Trump himself has helped undercut the thing for which he seeks the most credit.

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The widening gap is fueling frustration and potentially extending the pandemic.

By wearing masks and getting vaccinated, Americans could deter variant spread enough to have a "more normal" summer.

The B.1.1.7 variant, first identified in Britain, is now the source of most new coronavirus infections in the United States, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

As the N.F.L. makes plans to return to stadiums at full capacity this season, researchers published findings that “fan attendance at N.F.L. games led to episodic spikes” in the number of Covid-19 cases.

The risk of getting a COVID-19 infection from contaminated surfaces is extremely low, according to

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed an executive order Friday banning the use of Covid-19 passports in the state.

Long-awaited guidance from the C.D.C. brings cruise lines one step closer to sailing again in United States waters.

Millions of white evangelical adults in the U.S. do not intend to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Tenets of faith and mistrust of science play a role; so does politics.

This is a story about maps and death.

Public health officials all over the United States—indeed globally—are trying to decide how to deal with the world’s coronavirus pandemic.   They know the Public health officials all over the United States—indeed globally—are trying to decide how to deal with the world’s coronavirus pandemic. They know the coronavirus originated in China, and they know they can identify it with certainty. But they do not know what might kill it, and they have no cure for anyone who contracts it.

During a plague outbreak in 1899, officials in Honolulu quarantined and burned the city’s Chinatown. Some Covid-19 talk today echoes their rhetoric.

“If she was my mom, I would take her to the hospital,” Dr. P.J. Parmar said through a barely cracked car window to a refugee family from South Asia on April 11. Parmar, who runs Ardas Family Medicine in Aurora, had been the family’s doctor for years. He knew the woman sitting in the backseat […]

Prioritizing health of the world’s population would add 10 healthy years in midlife and $12 trillion to the global economy .

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