Global Health

Antibody test cartridges used in diagnosing the coronavirus move along on a production line at Boditech Med in Chuncheon, South Korea. By Friday, authorities had identified 163 patients who tested positive again after a full recovery.

In South Korea, A Growing Number Of COVID-19 Patients Test Positive After Recovery

11:47am April 17, 2020

by Se Eun Gong

By Friday, South Korean authorities had identified 163 patients who tested positive again after a full recovery. The number more than doubled in about a week, up from 74 cases on April 9.

Health & Safety

Questions For An Epidemiologist About Life After The Epidemic Subsides

9:52pm April 16, 2020

It's hard to imagine what the U.S. will look like post-pandemic. Epidemiologist Caroline Buckee answers questions about what comes next.

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People wearing protective face masks shop at a chicken stall at a wet market in Shanghai on Feb. 13.

Calls Grow To Ban Wet Markets Amid Concerns Over Disease Spread

8:39pm April 16, 2020

by Jackie Northam

A growing number of advocacy groups, politicians and officials are calling to ban wet markets worldwide, given concerns about the spread of disease. But enforcing such a ban would be a challenge.

People wearing face masks wait for free food being given away at a Happy Mart store in Hanoi on Thursday.

In Vietnam, There Have Been Fewer Than 300 COVID-19 Cases And No Deaths. Here's Why

6:32pm April 16, 2020

by Michael Sullivan

With nearly 100 million people, Vietnam has 268 confirmed cases. Experts say experience with prior pandemics and aggressive social distancing have helped, as has the muscle of an authoritarian state.

In 1989, Fauci and then-U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Louis W. Sullivan (right) announced results of studies showing that the antiviral drug AZT had delayed the onset of disease in some people with HIV.

Long Before COVID-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci 'Changed Medicine In America Forever'

5:33pm April 16, 2020

by Dave Davies

New Yorker writer Michael Specter covered Fauci's early work in the AIDS epidemic. "He's always taken an open-minded approach to the problems," Specter says of the infectious-disease expert.

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Where Testing And Contact Tracing Have To Be Before Distance Restrictions Are Lifted

4:20pm April 16, 2020

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Margaret Hamburg, former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, about contact tracing and what the U.S. needs to have in place to reopen safely.

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The Global Leaders Who Have Been Effective During The Coronavirus

7:40am April 16, 2020

While many world leaders have seen their popularity increase during the pandemic, only a few seem to have captured the national mood in a way that has helped them lead their citizens.

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An immigration worker in an orange jacket carries a young Guatemalan deported from the U.S., followed by another deportee, at La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City on March 12.

Official Alleges The U.S. Has Deported Many COVID-19-Positive Migrants To Guatemala

11:43pm April 15, 2020

by Maria Martin

Health Minister Hugo Monroy said deportees from the United States now account for a large number of coronavirus cases in the country, although Guatemala's president has cited only four cases.

A security guard stands outside the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, where the novel coronavirus was detected in Wuhan, China.

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A Timeline Of Coronavirus Comments From President Trump And WHO

9:25pm April 15, 2020

How did the president respond to key moments during the pandemic? And how did representatives of the World Health Organization respond during the same period?