ANALYSIS A Taiwan health official tried to warn the world about the novel coronavirus. The U.S. didn’t listen.
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Fear of hospitals is causing too many Mexicans to delay virus treatment
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...Mexico is battling one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the world, with more than 52,000 confirmed deaths, the third-highest toll of the pandemic. And its struggle has been made even harder by a pervasive phenomenon: a deeply rooted fear of hospitals.
The problem has long plagued nations overwhelmed by unfamiliar diseases. During the Ebola epidemic in 2014, many in Sierra Leone believed that hospitals had become hopeless death traps, leading sick people to stay home and inadvertently spread the disease to their families and neighbors.
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CanSino to start Phase III trial of COVID-19 vaccine in Saudi Arabia
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will soon begin Phase III clinical trials on around 5,000 people for a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s CanSino Biologics Inc, a Saudi health ministry spokesman said on Sunday.
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WHO decries 'vast global gap' in funds needed to fight coronavirus
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Forty percent of people with coronavirus infections have no symptoms. Might they be the key to ending the pandemic?
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New Zealand records 100 days without domestic virus case; Melbourne has worst day
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97,000 children reportedly test positive for coronavirus in two weeks as schools gear up for instruction
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OPINION:America Could Control the Pandemic by October. Let’s Get to It.--NYT editorial
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Six to eight weeks. That’s how long some of the nation’s leading public health experts say it would take to finally get the United States’ coronavirus epidemic under control. If the country were to take the right steps, many thousands of people could be spared from the ravages of Covid-19. The economy could finally begin to repair itself, and Americans could start to enjoy something more like normal life.
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Obesity Threatens Effectiveness of Any COVID Vaccine
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For a world crippled by the coronavirus, salvation hinges on a vaccine.
But in the United States, where at least 4.6 million people have been infected and nearly 155,000 have died, the promise of that vaccine is hampered by a vexing epidemic that long preceded COVID-19: obesity.
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US response to the virus is met with incredulity abroad
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ROME (AP) — The United States’ failure to contain the spread of the coronavirus has been met with astonishment and alarm in Europe, as the world’s most powerful country edges closer to a global record of 5 million confirmed infections.
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ANALYSIS:In depth view of how the Trump administration deals with the virus--Washington Post
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U.S. sets record as coronavirus cases top 5 million
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Why the Coronavirus is More Likely to ‘Superspread’ Than the Flu
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For a spiky sphere just 120 nanometers wide, the coronavirus can be a remarkably cosmopolitan traveler.
Spewed from the nose or mouth, it can rocket across a room and splatter onto surfaces; it can waft into poorly ventilated spaces and linger in the air for hours. At its most intrepid, the virus can spread from a single individual to dozens of others, perhaps even a hundred or more at once, proliferating through packed crowds in what is called a superspreading event.
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US reports show racial disparities in kids with COVID-19
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NEW YORK (AP) — Racial disparities in the U.S. coronavirus epidemic extend to children, according to two sobering government reports released Friday.
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Some Volunteers Want To Be Infected With Coronavirus To Help Find A Vaccine. But It Isn’t That Simple.
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