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Coronavirus Outbreak

Health & Medicine
A little-known gene may explain why some people never get COVID-19

By Jonathan LambertAugust 8, 2024
Health & Medicine
RNA work that led to COVID-19 vaccines wins 2023 Nobel in medicine

By Tina Hesman Saey, Meghan Rosen and Erin Garcia de JesúsOctober 2, 2023
Brain
The pandemic prematurely aged teens’ brains

By Freda KreierFebruary 10, 2023
Animals
To test for COVID-19, a dog’s nose can match a nose swab

By Tina Hesman SaeyJuly 7, 2022
Physics
Analyze This: Masks cut the distance that spit droplets fly

By Carolyn WilkeFebruary 8, 2022
Health & Medicine
What to know as Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine rolls out for kids under 12

By Aimee Cunningham and Erin Garcia de JesúsNovember 3, 2021
Genetics
Explainer: What is RNA?

By Katie Grace CarpenterOctober 14, 2021
Health & Medicine
Seven strategies to keep COVID-safe at school

By Betsy LadyzhetsOctober 4, 2021

Health & Medicine
Got back-to-school COVID-19 questions? We’ve got answers

By Sujata GuptaSeptember 7, 2021
Health & Medicine
How COVID-19 testing plans can keep kids safe in school

By Jonathan LambertSeptember 7, 2021
Health & Medicine
Kids lost more than learning when COVID closed their schools

By Laura SandersAugust 31, 2021
Genetics
Explainer: Virus variants and strains

By Janet RaloffAugust 25, 2021