{"id":3094198,"date":"2020-12-11T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/?p=3094198"},"modified":"2020-12-16T16:23:05","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T21:23:05","slug":"coronavirus-covid19-pandemic-timeline-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid19-pandemic-timeline-events","title":{"rendered":"This COVID-19 pandemic timeline shows how fast the coronavirus took over our lives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-medium-font-size\">Few people noticed on New Year\u2019s Eve last year when China reported a mystery illness to the World Health Organization. But soon, the never-before-seen coronavirus responsible for the disease was infiltrating the rest of the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we prepare to enter the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, <em>Science News<\/em> looks back on how the disease took over 2020 and how society attempted to fight back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">December 31, 2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>China notifies the World Health Organization about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/csr\/don\/05-january-2020-pneumonia-of-unkown-cause-china\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a cluster of pneumonia cases<\/a> of unknown cause in Wuhan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 9, 2020<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The WHO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/china\/news\/detail\/09-01-2020-who-statement-regarding-cluster-of-pneumonia-cases-in-wuhan-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announces a novel coronavirus<\/a> is the cause of the pneumonia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 10<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientists release <a href=\"https:\/\/virological.org\/t\/novel-2019-coronavirus-genome\/319\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the virus\u2019s complete genetic blueprint<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<aside class=\"sn-conversion rich-text rich-text--with-sidebar\"><!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\",\"style\":{\"elements\":{\"link\":{\"color\":{\"text\":\"var:preset|color|gray-mid\"}}}},\"backgroundColor\":\"gray-light\",\"textColor\":\"gray-mid\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-gray-mid-color has-gray-light-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color\" id=\"inline2\">Science News sponsorship position.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/aside>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 13<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/13-01-2020-who-statement-on-novel-coronavirus-in-thailand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thailand reports<\/a> the first known novel coronavirus infection outside of China. Within a week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/docs\/default-source\/coronaviruse\/situation-reports\/20200121-sitrep-1-2019-ncov.pdf?sfvrsn=20a99c10_4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Japan and South Korea report cases<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 21<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/media\/releases\/2020\/p0121-novel-coronavirus-travel-case.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first U.S. infection<\/a> is reported in the state of Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientists announce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/first-case-new-wuhan-coronavirus-confirmed-united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the virus can spread person-to-person<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 23<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/bulletin\/volumes\/98\/7\/20-254045\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wuhan goes into lockdown<\/a> to stem the virus\u2019 spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_market.jpg?resize=760%2C450&ssl=1\" alt=\"Food market in Wuhan, China\" class=\"wp-image-3094204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_market.jpg?resize=760%2C450&ssl=1 760w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_market.jpg?resize=647%2C383&ssl=1 647w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_market.jpg?resize=314%2C186&ssl=1 314w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_market.jpg?resize=768%2C455&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_market.jpg?resize=979%2C580&ssl=1 979w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_market.jpg?w=1030&ssl=1 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption wp-caption-3094204\">Initial coronavirus cases were linked to a market in Wuhan, China (shown before the pandemic). But experts now doubt that\u2019s where the outbreak started. <\/span><span class=\"credit wp-credit-3094204\">Imaginechina Limited\/Alamy Stock Photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 24<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>France reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurosurveillance.org\/content\/10.2807\/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.6.2000094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the first cases in Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 25<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.gov.au\/ministers\/the-hon-greg-hunt-mp\/media\/first-confirmed-case-of-novel-coronavirus-in-australia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Australia reports its first case<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 30<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientists say an infected person <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/first-case-coronavirus-spread-person-no-symptoms-found-germany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spread the virus before showing symptoms<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">February 3<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-outbreak-diamond-princess-cruise-ship-death-rate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Diamond Princess<\/em> cruise ship is quarantined<\/a> in Japan. Eventually, 712 of the 3,711 people on board test positive. Through mid-March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/69\/wr\/mm6912e3.