Coronaviruses infect humans by binding to specific proteins, known as receptors, on human cell surfaces. Researchers from the University of Minnesota, led by Professor Fang
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A new research paper examining the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak in Africa could hold crucial insights for policymakers grappling with the novel coronavirus pandemic—namely, the importance
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Josna Begum lives with her son in a house with four other families in a slum in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, the world’s most densely populated
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In a century where the number of urban crises affecting cities around the world has risen, western cities have, for the most part, remained relatively
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‘You can see the destruction’: Virtual reality video reveals how coronavirus damaged the lungs a critically ill American patient in his 50s A man in
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Pandemic. Politics. An upending of life at a level that few Americans have ever experienced. And all of it amplified by social media. The ever-shifting
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In an address on Wednesday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison expressed his dismay at the hordes of “panic buyers” sweeping supermarket shelves clean across the country:
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As Americans adjust to the reality of social distancing and face an undetermined stretch spent staying away from friends, family and neighbors, millions in China
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Will the NHS cope with coronavirus and are there enough ventilators for patients? Intensive care consultant Dr Alison Pittard answers the big questions about how
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Adding to the unease about the new coronavirus and COVID-19 is the bumpy and stalled U.S. rollout of testing for the virus. “People are just
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