 anxiety? Here’s what you can do
A postdoc shares what she learned by talking to a friend who is a psychiatrist -
Podcast: From nose to toes—how coronavirus affects the body, and a quantum microscope that unlocks the magnetic secrets of very old rocks
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