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cruise ship travelers<\/a> represent about 17 percent of known U.S. cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">February 5<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/csels\/dls\/locs\/2020\/information_about_emergency_use_authorization_for_2019_novel_coronavirus_real_time_rt-pcr_diagnostic_panel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">releases<\/a> a flawed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/11\/06\/929078678\/cdc-report-officials-knew-coronavirus-test-was-flawed-but-released-it-anyway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19 diagnostic test<\/a>, delaying the country\u2019s ability to screen widely for the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/030320_eg_coronavirus-faq-2_feat.jpg?resize=1030%2C580&ssl=1\" alt=\"SEM image of SARS-CoV-2\" class=\"wp-image-3085612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/030320_eg_coronavirus-faq-2_feat.jpg?w=1030&ssl=1 1030w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/030320_eg_coronavirus-faq-2_feat.jpg?resize=680%2C383&ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/030320_eg_coronavirus-faq-2_feat.jpg?resize=800%2C450&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/030320_eg_coronavirus-faq-2_feat.jpg?resize=330%2C186&ssl=1 330w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/030320_eg_coronavirus-faq-2_feat.jpg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/030320_eg_coronavirus-faq-2_feat.jpg?resize=1028%2C579&ssl=1 1028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption wp-caption-3085612\">The novel coronavirus (round yellow objects in this scanning electron microscope image) was dubbed SARS-CoV-2 in February. <\/span><span class=\"credit wp-credit-3085612\">NIAID-RML<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">February 11<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Virologists name the virus \u201csevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2,\u201d or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\/technical-guidance\/naming-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-2019)-and-the-virus-that-causes-it#:~:text=The%20International%20Committee%20on%20Taxonomy,two%20viruses%20are%20different\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SARS-CoV-2<\/a>, because it is related to the virus that caused the 2002\u20132003 SARS outbreak. The disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 is named \u201cCOVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">February 14<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Egypt reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afro.who.int\/news\/covid-19-cases-top-10-000-africa#:~:text=Reaching%20the%20continent%20through%20travellers,countries%20have%20reported%20cases.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Africa\u2019s first case<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">February 26<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Brazil reports <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fd3d0d0120dd10f3d09bad78a4dd9539\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South America\u2019s first case<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 9<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Italy begins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/asia\/live-news\/coronavirus-outbreak-03-09-20-intl-hnk\/h_63ed4631f2c63f74f0135c0b43daa56c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a national lockdown<\/a>. Ten days later, the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/coronavirus-live-updates\/2020\/03\/19\/818423530\/italy-surpasses-chinas-coronavirus-death-toll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19 deaths<\/a> top 3,400, surpassing China\u2019s death toll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_italy.jpg?resize=760%2C450&ssl=1\" alt=\"empty street in Rome with two soldiers and two tanks on patrol\" class=\"wp-image-3094203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_italy.jpg?resize=760%2C450&ssl=1 760w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_italy.jpg?resize=647%2C383&ssl=1 647w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_italy.jpg?resize=314%2C186&ssl=1 314w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_italy.jpg?resize=768%2C455&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_italy.jpg?resize=979%2C580&ssl=1 979w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_italy.jpg?w=1030&ssl=1 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption wp-caption-3094203\">Soldiers patrolled Rome on March 9 as a national lockdown in Italy began.<\/span><span class=\"credit wp-credit-3094203\">Giuseppe Fama\/Pacific Press\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 10<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After a choir in Washington state meets for a practice, over 80 percent of attendees get infected, suggesting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-why-6-feet-may-not-be-enough-social-distance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">airborne transmission of the virus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 11<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-outbreak-who-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WHO declares the outbreak is a pandemic<\/a>. The virus has spread to at least 114 countries, killed over 4,000 people and infected nearly 120,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 16<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>COVID-19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/news-events\/news-releases\/nih-clinical-trial-investigational-vaccine-covid-19-begins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vaccine safety tests begin<\/a> in the United States and in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 17<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Contrary to conspiracy theories, a study confirms <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-not-human-made-lab-genetic-analysis-nature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the virus was not made in or released from a lab<\/a>. Subsequent research suggests a bat is the most likely source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 19<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>California issues <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/69\/wr\/mm6935a2.