Coronavirus

Aurelien Meunier/Getty For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. More than 200 scientists and experts across the globe penned an open letter on Monday to public health bodies, including the World Health Organization, arguing there's significant evidence the coronavirus can persist in the air and spread in…

Health experts won’t ask Americans to take off their masks any time soon.That’s the take of Eric Toner, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. He has been preparing for an outbreak like the novel coronavirus as part of his work for years.Johns Hopkins practices virus simulations as part of is preparedness…

Former Stanford University Medical Center Chief of Neuroradiology Dr. Scott Atlas said Monday that there is too strong a focus on one aspect of coronavirus statistics at the present time, and not enough on another.Atlas, a senior fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution, said on "The Story" that there's been a heavy focus on an uptick in…

Image copyright AFP Image caption The study estimates that around just 5% of the Spanish population has developed antibodies A Spanish study has cast doubt on the prospect of herd immunity as a way of tackling the coronavirus pandemic.The study of more than 60,000 people estimates that around just 5% of the Spanish population has…

By mySA.com Staff, Priscilla Aguirre, and Madalyn Mendoza Updated 6:37 pm CDT, Monday, July 6, 2020 San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg (right) and Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff are continuing to strongly encourage the public to wear masks to protect themselves from COVID-19. The virus shows no signs of slowing down in the local area or…