By Matt Richtel
Many hospitals bar doctors and other staff members from wearing protective masks in public areas. Some have been disciplined for pushing back.
Published: March 30, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Apoorva Mandavilli
The C.D.C. director says new data about people who are infected but symptom-free could lead the agency to recommend broadened use of masks.
Published: March 30, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Abby Goodnough and Knvul Sheikh
Widespread use of nonmedical masks could reduce community transmission. But recommending their broad use could also cause a run on the kind of masks that health care workers desperately need.
Published: March 30, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Donald G. McNeil Jr.
A database of daily fever readings shows that the numbers declined as people disappeared indoors.
Published: March 29, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Gina Kolata
Cardiologists are seeing infected patients whose worst symptoms are not respiratory, but cardiac.
Published: March 26, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Knvul Sheikh
Experts have started to question whether masks may offer at least some protection to healthy individuals and essential workers.
Published: March 26, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Donald G. McNeil Jr.
Following a series of missteps, the nation is now the epicenter of the pandemic.
Published: March 25, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Apoorva Mandavilli
It’s likely you can, at least for some period of time. That is opening new opportunities for testing and treatment.
Published: March 24, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Nicola Twilley
The practice of disinfecting mail dates back to the invention of quarantine. There’s little evidence it needs to be invoked today.
Published: March 23, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Katie Thomas
The company says it will switch to a broader approach for its experimental drug, remdesivir. But it was overwhelmed by demand for a potential treatment promoted by President Trump.
Published: March 22, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Donald G. McNeil Jr.
Scientists who have fought pandemics describe difficult measures needed to defend the United States against a fast-moving pathogen.
Published: March 21, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Roni Caryn Rabin
Doctor groups are recommending testing and isolation for people who lose their ability to smell and taste, even if they have no other symptoms.
Published: March 21, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Katie Thomas and Denise Grady
Doctors and patients also worry that the president’s rosy outlook for the treatments will exacerbate shortages of old malaria drugs relied on by patients with lupus and other debilitating conditions.
Published: March 19, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Kenneth Chang
Those skyrocketing curves tell an alarming story. But logarithmic graphs can help reveal when the pandemic begins to slow.
Published: March 19, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Denise Grady
Researchers had hoped that antiviral drugs would help patients, but a new study from China said that one antiviral drug combination didn’t work.
Published: March 17, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Pam Belluck
New C.D.C. data showed that nearly 40 percent of patients sick enough to be hospitalized were aged 20 to 54. But the risk of dying was significantly higher in older people.
Published: March 17, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Gina Kolata
Experts are puzzling over a claim made by France’s health minister.
Published: March 16, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Pam Belluck
A study of more than 2,000 children with the virus in China found that babies were especially vulnerable to developing severe infection.
Published: March 16, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Apoorva Mandavilli
A new study could have implications for how the general public and health care workers try to avoid transmission of the virus.
Published: March 16, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Benedict Carey
For every known case of coronavirus, another five to 10 cases are out there undetected, a new study suggests.
Published: March 15, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Katie Hafner
People over 60, and especially over 80, are particularly vulnerable to severe or fatal infection. Here are some steps to reduce their risk.
Published: March 13, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Ferris Jabr
At the molecular level, soap breaks things apart. At the level of society, it helps hold everything together.
Published: March 12, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Pam Belluck
Here’s what scientists have learned about how the new virus infects and attacks cells and how it can affect organs beyond the lungs.
Published: March 10, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Denise Grady
For the first time, Nancy Wexler reveals that she has inherited the disease she has spent her life studying.
Published: March 9, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Gina Kolata
The fear is similar, but the medical reality is not.
Published: March 8, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Apoorva Mandavilli
Adam Castillejo endured a decade of grueling treatments and moments of despair to become only the second person to be cured of H.I.V. Now, he says, “I want to be an ambassador of hope.”
Published: March 8, 2020 at 08:00PM
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By Denise Grady
With more than 500 cases in almost three dozen states, officials worry that containment efforts aren’t enough.
Published: March 7, 2020 at 07:00PM
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By Denise Grady
Where politicians fumble and other government health officials step back, he steps up to explain.
Published: March 7, 2020 at 07:00PM
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By Aimee Ortiz
Sweat cannot transmit the virus but high-contact surfaces, such as barbells, can pose a problem, a doctor said.
Published: March 7, 2020 at 07:00PM
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By Roni Caryn Rabin
Thousands who may have been exposed to the coronavirus have been asked to seclude themselves. It’s harder than it sounds.
Published: March 5, 2020 at 07:00PM
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By Jenny Gross
We know it’s hard. Try these four tricks to help limit the number of times you touch your face each day to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Published: March 4, 2020 at 07:00PM
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By James Gorman
A mathematician who studies the spread of disease explains some of the figures that keep popping up in coronavirus news.
Published: March 4, 2020 at 07:00PM
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By Donald G. McNeil Jr.
Dr. Bruce Aylward, of the W.H.O., got a rare glimpse into Beijing’s campaign to stop the epidemic. Here’s what he saw.
Published: March 3, 2020 at 07:00PM
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By The New York Times
Here’s what to do if you think you are sick and are worried it may be the coronavirus.
Published: March 2, 2020 at 07:00PM
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By Roni Caryn Rabin, Knvul Sheikh and Katie Thomas
Federal health officials botched an initial diagnostic test and restricted widespread screening. Missteps may have raised the risks to Americans, critics say.
Published: March 1, 2020 at 07:00PM
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By Heather Murphy
What you need to know about how the virus is transmitted.
Published: March 1, 2020 at 07:00PM
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By The New York Times
Coronavirus cases continued to be confirmed in the United States. By following some basic steps, you can help reduce your risk, and do your part to protect others, if your community is affected.
Published: February 29, 2020 at 07:00PM
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By Sheri Fink and Mike Baker
Two cases detected weeks apart in Washington State had genetic links, suggesting that many more people in the area may be infected.
Published: February 29, 2020 at 07:00PM
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