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the first statewide stay-at-home order<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 27<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As the number of <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fcases-updates%2Fcases-in-us.html#trends_totalandratecases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. cases surpasses 100,000<\/a>, the United States becomes the new epicenter of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/061520_ti_hydroxychloroquine_feat.jpg?resize=800%2C450&ssl=1\" alt=\"Hydroxychloroquine tablets\" class=\"wp-image-3088853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/061520_ti_hydroxychloroquine_feat.jpg?resize=800%2C450&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/061520_ti_hydroxychloroquine_feat.jpg?resize=680%2C383&ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/061520_ti_hydroxychloroquine_feat.jpg?resize=330%2C186&ssl=1 330w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/061520_ti_hydroxychloroquine_feat.jpg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/061520_ti_hydroxychloroquine_feat.jpg?resize=1028%2C579&ssl=1 1028w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/061520_ti_hydroxychloroquine_feat.jpg?w=1030&ssl=1 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption wp-caption-3088853\">Originally approved for emergency use in some COVID-19 patients, hydroxychloroquine was later found not effective, and in June the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revoked authorization for treating COVID-19 patients outside of clinical trials.<\/span><span class=\"credit wp-credit-3088853\">amlanmathur\/iStock\/Getty Images Plus<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 28<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration grants emergency use authorization for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/coronavirus-covid-19-update-daily-roundup-march-30-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hydroxychloroquine<\/a>, an antimalaria drug, to treat some hospitalized patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">April 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Global cases <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-04-02\/the-world-just-hit-1-million-coronavirus-infections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hit 1 million<\/a>. More than 53,000 people have died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">April 3<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With evidence mounting that the virus can spread through the air and that asymptomatic people are contagious, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-ppe-face-mask-shortages-creative-solutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CDC recommends people wear face coverings<\/a> in public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">April 11<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2020\/04\/11\/coronavirus-latest-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. death toll hits 20,000 people<\/a>, surpassing the number of deaths in Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">April 28<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. cases reach 1 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_massgrave.jpg?resize=760%2C450&ssl=1\" alt=\"five people wearing masks surround a hole for a grave\" class=\"wp-image-3094199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_massgrave.jpg?resize=760%2C450&ssl=1 760w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_massgrave.jpg?resize=647%2C383&ssl=1 647w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_massgrave.jpg?resize=314%2C186&ssl=1 314w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_massgrave.jpg?resize=768%2C455&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_massgrave.jpg?resize=979%2C580&ssl=1 979w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_massgrave.jpg?w=1030&ssl=1 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption wp-caption-3094199\">In May, cemetery workers buried the remains of people unclaimed by relatives in Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez, Mexico. The country still has one of the world\u2019s highest COVID-19 mortality rates. <\/span><span class=\"credit wp-credit-3094199\">David Peinado\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">May 1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The FDA grants emergency use authorization for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/covid-19-coronavirus-remdesivir-first-drug-recovery-treatment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the antiviral drug remdesivir<\/a> for severely ill patients after preliminary findings suggest the drug can shorten hospital stays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">May 14<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The CDC sends out an advisory about cases of <a href=\"https:\/\/emergency.cdc.gov\/han\/2020\/han00432.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a multi\u00adsystem inflammatory syndrome<\/a> in children who test positive for the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">June 15<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The FDA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/fda-canceled-emergency-use-hydroxychloroquine-covid-19-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revokes emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine<\/a> after multiple studies show no benefit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">June 16<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/steroid-dexamethasone-reduce-covid-19-coronavirus-deaths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dexamethasone<\/a>, a steroid, is the first drug found to reduce COVID-19 deaths, among people sick enough to need respiratory support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">June 25<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www1.hkexnews.hk\/listedco\/listconews\/sehk\/2020\/0629\/2020062900123.