2020-02-29 WHO: Coronavirus May Affect All Countries
The World Health Organization (WHO) says the new coronavirus could spread worldwide. “The outbreak is getting bigger,” WHO spokesman Christian…
2020-02-28 Washing Your Hands Helps Stop Spreading Coronavirus
Fear of the coronavirus has restricted air travel and people are questioning the safety of traveling on ships for pleasure.…
2020-02-27 How Deadly is the New Coronavirus? Too Early to Know
Scientists are not yet able to say how deadly the new coronavirus really is. As the virus spreads around the…
2020-02-26 A Day in the Life of a Teacher in Italy’s Coronavirus Red Zone
Marzio Toniolo works as a primary school teacher in the small, quiet northern Italian town of San Fiorano. Until recently,…
2020-02-25 New Coronavirus Cases Appear Outside of China
A World Health Organization (WHO) official is crediting China with controlling the new coronavirus in Wuhan, the city where the…
2020-02-20 Passengers on Virus-infected Cruise Ship Permitted to Leave
Japanese health officials are permitting hundreds of people to leave a cruise ship sitting in the port of Yokohama. The…
2020-02-08 Gates Foundation Promises $100 Million to Fight New Coronavirus
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said this week it will provide up to $100 million to support action against…
2020-02-04 US University Defends Against Coronavirus
On its large campus in the middle of America, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is trying to keep the…
2020-01-29 New Coronavirus: What We Know
What is a coronavirus? Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cause disease in mammals and birds. Coronaviruses can…
2020-01-16 WHO Concerned about Possible New Coronavirus in China
Chinese officials and the World Health Organization (WHO) are trying to contain an outbreak of pneumonia in the central Chinese…
2020-04-17 Advice, Modals, and Coronavirus
In recent months, health experts have released many statements on the new coronavirus that was first identified in China. These…
2020-08-18 Major Universities Cancel Fall Football Seasons over Coronavirus
Two major college football conferences recently canceled their fall seasons because of concerns over the new coronavirus. The Big Ten…
2020-05-30 Coronavirus Raises Mental Health Concerns for College Students
Growing up in Athens, Greece, Lydia Borsi remembers feeling tested when she tried to deal with mental health issues. Borsi…
2020-06-07 How the Coronavirus Affects Research at Colleges Worldwide
The coronavirus crisis may have halted classes at many colleges and universities when their campuses closed earlier this year. But…
2020-07-26 Study: Coronavirus May Keep Poor US Students Away from College
The number of high school students in the United States seeking federal aid to pay for college fell sharply following…