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Calling the United States an “outlier” among nations that have otherwise succeeded in reducing the spread of coronavirus, a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that it was a mistake to reopen public spaces, like bars, early, and that the country is paying for …

College football’s greatest ally during the coronavirus pandemic had been time. COVID-19 hit in the offseason. Spring practice was affected, of course, but there were still five months to go before the start of the season. A long time, they said, to discover the evidence. Similarly, plenty of time for …

A group of 239 international scientists wrote an open letter to the World Health Organization and other agencies to be more direct in explaining the nature of the virus in the air. They say that some public health officials seem reluctant to use the word “loaded.” “The best vaccine against …

This week was to be a momentous occasion in the public health of the Bay Area. The International AIDS Conference, the world’s largest gathering of scientists, doctors, activists, and people living with AIDS, returned to San Francisco for the first time in 30 years. But in the shadow of a …

The Memorial Tournament has decided to go spectatorless next week at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. The tournament hosted by golf legend Jack Nicklaus was the first of the PGA Tour events on the reconfigured calendar to allow for a minimum number of spectators. The plan was to …