Grandma Rocket, the Virus and a Family Whose Love Bridged 2,500...

When Eliana Marcela Rendón was finally able to visit her grandmother, who had spent four weeks at a Long Island hospital, a staff...

Takuo Aoyagi, an Inventor of the Pulse Oximeter, Dies at 84

Takuo Aoyagi, a Japanese engineer whose pioneering work in the 1970s led to the modern pulse oximeter, a lifesaving device that clips on...

Blue Bell Pleads Guilty in 2015 Ice Cream Listeria Outbreak

The former chief executive of Blue Bell Creameries was charged with conspiracy in connection with his repeated efforts to cover up what became...

Is It Safe to Come Out of Lockdown? Check the Sewer

The world is eager to come out of lockdown. But if countries simply return to business as usual, new outbreaks of Covid-19 will...

Blood Pressure Drugs Don’t Increase Coronavirus Risk, Studies Find

Drugs that are widely prescribed to treat high blood pressure do not make patients more susceptible to coronavirus infection, or to severe illness...

Your Chicken Is No Longer Pink. That Doesn’t Mean It’s Safe...

Chicken is America’s most popular meat. But undercooked chicken, when contaminated, is also a leading source of food-borne illness. So how do you...

The Coronavirus Still Is a Global Health Emergency, W.H.O. Warns

The World Health Organization extended its declaration of a global health emergency on Friday amid increasing criticism from the Trump Administration about its...

What Is ‘Covid Toe’? Maybe a Strange Sign of Coronavirus Infection

Before the coronavirus outbreak, Dr. Lindy Fox, a dermatologist in San Francisco, used to see four or five patients a year with chilblains...

The Big Impact of a Small Hobby

When I would tell people that drawing saved my life, I thought I was being hyperbolic. Then the coronavirus hit. Drawing had helped...

Coronavirus Live Updates: More than Half of U.S. States Move to...

michael barbaroFrom The New York Times, I’m Michael Barbaro. This is “The Daily.”archived recording 1Michigan has been one of the most aggressive states...