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">China approves a vaccine for use by the military<\/a>, before final safety and efficacy testing is completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">June 28<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Less than six months after the disease is named, more than 10 million people worldwide have been infected with the virus and over 500,000 have died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-sciencenews-content-sidebar alignwide\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Six months on<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of June, the changing weekly average of daily new confirmed cases in select countries and regions showed that some countries were more successful than others in controlling the coronavirus. <a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&casesMetric=true&dailyFreq=true&smoothing=7&country=USA~EuropeanUnion~CHN~KOR~ITA~BRA~ZAF&pickerMetric=location&pickerSort=asc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Explore and compare other countries here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/3031568\/embed\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\"><\/iframe><div style=\"width:100%!;margin-top:4px!important;text-align:right!important\"><a class=\"flourish-credit\" href=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/3031568\/?utm_source=embed&utm_campaign=visualisation\/3031568\" target=\"_top\" style=\"text-decoration:none!important\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Made with Flourish\" src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/made_with_flourish.svg\" style=\"width:105px!important;height:16px!important;border:none!important;margin:0!important\"> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">July 10<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Gilead Sciences, the maker of remdesivir, claims <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/remdesivir-covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic-gilead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the drug reduces risk of death<\/a> from COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">July 27<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pfizer.com\/news\/press-release\/press-release-detail\/pfizer-and-biontech-choose-lead-mrna-vaccine-candidate-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pfizer<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/news-events\/news-releases\/phase-3-clinical-trial-investigational-vaccine-covid-19-begins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moderna<\/a> begin recruiting tens of thousands of volunteers for late-phase clinical trials of their vaccines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">August 11<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that a vaccine dubbed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-russia-vaccine-testing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sputnik V<\/a> will be available to the general public, even though all phases of testing are not yet completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">August 17<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A week into the fall semester, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announces all undergraduate classes will move online because of high infection rates on campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">August 23<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The FDA grants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-patient-convalescent-plasma-treatment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emergency use authorization for convalescent plasma<\/a> to treat hospitalized patients, despite a lack of clinical trials assessing whether blood from recovered patients actually helps fight the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">August 25<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The first report of a person being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-first-case-reinfection-man-hong-kong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reinfected with the virus<\/a> raises concerns about how long immunity lasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">September 28<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 1 million people have died from COVID-19; over 40 percent of deaths have occurred in the United States, Brazil and India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">October 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realdonaldtrump\/status\/1311892190680014849\" target=\"_blank\">President Donald Trump tweets that he is infected<\/a>, becoming the latest in a series of world leaders to get COVID-19. He is later hospitalized and receives remdesivir, dexamethasone and an experimental antibody treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_trump.jpg?resize=760%2C450&ssl=1\" alt=\"Donald Trump wearing a surgical mask giving a thumbs-up\" class=\"wp-image-3094201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_trump.jpg?resize=760%2C450&ssl=1 760w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_trump.jpg?resize=647%2C383&ssl=1 647w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_trump.jpg?resize=314%2C186&ssl=1 314w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_trump.jpg?resize=768%2C455&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_trump.jpg?resize=979%2C580&ssl=1 979w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_trump.jpg?w=1030&ssl=1 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption wp-caption-3094201\">President Donald Trump left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., on October 5 after receiving treatment for COVID-19.