NEW YORK (AP) – New York City’s subway system went silent in the early morning hours of Wednesday, as part of a plan for the normally round-the-clock system to shut down for train cleaning. The trains, which had been running on a reduced schedule since late March, are now going to be stopped from 1 […]

LONDON — A leading epidemiologist whose work heavily influenced Britain’s lockdown measures has resigned from his position as a government adviser after a newspaper revealed he broke social distancing rules. Professor Neil Ferguson says he “made an error of judgment” and regrets “any undermining of the clear messages around the continued need for social distancing.” […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Take the New York metropolitan area’s progress against the coronavirus out of the equation and the numbers show the rest of the U.S. is moving in the wrong direction, with the known infection rate rising even as states move to lift their lockdowns, an Associated Press analysis found Tuesday. New confirmed […]

BARCO DE VALDORES, SPAIN (VINnews) — 106-year-old Lucia Blanc, a resident of the Galicia region in northwestern Spain, has already seen everything in her life, and now she has also survived the Corona virus to her doctors’ amazement. Blanco, born in December 1913, went through World War I as a child, survived the Spanish influenza, […]

NEW YORK (AP) – As governments around the world consider how to monitor new coronavirus outbreaks while reopening their societies, many are starting to bet on smartphone apps to help stanch the pandemic. But their decisions on which technologies to use — and how far those allow authorities to peer into private lives — are […]

NEW YORK (THE CONVERSATION/AP) – The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea When some people become infected with the coronavirus, they only develop mild or undetectable cases of COVID-19. Others suffer severe symptoms, fighting to breathe on a ventilator for weeks, if they survive at all. Despite a […]

NEW YORK (AP) – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo argued that officials who are re-opening economies need to be upfront about the human costs. Cuomo said the national debate over when to re-open outbreak-ravaged economies ultimately boils down to the value placed on people’s lives. “How much is a human life worth?” Cuomo asked at […]

NEW YORK (THE CONVERSATION/AP/Zhen Yan, University of Virginia) Scientists are constantly revealing newly discovered benefits of exercise. In experiments over the past 10 years, my research has found that exercise can help with a respiratory problem known as ARDS. ARDS is a type of respiratory failure characterized by rapid onset of widespread inflammation in the […]

NEW YORK (AP) – The coronavirus case surge that swamped New York City’s 911 emergency line last month also deluged its 311 helpline, as calls soared from an average of 55,000 a day to about 200,000 daily. Wait times grew long in some cases. To tackle the problem, the city has trained 285 new call-takers […]

ROME — Italian experts are warning a second wave of coronavirus infections will most certainly accompany Italy’s gradual reopening from Europe’s first lockdown. They are calling for intensified efforts to identify possible new victims, monitor their symptoms and trace their contacts Dr. Silvio Brusaferro, president of the Superior Institute of Health, briefed a Senate committee […]