Shuttered natural history museums fight for survival amid COVID-19 ‘heartbreak’
But creative scientists vow recovery and move research, public programs online
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Yemen was facing the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Then the coronavirus hit
United Nations says it needs billions in donor money as cases mount in a country ravaged by civil war and cholera -
Podcast: A rare condition associated with coronavirus in children, and tracing glaciers by looking at the ocean floor
On this week’s show: Researchers race to understand Kawasaki-like syndrome in children that has been linked to coronavirus, and exploring “grounding lines” on the ocean floor to track Antarctica’s glaciers -
Can plasma from COVID-19 survivors help save others?
Small studies suggest transfusions with antibody-laden blood plasma may help patients fight the virus -
As India’s lockdown ends, exodus from cities risks spreading COVID-19 far and wide
States scramble to deal with millions of jobless migrant workers returning home -
Merck, one of Big Pharma’s biggest players, reveals its COVID-19 vaccine and therapy plans
Company bets on vaccines using live viruses and an experimental compound with a dark side -
Japan ends its COVID-19 state of emergency
The country’s COVID-19 countermeasures relied on voluntary social distancing and limited testing -
Study tells ‘remarkable story’ about COVID-19’s deadly rampage through a South African hospital
Staff and medical equipment carried the virus from patient to patient and from ward to ward -
Doubts greet $1.2 billion bet by United States on a coronavirus vaccine by October
Operation Warp Speed’s funding of AstraZeneca is intended to deliver a COVID-19 vaccine by October, although some call that timeline unrealistic -
Coronavirus antigen tests: quick and cheap, but too often wrong?
Tests that detect coronavirus proteins raise hopes of widespread daily screening -
How Sweden wasted a ‘rare opportunity’ to study coronavirus in schools
One of the few countries to keep primary schools open failed to collect data on children’s role in pandemic -
‘The house was on fire.’ Top Chinese virologist on how China and U.S. have met the pandemic
Shao Yiming leads the HIV program at China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention -
Nobel laureates and science groups demand NIH review decision to kill coronavirus grant
Agency killed funding after complaints from Conservative media and President Donald Trump -
COVID-19 contact tracing apps are coming to a phone near you. How will we know whether they work?
Digital contact tracing could help stop viral spread—but it has yet to prove its worth -
Doctors race to understand rare inflammatory condition associated with coronavirus in young people
Studies launching could pinpoint children most at risk -
Podcast: How scientists are thinking about reopening labs, and the global threat of arsenic in drinking water
On this week’s show: The enormous challenge of returning to research during a pandemic, and modeling the prevalence of arsenic around the world