<\/span><span class=\"credit wp-credit-3094201\">SAUL LOEB\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">October 22<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Remdesivir becomes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/fda-approves-first-treatment-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the first drug to win full FDA approval<\/a> for treating COVID-19. A week earlier, however, a WHO study found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/covid-19-coronavirus-remdesivir-who-hydroxychloroquine-interferon-lopinavir-solidarity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the drug does not reduce COVID-19 deaths<\/a>, countering the drugmaker\u2019s earlier claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">October 23<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers report that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/69\/wr\/mm6942e1.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hispanic and Black residents are disproportionately represented<\/a> among U.S. COVID-19 deaths. From May through August, Hispanic or Latino people accounted for 24.2 percent of the total deaths. Non-Hispanic Black people accounted for 18.7 percent of the deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">November 9<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on preliminary data, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-pfizer-effective-early-trial-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pfizer says its vaccine appears to be 90 percent effective<\/a> at preventing people from getting sick from the coronavirus. Subsequent findings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid19-vaccine-pfizer-biontech-final-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suggest 95 percent effectiveness<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FDA grants emergency use authorization for <a href=\"https:\/\/investor.lilly.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/lillys-neutralizing-antibody-bamlanivimab-ly-cov555-receives-fda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eli Lilly\u2019s monoclonal antibody therapy<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/covid-19-coronavirus-antibodies-lab-treatment-immune-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lab-made antibodies<\/a> may keep virus levels low in newly infected people and prevent hospitalizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_testing-line.jpg?resize=760%2C450&ssl=1\" alt=\"lines of cars lined up for COVID testing\" class=\"wp-image-3094200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_testing-line.jpg?resize=760%2C450&ssl=1 760w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_testing-line.jpg?resize=647%2C383&ssl=1 647w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_testing-line.jpg?resize=314%2C186&ssl=1 314w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_testing-line.jpg?resize=768%2C455&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_testing-line.jpg?resize=979%2C580&ssl=1 979w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_testing-line.jpg?w=1030&ssl=1 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption wp-caption-3094200\">With COVID-19 cases surging across the United States, people in El Paso, Texas, lined up for drive-through testing on November 9.<\/span><span class=\"credit wp-credit-3094200\">Joel Angel Juarez\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">November 16<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Moderna says its vaccine is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/moderna-vaccine-covid19-coronavirus-early-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">95 percent effective<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">November 20<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pfizer.com\/news\/press-release\/press-release-detail\/pfizer-and-biontech-submit-emergency-use-authorization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pfizer seeks emergency FDA approval<\/a> for its vaccine. Ten days later, <a href=\"https:\/\/investors.modernatx.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/moderna-announces-primary-efficacy-analysis-phase-3-cove-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moderna requests the same<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">November 23<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>AstraZeneca reports its vaccine is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-oxford-astrazeneca-vaccine-effective\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">62 to 90 percent effective<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">December 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-pfizer-uk-first-approval\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United Kingdom clears Pfizer\u2019s vaccine<\/a> for emergency use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">December 10<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An advisory committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/covid-19-coronavirus-pfizer-vaccine-fda-advisory-committee-emergency-use\">recommends that the FDA grant emergency use authorization<\/a> of Pfizer\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Global cases stand at more than 69 million, with more than 1.5 million deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wrapper wp-block-house-ads wp-block-newsletter-subscribe\">\n\t\n<picture>\n\t<source\n\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/themes\/sciencenews\/client\/src\/images\/cta-module@1x.jpg 1x,\n\t\t\t\thttps:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/themes\/sciencenews\/client\/src\/images\/cta-module@2x.jpg 2x\"\n\t\tmedia=\"(min-width: 768px)\"\n\t>\n\t<source\n\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/themes\/sciencenews\/client\/src\/images\/cta-module-sm@1x.jpg 1x,\n\t\t\t\thttps:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/themes\/sciencenews\/client\/src\/images\/cta-module-sm@2x.jpg 2x\"\n\t>\n\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\n\t\tclass=\"background\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/themes\/sciencenews\/client\/src\/images\/cta-module-sm@2x.jpg?ssl=1\"\n\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\/>\n<\/picture>\n\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<h3\t\t\tclass=\"heading\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\tTrustworthy journalism comes at a price.