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In just a few months, researchers have constructed low-cost ventilators that can keep sedated pigs alive. Getting them to work safely and reliably in people is the next challenge.

An open letter points to outbreaks that cannot be explained by large droplets and contact with surfaces alone.

Onsite testing at wastewater treatment plants could aid efforts to monitor for outbreaks of COVID-19 around the world, but such technologies are in the early stages of development.

A nearly all-female team of researchers developed a PCR diagnostic tool in a record-setting six weeks.

Born of researchers’ frustration with not being able to contribute during the pandemic, Crowdfight COVID-19 has matched hundreds of SARS-CoV-2 projects with people who can help.

Social distancing measures prevented millions of COVID-19–related deaths around the world, according to a handful of studies, but it’s hard to quantify the effects with certainty.

A small subset of uninfected people also had SARS-CoV-2-fighting T cells, a finding that scientists are still trying to figure out.

The Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden is still assessing the damage from a June 15 fire.

Vaccine experts divided on whether that level of protection is too low or too demanding.

Life sciences professors and other staff make contingency plans for more coronavirus-related disruptions in the coming school year.

Modelers try a new approach to gauge the true number of COVID-19 cases in the US by using surveillance data for flu-like illnesses.

SARS-CoV-2 causes cells to put out projections that spread the virus, a study finds.