Coronavirus

May 23, 2020 | 11:21am Enlarge Image Blood collection tubes sit on a rack on the first day of a free coronavirus antibody testing event. Paul Hennessy/Barcroft Media via Getty Images Immunity to the coronavirus could only last up to six months, scientists say. A study at the University of Amsterdam found that those who…

One of the biggest mysteries of the new coronavirus is its relative harmlessness in most children who get infected. At least part of the explanation may be in the cells lining their noses, according to a new study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. The researchers…

If you’d asked me, when our baby was born in November, how likely it was that I’d decide to delay his vaccinations against the doctor’s recommendations for several months, I’d have told you there was absolutely no chance. I report on global health; I know that the diseases vaccination has virtually eradicated in the US…

As Southern and Midwestern states start to reopen, several are at risk of a second wave of coronavirus infections within the next month, a new model shows.Cities such as Dallas and Miami could see COVID-19 infections surge to about 700 cases per day.And Houston, the fourth-most populated city in the US, could see daily cases…

news headlines highlighting this guidance in recent days might have brought some relief.But this information is not new: The C.D.C. has been using similar language for months. If anything, the headlines have pulled into sharper focus what we already know about the virus.The coronavirus is thought to spread mainly from one person to another, typically…