This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe novel coronavirus can be a killer — or no big deal. It can put a person in the intensive care unit on a , isolated from family, facing a lonely death — or it can come and go without leaving a mark, a ghost pathogen, more rumor than reality.Six months into a that has more than 400,000 people globally, scientists are still trying to understand the wildly variable nature of covid-19, the disease caused by .Among their lines of inquiry: Are distinct strains of the coronavirus more dangerous? Does a patient’s blood type...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe novel coronavirus can be a killer — or no big deal. It can put a person in the intensive care unit on a , isolated from family, facing a lonely death — or it can come and go without leaving a mark, a ghost pathogen, more rumor than reality.Six months into a that has more than 400,000 people globally, scientists are still trying to understand the wildly variable nature of covid-19, the disease caused by .Among their lines of inquiry: Are distinct strains of the coronavirus more dangerous? Does a patient’s blood type...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Dallas, Houston, Southeast Florida’s Gold Coast, the entire state of Alabama and several other places in the South that have been rapidly reopening their economies are in danger of a second wave of coronavirus infections over the next four weeks, according to a research team that uses cellphone data to track social mobility and forecast the trajectory of the pandemic.,...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Dallas, Houston, Southeast Florida’s Gold Coast, the entire state of Alabama and several other places in the South that have been rapidly reopening their economies are in danger of a second wave of coronavirus infections over the next four weeks, according to a research team that uses cellphone data to track social mobility and forecast the trajectory of the pandemic.,...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump tweeted on Sunday that he is “immune” to the novel coronavirus and “can’t give it,” even though the White House has not released any negative test results and immunity to the virus remains poorly understood. was quickly flagged by Twitter, which said it contained “misleading and potentially harmful misinformation” related to the coronavirus. It was the latest example of the social media giant pushing back against the president’s posts on the deadly virus, and it appeared to refer to Trump’s claim to...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump tweeted on Sunday that he is “immune” to the novel coronavirus and “can’t give it,” even though the White House has not released any negative test results and immunity to the virus remains poorly understood. was quickly flagged by Twitter, which said it contained “misleading and potentially harmful misinformation” related to the coronavirus. It was the latest example of the social media giant pushing back against the president’s posts on the deadly virus, and it appeared to refer to Trump’s claim to...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareProgress in slowing the march of the novel has stalled in much of the United States, and the pathogen is spreading at dangerous rates in many states as autumn arrives and colder weather — traditionally — begins to settle across the nation, public health data shows.Organizations that track the virus, including The Washington Post, have logged in case numbers and test positivity rates — worrisome trends as the United States on Tuesday surpassed the grim milestone of . Hospitalizations and deaths remain lower nationally than...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareProgress in slowing the march of the novel has stalled in much of the United States, and the pathogen is spreading at dangerous rates in many states as autumn arrives and colder weather — traditionally — begins to settle across the nation, public health data shows.Organizations that track the virus, including The Washington Post, have logged in case numbers and test positivity rates — worrisome trends as the United States on Tuesday surpassed the grim milestone of . Hospitalizations and deaths remain lower nationally than...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareIsabelle Papadimitriou, 64, a respiratory therapist in Dallas, had been treating a surge of patients as the Texas economy reopened. She developed covid-19 symptoms June 27 and tested positive two days later. The disease was swift and brutal. She died the morning of the Fourth of July.The holiday had always been her daughter’s favorite. Fiana Tulip loved the family cookouts, the fireworks, the feeling of America united. Now, she wonders whether she’ll ever be able to celebrate it again. In mourning, she’s furious.Tulip,...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareIsabelle Papadimitriou, 64, a respiratory therapist in Dallas, had been treating a surge of patients as the Texas economy reopened. She developed covid-19 symptoms June 27 and tested positive two days later. The disease was swift and brutal. She died the morning of the Fourth of July.The holiday had always been her daughter’s favorite. Fiana Tulip loved the family cookouts, the fireworks, the feeling of America united. Now, she wonders whether she’ll ever be able to celebrate it again. In mourning, she’s furious.Tulip,...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by The that has pummeled Britain was identified Wednesday in Southern California, the second confirmed infection in the United States of what scientists believe to be a more contagious strain of the pathogen.The news broke just hours after Colorado officials revealed they are investigating their involving the variant, and as federal officials pledged to ramp up their monitoring...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by The that has pummeled Britain was identified Wednesday in Southern California, the second confirmed infection in the United States of what scientists believe to be a more contagious strain of the pathogen.The news broke just hours after Colorado officials revealed they are investigating their involving the variant, and as federal officials pledged to ramp up their monitoring...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe of the coronavirus that has been spreading rapidly in the United Kingdom may already be circulating in the United States and other countries, leading infectious-disease experts said Monday.There is no evidence that this variant causes more severe illness from covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. And scientists do not know with certainty whether this variant, officially known as B.1.1.7, is truly more transmissible. But it has the appearance of being so.“We don’t know that for absolutely certain, but...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe of the coronavirus that has been spreading rapidly in the United Kingdom may already be circulating in the United States and other countries, leading infectious-disease experts said Monday.There is no evidence that this variant causes more severe illness from covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. And scientists do not know with certainty whether this variant, officially known as B.1.1.7, is truly more transmissible. But it has the appearance of being so.“We don’t know that for absolutely certain, but...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA nationwide sense of relief grew Tuesday as a second appeared poised for approval just days after thousands of health-care workers received doses of the first one in an unprecedented mass inoculation campaign that has raised hopes for a return to normalcy.The second vaccine, developed by the biotechnology company Moderna, was “highly effective” in a clinical trial and carried no serious safety concerns, according to a detailed review by the Food and Drug Administration published Tuesday. The agency is likely to authorize...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA nationwide sense of relief grew Tuesday as a second appeared poised for approval just days after thousands of health-care workers received doses of the first one in an unprecedented mass inoculation campaign that has raised hopes for a return to normalcy.The second vaccine, developed by the biotechnology company Moderna, was “highly effective” in a clinical trial and carried no serious safety concerns, according to a detailed review by the Food and Drug Administration published Tuesday. The agency is likely to authorize...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareWhen a youth hockey coach in Texas died in August from covid-19, Steve Bellemore hoped it was just a chance tragedy. Then the winter season began, and outbreaks linked to the sport exploded. logged more than 100 youth hockey cases in a few weeks. In Maine, an asymptomatic referee exposed up to in two days. In Bellemore’s home state of New Hampshire, state officials shut down youth hockey for two weeks to get cases under control and mandated testing for all 20,000 players — a directive that resulted in long lines and other...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareWhen a youth hockey coach in Texas died in August from covid-19, Steve Bellemore hoped it was just a chance tragedy. Then the winter season began, and outbreaks linked to the sport exploded. logged more than 100 youth hockey cases in a few weeks. In Maine, an asymptomatic referee exposed up to in two days. In Bellemore’s home state of New Hampshire, state officials shut down youth hockey for two weeks to get cases under control and mandated testing for all 20,000 players — a directive that resulted in long lines and other...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Add this to our list of worries in these anxious times: coronavirus-containing clouds that waft into the air when a toilet is flushed.Scientists who simulated toilet water and air flows say in a new research paper that aerosol droplets forced upward by a flush appear to spread wide enough and linger long enough to be inhaled. The novel coronavirus has been found in the feces...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Add this to our list of worries in these anxious times: coronavirus-containing clouds that waft into the air when a toilet is flushed.Scientists who simulated toilet water and air flows say in a new research paper that aerosol droplets forced upward by a flush appear to spread wide enough and linger long enough to be inhaled. The novel coronavirus has been found in the feces...WW…