Coronavirus

2020-04-27 Coronavirus Fight Takes Resources, Progress from Other Diseases

Lavina D'Souza has not been able to get the medicine she needs since India ordered its citizens last month to…

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2020-04-24 Coronavirus Threatens North Korea’s Weak Health System

North Korea is among a small number of countries in the world reporting to be free of COVID-19, the disease…

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2020-04-21 Reports Suggest Many Have Coronavirus with No Symptoms

New research suggests that many people have had the coronavirus without any symptoms of it. If confirmed, experts hope that the virus…

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2020-04-11 Experts: Africa Faces ‘Existential Threat’ from Coronavirus

Health officials have predicted that some African countries will have many thousands of coronavirus cases by the end of April.…

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2020-04-09 Coronavirus Patients Rush to Join Studies of Gilead Drug

The new coronavirus COVID-19 made Dr. Jag Singh a patient at his own hospital. A lung infection made it difficult…

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2020-04-05 Age Is Not the Only Risk for Severe Coronavirus Disease

Older people remain most at risk of dying from the new coronavirus disease, COVID-19. The majority of people who get…

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2020-03-25 How to Deal with Coronavirus (Mis)Information Overload

Information about the coronavirus seems to spread as fast as the virus itself. Sometimes it is just too much information—an…

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2020-03-18 Talking to Kids About Coronavirus

With schools shutting down and the ways of daily life-changing, children are hearing more about the coronavirus. They may not…

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2020-03-17 Millions Locked Down as Coronavirus Spreads

Millions of people in Europe, the United States and other countries are locked down at home in an effort to…

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2020-03-17 ‘No Handshake? No Kiss?’ Greetings in the Age of Coronavirus

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle Report. Every culture has some sort of person-to-person greeting. But…

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2020-03-11 Nursing Homes Face Serious Problems from Coronavirus

Housing centers for old people in the United States are buying large numbers of masks and thermometers because of coronavirus. They are also screening visitors and…

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2020-03-14 Scientists: New Coronavirus Lives on Some Surfaces for Up to 3 Days

Studies show the new coronavirus can live in the air for several hours and on some surfaces for as long…

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2020-03-12 WHO Declares Coronavirus Crisis a Pandemic

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Wednesday that the coronavirus crisis is now a "pandemic." The declaration came as more…

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2020-03-07 South Korea Tries ‘Social Distancing’ to Prevent Coronavirus Spread

An expression recently introduced by officials in Seoul closely describes life for many in South Korea these days: "Let's Take…

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2020-03-04 WHO’s Advice to Protect Yourself from Coronavirus

The World Health Organization, or WHO, has the following advice to protect yourself from being infected with the coronavirus or…

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