Nabarun Dasgupta, an acclaimed UNC epidemiologist and researcher, is part of the MacArthur Foundation Fellows Class of 2025.

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

Doctors reveal what you need to know about current infections across the country and what else to look out for this fall.

The next pandemic will begin with the death of a single baby in Africa – and go on to kill more than seven million Americans, ...

We’re hung up on the issue of what was the source of COVID-19—a lab ... work, or work from home, or schools may be canceled for a few days. These are all things that could beat down the virus and put ...

Scientists are searching for the secret in Doug Whitney’s biology that has protected him from dementia, hoping it could lead to ways to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s for many other people.

By that time, she had already had to lay off two staffers at her lab. When Thursday morning ... and encourage people to wear N95 masks, which have been shown to help reduce the risks of contracting ...

An Israeli company expects to receive results in the coming week from a Beijing lab that will test whether a fabric it has developed will be able to neutralise 99% of COVID-19, even after being washed ...

Over the past 12 months, Nature’s Careers team has been tapping into its global community of readers, writers, friends and colleagues to compile a list of laboratory hacks to help make scientists’ ...

A federal website that used to feature information on vaccines, testing and treatment for COVID-19 has been transformed into a page supporting the theory that the pandemic originated with a lab leak.