Trump’s Stalinist Approach to Science
Lately I’ve found myself thinking about Trofim Lysenko. Who? Lysenko was a Soviet agronomist who decided that modern genetics was all wrong, indeed contrary to...
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Google Maps adds an overlay of virus case trends
Google Maps will soon include information on COVID-19 spread in states, counties, and some cities. Toggling on the “COVID” layer in the app will show...
Advice on Virus Transmission Vanishes From C.D.C. Website
Just days after publishing significant new guidance on airborne transmission of the coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday withdrew the advice,...
C.D.C. Reverses Testing Guidelines for People Without Covid-19 Symptoms
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday reversed a controversial recommendation suggesting people who have had close contact with a person infected with...
In ‘Power Grab,’ Health Secretary Azar Asserts Authority Over F.D.A.
In a stunning declaration of authority, Alex M. Azar II, the secretary of health and human services, this week barred the nation’s health agencies, including...
How to Ship a Vaccine at –80°C, and Other Obstacles in the Covid Fight
Many things will have to work out to end the coronavirus pandemic. Drug companies will have to develop a safe and effective vaccine. Billions of...
Emails Detail Effort to Silence C.D.C. and Question Its Science
WASHINGTON — On June 30, as the coronavirus was cresting toward its summer peak, Dr. Paul Alexander, a new science adviser at the Department of...
Coronavirus May Increase Premature Births, Studies Suggest
Pregnant women who are infected with the coronavirus and hospitalized are at risk for developing serious complications, and may face an elevated risk for delivering...
C.D.C. Didn’t Write Testing Guidance Published on Its Website, Officials Say
A heavily criticized recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month about who should be tested for the coronavirus was not written...
When Will You Be Able to Get a Coronavirus Vaccine?
Americans are desperate to know when a coronavirus vaccine will be available to finally curb the pandemic that has already taken nearly 200,000 lives in...