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No, alcohol does not kill coronavirus, at least, not like that. Both news and memes about the global COVID-19 outbreak are spreading rapidly online.

People are Using Memes to Cope With Coronavirus Panic

Republican and Democrat lawmakers seem to be in agreement that the Trump administration hasn't put nearly enough effort into a coronavirus response plan.

Trump’s Grasp of the Coronavirus Outbreak Seems Weak

By Dan Robitzski

The Lancet just retracted a passionate call for help from two Chinese nurses claiming to fight the coronavirus in Wuhan after learning they originally lied.

Chinese Nurses Retract Plea for Aid in Prestigious Medical Journal

By Dan Robitzski

A group of scientists say their new research shows that contagious diseases like the coronavirus spread like viral videos and other internet memes.

New Research: Contagious Diseases Spread a Lot Like Memes

By Jon Christian

According to a high-ranking organizer, it's possible the Summer Olympics in Tokyo will be canceled due to the international coronavirus outbreak.

The Tokyo Olympics May Be Canceled Due to Coronavirus Outbreak

By Jon Christian

Overwhelmed and overworked nurses in Wuhan, China, the city where the coronavirus outbreak began, published a cry for help from the rest of the world.

In Open Letter, Wuhan Nurses Cry for Global Help [UPDATED]

By Dan Robitzski

The ongoing coronavirus outbreak that's spread around the world over comes with a lot of confusing terminology and vocab, so we wrote a glossary.

Here’s a Glossary for the Ongoing Coronavirus Outbreak’s Vocab

By Dan Robitzski

The pharma company Moderna Inc. just shipped a batch of experimental coronavirus vaccine to federal researchers, and tests could begin by April.

Drugmaker Ships First Batch of Experimental Coronavirus Vaccines

By Dan Robitzski

Iran health ministry confirmed today in an interview that the country's deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi has tested positive for COVID-19.

Iranian Health Minister Plays Down Virus Outbreak, Then Catches It

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists built a vaccine that protected mice from SARS. Now they think it could help in the fight against COVID-19.

This Years-Old Vaccine May Protect Against COVID-19

By Dan Robitzski

The French Health Ministry announced that France no longer has confirmed cases of the coronavirus COVID-19: one patient died but all the others recovered.

French Officials Say Country Has Eliminated COVID-19 Outbreak

By Dan Robitzski

A new report by researchers at Imperial College London in the UK suggest that about two thirds of new COVID-19 coronavirus infections have gone undetected.

Report: Two-Thirds of Coronavirus Infections May Be Undetected

By Victor Tangermann

As countries struggle to contain the coronavirus, global economies and the stock market are starting to take notable hits.

The Coronavirus Is Now Tanking the Stock Markets

By Dan Robitzski

The NYT reports that COVID-19 is tearing through China's prison system — a hint that even in the epidemic's epicenter, we don't understand its toll.

The Deadly Coronavirus Is Tearing Through Chinese Prisons

By Jon Christian

Deadly Coronavirus May Be Spreading Through Poop

Deadly Coronavirus May Be Spreading Through Poop

By Victor Tangermann

American doctors are worried that the COVID-19 epidemic could lead to a crisis as patients overwhelm emergency rules and exhaust stores of medical supplies.

American Doctors Are Bracing For a Global COVID-19 Pandemic

By Jon Christian

Researchers from University of Texas at Austin have mapped a key protein of the coronavirus that it uses to invade human cells, which could lead to vaccine.

New Map of Key Coronavirus Protein Could Lead to Vaccine

By Victor Tangermann

As dozens of airlines are cancelling flights in and out of China due to the current coronavirus outbreak, the wealthy are turning to private jets.

Coronavirus Is Making Rich People Take Even More Private Jets

By Victor Tangermann

Liu Zhiming, director of the Wuhan Wuchang Hospital, died from a COVID-19 infection while trying to treat the massive number of patients in the city.

Hospital Director Dies in City Where the Coronavirus Originated

By Dan Robitzski

These Unsettling Medical Masks Look Like Human Faces

These Unsettling Medical Masks Look Like Human Faces

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have released a gallery of stunning images of what the Coronavirus looks like taken with scanning and transmission electron microscopes.

What Does the Coronavirus Look Like? This.

By Jon Christian

On Friday, Chinese authorities only reported 14 new fatalities linked to COVID-19. But the sudden drop isn't necessarily the good news it appears to be.

Here’s Why There Are So Few Reported COVID-19 Fatalities Today

By Dan Robitzski

South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported today that the deadly coronavirus COVID-19 is spreading in North Korea.

Deadly Outbreak COVID-19 Reportedly Spreads to North Korea

By Jon Christian

An executive order mobilized the entire U.S. military to prepare for a potential COVID-19 pandemic, should the outbreak ever progress to that point.

US Military Issues Executive Order to Prevent COVID-19 Pandemic

By Dan Robitzski

Coronavirus COVID-19 test kits sent out in America are proving to be faulty, and in China where they're needed most, there simply aren't enough.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Test Kits are Broken in America, Scarce in China

By Foster Kamer

Officials at The Health Commission of Hubei Province in China have announced a nearly tenfold increase in COVID-19 cases on Thursday morning.

China Announces Spike in Deadly Virus Infections, Deaths

By Victor Tangermann

Biologists across the world are already printing synthetic copies of the genetic code of the deadly COVID-19 virus, The Verge reports.

Biologists Are Already Printing the Deadly COVID-19 Virus

By Jon Christian

Gabriel Leung, public health expert, told The Guardian that 60% of the world's population could get infected by the coronavirus, if left unchecked.

Expert: Deadly Viral Outbreak Could Infect 60% of World Population

By Victor Tangermann

The World Health Organization announced a new official name for the coronavirus that recently emerged from China: Covid-19.

