Doctors have reported a flurry of cases in Covid-19 patients — including a healthy 27-year-old emergency medical technician in Queens. After a month in the hospital, he is learning to walk again.
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Low-Tech Way to Help Some Covid Patients: Flip Them Over
Turning ventilated patients onto their stomachs, called proning, helps them by opening their lungs. Now doctors are testing to see if it can keep others off ventilators altogether.
How Pandemics End
An infectious outbreak can conclude in more ways than one, historians say. But for whom does it end, and who gets to decide?
A Drug Cocktail Hastens Recovery in Some Coronavirus Patients
A combination of three antiviral drugs, including interferon, seemed to speed recovery, researchers reported.
Moderna Gets OK to Start Larger Trial for a Coronavirus Vaccine
The company announced that the Food and Drug Administration had cleared its application to proceed to a clinical trial involving about 600 people.
After Recovery From the Coronavirus, Most People Carry Antibodies
A new study adds to evidence of immunity among those who have already been exposed to the pathogen.
Did a Mutation Turbocharge the Coronavirus? Not Likely, Scientists Say
A preliminary report posted online claimed that a mutation had made the virus more transmissible. Geneticists say the evidence isn’t there.
Self-Isolated at the End of the World
Alone in the long Antarctic night, Adm. Richard E. Byrd endured the ultimate in social distancing.
Antarctica vs. Science
For researchers using delicate, one-of-a-kind equipment, the extreme conditions at the bottom of the planet pose special challenges.
Is It Safe to Come Out of Lockdown? Check the Sewer
Wastewater could provide early, painless and localized data about the rise or fall of coronavirus levels.