Hundreds of schools in South Korea reopened, only to close again as the country sought to avoid a spike in coronavirus cases
An elementary school student has her temperature checked in Seoul on May 27, 2020. Kyodo News via Getty Images Hundreds…
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Coronavirus began spreading in the US in January — predating President Trump’s travel restrictions and the detection of community transmission, CDC says
A medical worker walks down a New York street on May 29, 2020. Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images Nearly a month before…
The anti-vax movement is using growing hesitation around the coronavirus vaccine to attract more people
In this May 4, 2020 photo from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the first patient enrolled in Pfizer’s…
Can you contract coronavirus from a surface or object?
Since the coronavirus pandemic began, fear of contracting the virus from surfaces and objects has fueled a mad dash for…
Coronavirus began spreading in US as early as late January: CDC
Coronavirus began slowly spreading in the US as early as late January or early February — and went undetected for…
Coronavirus quietly started spreading as early as January, CDC says
The coronavirus began quietly spreading in the U.S. as early as late January, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Bill would add 15 to 35 years in prison for COVID-19 scammers
Sellers of shoddy protective gear and thieves of stimulus checks, beware: A bipartisan new bill proposes decades in prison for…
George Weisz, inventor of COVID-19 ventilator, dead at 90
George Weisz, a tinkerer-turned-mechanical engineer who designed a popular ventilator being used to treat the coronavirus, has died in the…
The Chinese CDC now says the coronavirus didn’t jump to people at the Wuhan wet market — instead, it was the site of a super-spreader event
A photo of the Wuhan Seafood Wholesale market, January 21, 2020. Dake Kang/AP Experts still don’t know where the new…
George Floyd was out of work during coronavirus before he was killed
George Floyd had moved to Minneapolis to turn his life around. The 46-year-old father — who died Monday after a…