By Pam Belluck
The cancer that killed Chadwick Boseman is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, and rates are rising among younger people.
Published: August 28, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Eilene Zimmerman
The very earliest days of our lives, and our closest relationships, can offer clues about how we cope with adversity.
Published: June 17, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Apoorva Mandavilli
The usual diagnostic tests may simply be too sensitive and too slow to contain the spread of the virus.
Published: August 28, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Sheila Kaplan and Katie Thomas
The agency’s chief spokeswoman, Emily Miller, was removed from her position just 11 days into the job. And the contract was terminated of a consultant who had advised the F.D.A. chief to correct misleading claims about plasma’s benefits.
Published: August 27, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Apoorva Mandavilli
Women produce a more powerful immune response than do men, a new study finds.
Published: August 25, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Apoorva Mandavilli
In dozens of other patients who suppress the virus without drugs, it seems to have been cornered in parts of the genome where it cannot reproduce, scientists reported.
Published: August 25, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Katherine J. Wu
The revision prompted confusion and alarm from experts, who called the move “potentially dangerous.”
Published: August 24, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Apoorva Mandavilli
The patient did mount an immune response to the new infection, however, and did not experience symptoms.
Published: August 23, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Katie Thomas and Sheri Fink
Many experts — including a scientist who worked on the Mayo Clinic study — were bewildered about where a key statistic came from.
Published: August 23, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Donald G. McNeil Jr.
Most antibody tests are useful only for large population surveys, diagnosis in certain children or when initial diagnostic testing fails, according to an expert panel.
Published: August 20, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Apoorva Mandavilli
Three crew members aboard were spared when the virus spread through the boat. They were the only ones who had antibodies at the beginning of the trip.
Published: August 18, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Jan Hoffman
There’s no vaccine for Covid-19, but there’s one for influenza. With the season’s first doses now shipping, officials are struggling over how to get people to take it.
Published: August 15, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Apoorva Mandavilli
In what may be the world’s most important math puzzle, researchers are trying to figure out how many people in a community must be immune before the coronavirus fades.
Published: August 16, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Katherine J. Wu
New research indicates that human immune system cells are storing information about the coronavirus so they can fight it off again.
Published: August 15, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Apoorva Mandavilli
A new report from South Korea throws into question an earlier finding regarding transmission by older children.
Published: August 13, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Roni Caryn Rabin
Obesity is not an independent risk for women, according to a new study, perhaps because their fat is distributed differently.
Published: August 13, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Jennifer Steinhauer
Governments and restaurant owners wanted to get back to business. But bars and restaurants have become a focal point for clusters of Covid infections.
Published: August 11, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Bryan Pietsch
The pandemic could change unexpected parts of our lives for years to come, experts say.
Published: August 10, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Carl Zimmer
Vaccines are among the safest medical products in the world — but only because of the intense rigor of the clinical trials that test their safety and effectiveness.
Published: August 10, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Apoorva Mandavilli
Airborne virus plays a significant role in community transmission, many experts believe. A new study fills in the missing piece: Floating virus can infect cells.
Published: August 10, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Donald G. McNeil Jr.
The E.P.A. has approved nootkatone, which is found in cedars and grapefruit. It repels ticks, mosquitoes and other dangerous bugs for hours, but is safe enough to eat.
Published: August 9, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Apoorva Mandavilli
Researchers in South Korea found that roughly 30 percent of those infected never develop symptoms yet probably spread the virus.
Published: August 5, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Katherine J. Wu
Some people carry immune cells called T cells that can capitalize on the virus’s resemblance to other members of its family tree.
Published: August 5, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Katherine J. Wu
Studies of patients with severe cases of Covid-19 show the immune system lacks its usual coordinated response.
Published: August 3, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Apoorva Mandavilli
Tuberculosis kills 1.5 million people each year. Lockdowns and supply-chain disruptions threaten progress against the disease as well as H.I.V. and malaria.
Published: August 2, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Roni Caryn Rabin
The camp took precautions but did not require campers to wear masks, the C.D.C. reported. Singing and cheering may have helped spread the virus.
Published: July 30, 2020 at 08:00PM
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