The move greatly increases the number of patients who qualify, but it’s not clear there are enough tests for those who will want them.
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Trump Calls for Calm on Virus and Expands Travel Restrictions
The announcement included elevated warnings against travel to specific regions in Italy and South Korea, and came after the U.S. recorded its first coronavirus death: a person near Seattle.
Coronavirus Diagnosis in California Highlights Testing Flaws
Doctors suspected infection with the virus, but the patient did not fit the federal criteria and was not tested for days.
C.D.C. Confirms First Possible Community Transmission of Coronavirus in U.S.
A case in California may be the first infection without a known link to travel abroad.
195 Quarantined in California After Fleeing Coronavirus Epicenter
The U.S. government took the rare step with American evacuees flown home from Wuhan, China, and said it would quarantine others returning from recent travel in the region.
Foreigners Airlifted From Chinese City at Heart of Coronavirus Outbreak
More than a dozen nations pulled their citizens from Wuhan. But how evacuees were handled once they got home varied country by country.
Gary Starkweather, Inventor of the Laser Printer, Dies at 81
He originally received pushback from his employer, Xerox. But his invention eventually became nearly ubiquitous in every office and home.
The World Burns All Year. Are There Enough Planes to Douse the Flames?
As climate change pushes California’s fire season into Australia’s, an intricate system of resource sharing struggles with the load.
The Creepy Anglerfish Comes to Light. (Just Don’t Get Too Close.)
Increasingly, these ghoulish and improbable denizens of the abyss are being captured on video, revealing an array of surprising behaviors.
At War: Why Whales and Dolphins Join the Navy, in Russia and the U.S.
A former Navy officer who is now a New York Times reporter explains how the American military trains marine mammals for underwater operations.