The WHO Finally Gives the Coronavirus an Official Name

By Dan Robitzski

Multiple units within a Hong Kong apartment building have confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV, and officials think that the coronavirus is spreading through pipes.

Hong Kong Officials Fear Deadly Virus Is Spreading Through Pipes

By Dan Robitzski

A San Diego hospital accidentally released a patient carrying the deadly coronavirus that's caused a global outbreak this month.

CA Hospital Accidentally Releases Patient With Deadly Virus

By Victor Tangermann

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the coronavirus outbreak could get worse if countries don't nip it in the bud.

WHO Leader Warns of Worldwide Coronavirus Outbreaks

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese state-owned newspaper the People's Daily uploaded a video of disinfection work in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.

China Is Spraying Entire City Blocks to Contain Outbreak

By Victor Tangermann

US business man and certified genius Rick Pescovitz was seen wearing a personal, transparent tent in a window seat on a flight to avoid the coronavirus.

Man Wears Personal Plastic Tent on Flight to Avoid Deadly Virus

By Victor Tangermann

After a mix of conflicitng reports, Li Wenliang, the Wuhan doctor who warned about the coronavirus outbreak in its earliest days, died early Friday morning.

Whistleblower Doctor Who Warned of Viral Outbreak Dies From It

By Dan Robitzski

The government of China has ordered officials in Wuhan to round up and quarantine any sick residents in makeshift shelter camps.

China to Round up Infected in “Mass Quarantine Camps”

By Dan Robitzski

The coronavirus rapidly spreading around the world almost certainly jumped to humans from animals. Zoonotic viruses like this can be more dangerous.

The Coronavirus Started in Animals. That Makes it More Dangerous.

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla shares fell on Wednesday after an executive revealed that Model 3 production will be delayed for about a week and a half due to the outbreak.

The Virus Outbreak Is Delaying Tesla Model 3 Shipments

By Victor Tangermann

Americans who recently returned from China are putting themselves under a voluntary quarantine for coronavirus. Some are facing dangerous rumors.

Here’s What It’s Like to Live Under Coronavirus Quarantine

By Dan Robitzski

2,666 and 1,045 crew members have been quarantined on the luxury cruise ship Diamond Princess of the Japanese coast for two weeks.

Thousands Are Quarantined On a Virus-Stricken Luxury Cruise Ship

By Victor Tangermann

Health experts recently warned that the coronavirus 2019-nCoV is more contagious than they originally predicted, and they still don't know how much so.

Scientists: The Coronavirus May Be More Contagious Than Thought

By Dan Robitzski

In a grim milestone, the coronavirus has now taken more American lives than Al Qaeda did on the September 11 terror attack in 2001.

Scientists Warn: You Can Catch Coronavirus More Than Once

By Dan Robitzski

Doctors in Bangkok have been treating coronavirus patients with a mix of HIV and flu drugs, potentially giving health officials a new tool for the outbreak.

Doctors Are Treating Coronavirus With Cocktail of HIV, Flu Drugs

By Dan Robitzski

Developing: Coronavirus Catches Influencers

Developing: Coronavirus Catches Influencers

By Foster Kamer

The CDC announced that it is quarantining 195 American citizens who recently returned from China to flee the coronavirus outbreak.

CDC Quarantines 195 US Citizens Who Fled China Outbreak

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists believe they've identified a case where someone infected another person with the coronavirus 2019-nCoV before ever displaying symptoms.

New Research: People Without Symptoms Can Spread Coronavirus [UPDATED]

By Dan Robitzski

American, United, and Delta airlines announced they are suspending all flights to and from China due to concerns over the recent coronavirus outbreak.

Airlines Are Suspending Flights to China Amid Outbreak

By Victor Tangermann

China is threatening to send people to jail for spreading rumors about the coronavirus, but it seems more likely it's just trying to control the narrative.

China Is Arresting People for Writing About Coronavirus Online

By Kristin Houser

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the first person-to-person transmission of the coronavirus in the United States.

CDC Confirms First US Person-to-Person Coronavirus Transmission

By Victor Tangermann

A cruise ship was stranded off the coast of Italy as officials investigated — and eventually dismissed — a potential case of the coronavirus 2019-nCoV.

A Cruise Ship Was Stranded at Sea Due to Coronavirus Risk

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. government fast-tracked the development of a vaccine for 2019-nCoV, the coronavirus that emerged from China last month. But it could take a year.

Scientists Are Desperately Working on a Coronavirus Vaccine

By Dan Robitzski

The coronavirus outbreak can cause extreme symptoms like coughing up blood or lung infections, but milder cases are more similar to the flu.

These Are the Symptoms of Coronavirus

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla has notified owners in China that they'll be able to charge their vehicles for free for the duration of the nation's coronavirus epidemic.

Tesla Offers Free Charging in China During Coronavirus Outbreak

By Kristin Houser

We've tracked the total death toll over time of 2019-nCoV, the coronavirus that originated in China last month. The graph will be updated as we learn more.

Here’s the Growing COVID-19 Death Toll in One Chilling Graph

By Dan Robitzski

As the deadly coronavirus is spreading across the entire globe, people are clamoring to protect themselves triggering shortages of face masks worldwide.

Chinese Outbreak Fear Spurs Worldwide Face Mask Shortage

By Victor Tangermann

The CDC announced Friday that a second case of 2019-nCoV, also known as coronavirus, currently wreaking havoc in China was discovered in the US.

CDC Confirms Second Chinese Virus Case in the US

By Victor Tangermann

The city of Wuhan, China, wants to build an entire 1,000 bed hospital on a 25,000 square meter plot in just six days to treat coronavirus epidemic patients.

China Is Building a 1,000-Bed Hospital Specifically to Treat Mystery Epidemic

By Victor Tangermann