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A comprehensive timeline of the new coronavirus pandemic, from China's first...

The novel coronavirus originated in Wuhan, China, in late December.The virus is now known to have infected more than 255,000 people around the world and killed more than 10,400 of them.The virus has...

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11 critical unanswered questions about the coronavirus and COVID-19, the...

Experts are racing to study the coronavirus as the number of people it infects and kills rises.Scientists know the coronavirus likely came from bats but aren't sure how it hopped over to...

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Bill Gates has warned of an impending pandemic for years. Here's how he's...

In a Financial Times interview, Bill Gates warned that an outbreak on the scale of the coronavirus pandemic might occur "every 20 years or so."For years, Bill Gates has warned the world of an impending...

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It's pretty safe to swim in a pool during the coronavirus pandemic. Just...

Water itself is quite safe from the coronavirus, especially if it's properly treated with chlorine. But you could still catch or spread the illness if you're clustering around others above water, on...

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Risk ranking of everyday activities for COVID-19, according to an...

The risk of becoming exposed to the COVID-19 coronavirus increases in some cases and decreases in othersDr. Susan Hassig, an epidemiologist at Tulane University, shares how to think about managing the...

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A new swine-flu strain with 'pandemic potential' was just found circulating...

A study published on Monday describes a new strain of influenza found in pigs in Chinese slaughterhouses.The strain is a combination of a bird-flu virus and the virus that caused the 2009 swine-flu...

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Dr. Fauci: 'What we have got to do is reset' the US coronavirus response with...

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday that "what we have got to do is reset" the US' coronavirus response.He recommended universal masking, avoiding crowds, and shutting down bars."If we do that for a couple...

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How 11 of the world's most momentous pandemics changed the course of human...

Summary List PlacementSEE ALSO: Bill Gates has warned of an impending pandemic for years. Here's how he's dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, from pledging $100 million to fight the outbreak to...

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A new CDC study suggests roughly 50% of people living with someone who has...

Summary List PlacementA US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report released Friday suggests that getting the coronavirus from someone you live with can be quick and easy, no matter...

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How a giant pharma company and a little-known biotech teamed up to create the...

Summary List PlacementHello,Phew, what a way to start the week. We on the healthcare desk have been spending most of our waking hours thinking of all the implications of Pfizer's announcement that its...

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Fauci predicts the COVID-19 pandemic likely won't improve by Christmas or New...

Summary List PlacementIn a recent interview with USA Today, Dr. Anthony Fauci said that Americans should prepare themselves for a difficult holiday season, with the coronavirus pandemic likely showing...

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The COVID-19 vaccine has to stay ice-cold, so it's being shipped in...

Summary List PlacementThermo King, an industrial refrigeration company that's created shippable freezers for sending temperature-sensitive fresh tuna fish to Japan, has found a new use for its...

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Fauci says he's getting his COVID-19 vaccine 'in the next few days'

Summary List PlacementAfter months of heading the United States' coronavirus response plan, Dr. Anthony Fauci is expecting to receive his first dose of the two-shot COVID-19 vaccine "within the next...

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3 doctors who received the Pfizer vaccine discuss their side effects and why...

Summary List PlacementJust days after the Food and Drug Administration cleared the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, Pfizer began shipping the vaccine to hospitals and healthcare...

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Fauci just got his COVID-19 vaccine live on TV, saying he feels 'extreme...

Summary List PlacementDr. Anthony Fauci, who's been leading the US's response to the coronavirus pandemic since March, received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday.Fauci got his first jab...

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Variants are threatening our vaccine progress

Summary List PlacementHello,We on the healthcare desk are just brimming with pride this week after learning that our very own Megan Hernbroth won an award from the Society of Professional Journalists,...

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Guinea declares first Ebola outbreak since 2016, after confirming 7 new cases...

Summary List PlacementGuinea has declared an Ebola outbreak for the first time since 2016, when a two-year outbreak in West Africa finally ended after killing more than 11,000 people.The new outbreak,...

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Why the pandemic's focus on infectious diseases won't reshape the drug...

Summary List PlacementTake all venture capital predictions with a grain of salt, Venrock partner Cami Samuel told Insider.Though Andreessen Horowitz may have predicted a flood of investment dollars in...

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Fauci: Vaccinated people shouldn't dine indoors or go to the theater quite yet

Summary List PlacementDr. Anthony Fauci, the US's leading infectious-disease expert, is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, but it seems unlikely that you'll find him dining in any restaurants or...

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5,000-year-old bacteria is the oldest strain of plague ever seen. Scientists...

Summary List PlacementFive thousand years ago, a rodent bit a Stone Age hunter-gatherer. The creature carried a strain of pernicious bacteria called Yersinia pestis — the pathogen that caused the Black...

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