Health

Research of the Week Ancient Irish elite were largely incestuous. In a recent study, coronavirus shows up on tons of hospital surfaces but with very low viral loads. Present but not transmissible. Having a younger blood donor is linked to shorter hospital stays. “Conservation areas” don’t actually conserve anything. Losing …

At an apartment complex in southern Beijing that is under lockdown, residents could not leave their homes in a gated cluster of low-rise brick buildings. Uniformed security guards and medical workers in protective gear watched the gate. Around the corner in the Baizhifang neighborhood lay a different world. Shops were …

This article is part of our latest Pride special report, featuring L.G.B.T.Q. voices on the challenges and possibilities of these troubled times. Alexander Chee is the author of “How to Write an Autobiographical Novel” and “Queen of the Night.” The first weekend of the coronavirus shutdown in March, my husband, …

Verily Life Sciences, a sister company of Google, scrambled to introduce a free coronavirus-screening site for the public and set up testing locations in March after President Trump made an off-the-cuff announcement about the program. It had a rocky start, but has since helped more than 220,000 people get tested …

Here’s what you need to know: U.S. states struggle with a shifting pandemic as federal guidance falls silent. The weekly tally of U.S. state jobless claims again exceeds a million. Beijing’s outbreak prompts a backlash against salmon. Reversing course, Arizona and Texas allow some local governments to require masks. ‘We …

Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki, who in 1967 first identified a disease in children that remains mysterious today and that has recently been in the news in relation to Covid-19, died on June 5 in Tokyo. He was 95. The illness, which produces inflammation around the heart and can be fatal, became …

Intermittent fasting has taken the world by storm. No longer is it the province of fitness freaks. No longer do you get weird looks because you skipped the break room donuts. Now you’ve got grandmothers trying it and doctors recommending it. It’s here, the benefits are legion, and you’re interested. …

The police in China are collecting blood samples from men and boys from across the country to build a genetic map of its roughly 700 million males, giving the authorities a powerful new tool for their emerging high-tech surveillance state. They have swept across the country since late 2017 to …

WASHINGTON — Officials in Tulsa, Okla., are warning that President Trump’s planned campaign rally on Saturday — his first in over three months — is likely to worsen an already troubling spike in coronavirus infections and could become a disastrous “super spreader.” They are pleading with the Trump campaign to …