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For most people, a vaccine against the coronavirus can’t come soon enough. So it’s encouraging that there are:100 vaccine candidates in 12 countries8 already in clinical trialsYet there’s still a

In the past month, the U.S. has seen: More than a million new infections More than 30,000 people hospitalizedThe recent spike in Covid-19 infections has mercifully been accompanied by a

For children, keeping K-12 schools closed is a cure that’s worse than the disease. Children rarely suffer any severe consequences of Covid-19, and they are at risk of suffering academically

U.K.GermanyGreeceItaly PortugalEurope’s latest string of outbreaks all have something in common: povertyhttps://trib.al/8X05q3e Flare-ups have been occurring in some of Europe’s most deprived neighborhoods, often those inhabited b

The U.S.’s decline started with little things that people got used to:Empty construction sitesRoads and buildings that took forever to finishUnpredictable and enormous hospital bills 6% real-estate commissionshttps://trib.al/Hxz1hl1

This alarming chart illustrates the poor job the U.S. has done in containing Covid-19 compared to the European Union, a bigger region of independent countries that suffered an earlier outbreak.

We have a new weapon in the fight against the coronavirus, thanks to a group of enterprising researchers at the @czbiohub. It’s cheap, sophisticated and shockingly precisehttps://trib.al/OBYzOVt Seven weeks ago,

Science has a lot to say about the effectiveness of wearing a mask to stop Covid-19, but the communication of that science has been corrupted by: Partisan divides Sensationalist media

Suddenly thermometers are everywhere:College classesNYSE trading floorApple storesTemperature checks seem to be the latest solution to the how-to-open-in-a-pandemic problem. But are they actually worth the hassle?https://trib.al/lyka2kE&nbs

The way the Covid-19 crisis ends is with vaccines — not a vaccine. Some of us might end up getting a shot of a more traditional vaccine, while others might

The top North American theme parks have each drawn 10 million or more visitors in a year. That demand might not return after Covid-19 http://trib.al/TRSdfKR Every portion of the day

Protective face masks at all times Temperature checks when entering Every other ride seat kept empty Still a steep $119 per ticketWould you even want to go to an amusement