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    Health & Medicine

    Very few infants seem to be getting sick with the new coronavirus

    By Aimee Cunningham
  2. Brazil soldiers meet plane of people from Wuhan, China
    Health & Medicine

    Coronavirus’s genetic fingerprints are used to rapidly map its spread

    By Laura Sanders
  3. electron micrograph of the new coronavirus, nCov-2019
    Health & Medicine

    Cases of the new coronavirus hint at the disease’s severity, symptoms and spread

    By Aimee Cunningham
  4. cells
    Health & Medicine

    CRISPR-edited immune cells for fighting cancer passed a safety test

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  5. peanuts
    Health & Medicine

    The FDA has approved the first drug to treat peanut allergies

    By Laura Sanders
  6. HIV virus particles
    Health & Medicine

    An experimental HIV vaccine failed a key trial in South Africa

    By Aimee Cunningham
  7. coronavirus electron micrograph
    Health & Medicine

    SARS and the new coronavirus target the same cellular lock to infect cells

    By Erin Garcia de Jesus
  8. woman wearing face mask in New York
    Health & Medicine

    Scientists question White House measures to limit spread of coronavirus

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