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Is Contact Tracing Hopeless in the United States?
Is Contact Tracing Hopeless in the United States?
How to do contact tracing when someone’s contacts may be thousands of strangers
Alexandra Sifferlin
Jun 15, 2020
Why Are Scientists Still Studying Hydroxychloroquine?
Why Are Scientists Still Studying Hydroxychloroquine?
So far, data on the drug hasn’t looked good. So why are so many clinical trials still ongoing?
Alexandra Sifferlin
Jun 12, 2020
Quick Q&A: Protesting in a Pandemic
Quick Q&A: Protesting in a Pandemic
A doctor who treats people with Covid-19 answers common questions about staying safe right now
Alexandra Sifferlin
Jun 5, 2020
Is It Safe to be Around Someone Who Had Covid-19?
Here’s what the experts say
Coronavirus Blog Team
May 24, 2020
What’s the Deal With Coronavirus and Surface Spread?
Updated guidance from the CDC provides new details about the virus’s transmission patterns
Yasmin Tayag
May 22, 2020
What’s Safer, a Grocery Store or a Farmer’s Market?
What’s Safer, a Grocery Store or a Farmer’s Market?
Here’s what the experts say
Alexandra Sifferlin
May 22, 2020
If You Have to Travel, Should You Take a Plane or Car?
If You Have to Travel, Should You Take a Plane or Car?
Here’s what the experts say
Alexandra Sifferlin
May 18, 2020
Is It Safer to Take Public Transportation or Ride Share?
Is It Safer to Take Public Transportation or Ride Share?
Understanding how to get around town during a pandemic
Yasmin Tayag
May 18, 2020
Can I Visit My Hairdresser or Braider?
Can I Visit My Hairdresser or Braider?
How to keep your locks luscious during lockdown
Yasmin Tayag
May 15, 2020
What Is an Antigen Test?
What Is an Antigen Test?
Understanding a new type of coronavirus test authorized by the FDA
Emily Mullin
May 14, 2020
What’s the Safest Way to Do Laundry Right Now?
What’s the Safest Way to Do Laundry Right Now?
How to keep your clothes clean while socially distancing
Yasmin Tayag
May 14, 2020
Can I Drink Wine Outside While Periodically Lifting My Mask?
Here’s what the experts say
Alexandra Sifferlin
May 13, 2020
When Can I Visit My Grandma Again?
When Can I Visit My Grandma Again?
Here’s what experts say
Alexandra Sifferlin
May 13, 2020
Is It Safe to Use Bikeshare?
Treat shared bicycles and scooters like you would a grocery cart
Yasmin Tayag
May 12, 2020
What Does ‘Eliminating’ Covid-19 Mean, Anyway?
What Does ‘Eliminating’ Covid-19 Mean, Anyway?
Understanding what elimination, eradication, and extinction mean to epidemiologists
Yasmin Tayag
May 11, 2020
How Dangerous Is Taking Public Transportation Right Now?
How Dangerous Is Taking Public Transportation Right Now?
Here’s what the experts say
Alexandra Sifferlin
May 9, 2020
What’s the Deal With the ‘Plandemic’ Conspiracy Video?
What’s the Deal With the ‘Plandemic’ Conspiracy Video?
Understanding the viral video and its dangerous and false claims
Yasmin Tayag
May 8, 2020
If I Had Covid-19, But Never Any Symptoms, Am I Some Kind of Superhuman?
Here’s what the experts say
Dana G Smith
May 8, 2020
So, Can My Cat Carry Coronavirus or What?
So, Can My Cat Carry Coronavirus or What?
Understanding the current consensus on cats and Covid-19
Yasmin Tayag
May 7, 2020
Can I Sit in a Park With a Few People Outside?
Here’s what experts say
Dana G Smith
May 7, 2020
What’s the Deal With the Story About the Mutant Coronavirus?
What’s the Deal With the Story About the Mutant Coronavirus?
Understanding the debate around a sensational — and controversial — article
Yasmin Tayag
May 5, 2020
Should I Worry About the Mysterious Syndrome Showing Up in Kids?
What to know about Kawasaki disease
Alexandra Sifferlin
May 5, 2020
So You Got Your Antibody Test Results Back. Now What?
So You Got Your Antibody Test Results Back. Now What?
What to make of a positive, negative, or equivocal result
Yasmin Tayag
May 4, 2020
What’s the Deal With Pulse Oximeters?
What’s the Deal With Pulse Oximeters?
Here’s what to know about devices that can measure blood oxygen saturation
Yasmin Tayag
Apr 30, 2020
What’s the Deal With Remdesivir?
What’s the Deal With Remdesivir?
Making sense of conflicting news about the experimental Covid-19 drug
Yasmin Tayag
Apr 29, 2020
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