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A second round of the coronavirus is "inevitable," the nation's top infectious disease doctor says, but just how bad it is will depend on the progress the US makes in the coming months.

A Covid-19 vaccine could come faster than previous vaccines, but it could still be a year before one is ready. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks to a clinical trial participant. He explains why this search is breaking barriers.

Never before have so many people in the world lived in such tiny bubbles. With billions across the globe now under coronavirus-related restrictions, it has been weeks — or even months for some — since we socialized with anyone outside our homes.

Public and private health laboratories throughout the United States and its territories are still unable to meet the demand for Covid-19 testing over supply shortages and may never be able to, even as the Trump administration rolled out a blueprint this week on ramping up testing across the country.

An experimental blood test can detect cancer in women who had no symptoms of the disease, and it detected several different kinds of cancer, researchers reported.

What's your rule of thumb when you cook chicken? Is it done when the juices run clear? When it's no longer pink? Or do you test the texture of the meat?

Focus on this, contact lens wearers of the world: To reduce the spread of the pandemic virus that causes Covid-19, the American Academy of Ophthalmology is suggesting it's time to put your contact lenses on the shelf and dazzle the world with your frames.

Mary Kepler and her husband, Wilford, died hours apart after a lifetime together.

A German company working with US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has begun human trials of a potential Covid-19 vaccine that could supply millions by the end of the year, according to the two firms.

When President Donald Trump mused recently about injecting household disinfectants as treatment for Covid-19 in the White House briefing room, South Africans were reminded of their own dark past.

UK paediatrics specialists have warned that a small but rising number of children are becoming ill with a rare syndrome that could be linked to coronavirus.

On International Dance Day during a pandemic, we celebrate the dancers teaching us to dance from their living rooms. Fans don't need to pony up cash for a class via social media and no one needs talent or ability or previous training.

Without us perhaps quite noticing, much of what we place our hopes in will be ready for us in a very a long time indeed, in months or even decades from now (if ever): the successful completion of a novel, a sufficient sum of money to buy a house or begin a new career, the discovery of a suitable partner, a move to another country. In the list of our most intensely-felt hopes, few entries stand to come to fruition this season or next, let alone by tonight.

US doctors say they may have seen a possible complication of coronavirus infection in a young child: a rare inflammatory condition called Kawasaki disease.

Cara Lisette has spent more than half her life battling anorexia. Now under the coronavirus lockdown, she says she is also fighting to find the few foods she considers "safe" to eat.

As some researchers say deaths could rise significantly in coming weeks, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States has topped 1 million and the deaths toll has surpassed the total of US troop fatalities during the Vietnam War.