Coronavirus
10 common misconceptions about China’s coronavirus
“There is so much misinformation out there,” said Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A., the Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer at NYMC, ...
Viewpoint: Confronting coronavirus outbreak requires us to cope with our own ‘paralyzing’ fears
Fear is a primal emotion, and to pretend that the medical staff are any less susceptible than the general public ...
Viewpoint: China’s coronavirus is getting all the attention, but this year’s flu season is more frightening
What we appear to be having this year is a flu-the-trickster season. And while that new coronavirus is getting a lot of attention, ...
How long will it take to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus?
As a newly discovered pneumonia-causing virus threatens to engulf China and spread far beyond its borders, governments and researchers are ...
Tracing the origins of China’s coronavirus: Infectious disease expert explains how it jumped from animals to humans
The Scientist spoke with Peter Daszak, the president of the nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance and an infectious disease researcher who’s done extensive research ...
Why the US is ‘not nearly as prepared as we need to be’ to deal with China’s coronavirus
Now, with word of the first U.S. patient to contract the new virus that has killed 17 people in China comes the ...
Searching for answers in the genome of China’s mysterious coronavirus
As public health officials respond in real-time to the unfolding of the outbreak, so too are scientists. Just one month ...
