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As U.S. leaders work to control the spread of coronavirus, researchers around the world are working to answer the mysteries that remain about infections. © Mario Tama / Getty Images Employees of St. John’s Well Child & Family Center is preparing to test a woman for COVID-19 at a free …

Editor’s Note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance at Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Here are the stories of coronavirus that Medscape editors around the world think you need to know today. Mask comparison N95 masks that are past their expiration date or have been used and reused may be …

STOCKHOLM, 9 August 2020 – People enjoy themselves at a lakeside beach in Stockholm, capital of … [+] Sweden, on August 9, 2020. Sweden has counted 5,763 COVID-19 deaths and 82,323 infections as of Sunday. (Photo by Wei Xuechao / Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua / Wei Xuechao via Getty Images) …

One of the biggest questions this afternoon about the COVID-19 pandemic has been why the virus kills some people and leaves others without detecting symptoms. Now, six months into the pandemic, we are finally getting some answers. According to Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute for Allergy and …

If Covid-19 had first emerged in Taiwan, the United States as another open society, it would have “gone very differently,” U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar told a Taipei teleconference on Wednesday. “It would be reported to public health authorities who have shared this information with the …