The coronavirus exposed European countries’ misplaced confidence in faulty models, bureaucratic busywork and their own wealth.
Tag: Epidemics
A Missed Warning About Silent Coronavirus Infections
Why an early scientific report of symptom-free cases went unheeded.
W.H.O. to Review Evidence of Airborne Transmission of Coronavirus
The World Health Organization plans to update its advice after hundreds of experts urged the agency to reconsider the risk of aerosol transmission.
Airborne Coronavirus: What You Should Do Now
How to protect yourself from a virus that may be floating indoors? Better ventilation, for starters. And keep wearing those masks.
Congo’s Deadliest Ebola Outbreak Is Declared Over
The World Health Organization called the end of the country’s 10th outbreak, the second deadliest in history, “a victory for science.” Health workers had faced mistrust and treatment centers were attacked.
Coronavirus in Brazil: Cases and Deaths
How did Brazil became a global epicenter of the outbreak, and what have been the political consequences for its president, who has dismissed the dangers?
In the W.H.O.’s Coronavirus Stumbles, Some Scientists See a Pattern
The agency’s advice sometimes lags behind rapidly evolving research into the coronavirus, experts contend.
How Global Cooperation Could Be Key to Containing the Coronavirus
Six years ago, the U.S. corralled world leaders together to tackle the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Blaming China for Pandemic, Trump Says U.S. Will Leave the W.H.O.
America’s decades-long relationship with the organization has been instrumental in improving health around the world.
It’s Not Whether You Were Exposed to the Coronavirus. It’s How Much.
The pathogen is proving a familiar adage: The dose makes the poison.