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A member of medical staff takes coronavirus test samples of a woman during drive-thru coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing, on a converted ice rink.

Public health experts worry about flu and coronavirus overlap

COVID-19

In the coming months, public health experts stress social distancing, frequent hand-washing, wearing masks and getting flu shots to stave off both illnesses.

A man in a suit and woman wearing a pink dress look at each other on a screen with smaller boxes of peoples' faces above them

Zoom weddings: A blessing in disguise?

Lifestyle
A woman sings while holding a music book in her hands in a soccer field six-feet away from another singer.

Choirs in the age of coronavirus: A new study looks at the risks of singing

COVID-19
Parents wait with their children to enter their elementary school in Sderot as it reopens following the ease of restrictions preventing the spread of the coronavirus in Israel, May 3, 2020.

Israel’s hurried school reopenings serve as a cautionary tale

A man holds a card reader as another pays for a purchase in store with books and music posters.

‘No fast track’ to normal when it comes to reopening economies

emojis of a man and a woman in their underwear having a drink.

Kalsarikännit: Drinking at home in your undies, like Finns

Lifestyle

With Kalsarikännit, the party starts at home and stays at home — there is no intention of going out.

A woman floats in a spacecraft

Need tips on surviving self-isolation? Ask this astronaut.

COVID-19

American astronaut Cady Coleman lived on the International Space Station for nearly six months in 2011. During that time, she developed some techniques for staying connected to loved ones even while she was far away — techniques that are helpful whether you’re living in space, or practicing social distancing in the age of the coronavirus.

A photo of a gondola in Venice's Grand Canal

Travel restrictions could slow coronavirus spread, but they are ‘not enough alone’

COVID-19

Faced with Europe’s worst outbreak of the novel coronavirus, northern Italy is on lockdown following a governmental decree. The World speaks with Alessandro Vespignani, a researcher at Northeastern University, who models the spread of infectious diseases. He’s been studying how China’s early travel restrictions in Wuhan affected the spread of the virus worldwide.