Each virus has its unique pattern of spread, and scientists are starting to get a handle on how the novel coronavirus behaves. This understanding is making it possible to rank the risks of different activities from high to low to trivial. The most informative studies show how the disease is spreading in the real world — a big advance over ...

The coronavirus pandemic is likely to bring about many deep, long-lasting changes in US society and the economy. It’s difficult to predict what most of those will be. Unfortunately, one likely possibility is that college towns will suffer. For the past few decades, college towns have been a pillar of the economy. Universities draw in lots of educated workers, in ...

Residents of nursing homes or similar facilities account for at least one-quarter of US deaths from Covid-19. The true figure might be a lot higher. The coronavirus has spread to nearly 7,000 nursing homes in all 50 states. In at least seven — Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and West Virginia — more than half of all Covid-19 ...