Medical research

On the front lines of developing a test for the coronavirus

"That escalated quickly!" is a common trope used in popular culture to describe when a situation gets out of hand before you've even had a chance to think about it. We don't often use this trope in medicine, but I can think ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Virus-hit Italy gets more isolated as nations restrict entry

Italians faced travel restrictions inside and outside the country Tuesday as nations near and far isolated Italy with flight bans and sweeping national measures went into effect in a bid to slow the coronavirus' silent spread ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Coronavirus mutations 'no cause for alarm'

Mutations discovered in the first Brazilian case of coronavirus are no cause for alarm, a leading virologist says, as the virus seems to be remaining stable enough for a single vaccine to work.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Vexed by how to contain virus, countries take tough steps

Saudi Arabia cut travel to Islam's holiest sites, South Korea toughened penalties for those breaking quarantines and airports across Latin America looked for signs of sick passengers Thursday as the new virus troubled a mushrooming ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Hong Kong reports second coronavirus fatality

An elderly Hong Kong man who contracted the new coronavirus died on Wednesday, authorities announced, the second fatality from the outbreak in the semi-autonomous Chinese city.

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