\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"message\">\n\t\t\t<p>Scientists and journalists share a core belief in questioning, observing and verifying to reach the truth. 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We need your financial support to make it happen \u2013 every contribution makes a difference.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/subscribe1?key=9MTRUST&utm_source=cta&utm_medium=story&utm_campaign=trustworthy_journalism\" class=\"link __sn_ga-subscribe-cta __sn_ga-subscribe-cta--post\">Subscribe or Donate Now<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Look back on how the coronavirus pandemic took over 2020 and how efforts to fight back evolved. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3094202,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"page-full-width-article.php","format":"standard","meta":{"deck":"","article_citations":"","styled-title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"topic":[950,935],"article-type":[204],"editors-picks":[1075],"sn-connection":[],"story-type":[],"coauthors":[{"display_name":"Science News Staff","user_nicename":"science-news-staff"}],"class_list":["post-3094198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","topic-science-society","topic-health-medicine","article-type-year-in-review","editors-picks-2019-novel-coronavirus-outbreak"],"has_blocks":true,"block_data":[{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"dropCap":true,"fontSize":"medium","align":"","content":"Few people noticed on New Year\u2019s Eve last year when China reported a mystery illness to the World Health Organization. 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But soon, the never-before-seen coronavirus responsible for the disease was infiltrating the rest of the world. <\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"As we prepare to enter the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, <em>Science News<\/em> looks back on how the disease took over 2020 and how society attempted to fight back.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>As we prepare to enter the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, <em>Science News<\/em> looks back on how the disease took over 2020 and how society attempted to fight back.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>As we prepare to enter the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, <em>Science News<\/em> looks back on how the disease took over 2020 and how society attempted to fight 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2019<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">December 31, 2019<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"China notifies the World Health Organization about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/csr\/don\/05-january-2020-pneumonia-of-unkown-cause-china\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a cluster of pneumonia cases<\/a> of unknown cause in Wuhan.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>China notifies the World Health Organization about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/csr\/don\/05-january-2020-pneumonia-of-unkown-cause-china\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a cluster of pneumonia cases<\/a> of unknown cause in Wuhan.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>China notifies the World Health Organization about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/csr\/don\/05-january-2020-pneumonia-of-unkown-cause-china\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a cluster of pneumonia cases<\/a> of unknown cause in Wuhan.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>China notifies the World Health Organization about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/csr\/don\/05-january-2020-pneumonia-of-unkown-cause-china\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a cluster of pneumonia cases<\/a> of unknown cause in Wuhan.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"January 9, 2020","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>January 9, 2020<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>January 9, 2020<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 9, 2020<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"The WHO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/china\/news\/detail\/09-01-2020-who-statement-regarding-cluster-of-pneumonia-cases-in-wuhan-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announces a novel coronavirus<\/a> is the cause of the pneumonia.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>The WHO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/china\/news\/detail\/09-01-2020-who-statement-regarding-cluster-of-pneumonia-cases-in-wuhan-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announces a novel coronavirus<\/a> is the cause of the pneumonia.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>The WHO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/china\/news\/detail\/09-01-2020-who-statement-regarding-cluster-of-pneumonia-cases-in-wuhan-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announces a novel coronavirus<\/a> is the cause of the pneumonia.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>The WHO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/china\/news\/detail\/09-01-2020-who-statement-regarding-cluster-of-pneumonia-cases-in-wuhan-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announces a novel coronavirus<\/a> is the cause of the pneumonia.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"January 10","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>January 10<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>January 10<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 10<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"Scientists release <a href=\"https:\/\/virological.org\/t\/novel-2019-coronavirus-genome\/319\">the virus\u2019s complete genetic blueprint<\/a>.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>Scientists release <a href=\"https:\/\/virological.org\/t\/novel-2019-coronavirus-genome\/319\">the virus\u2019s complete genetic blueprint<\/a>.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>Scientists release <a href=\"https:\/\/virological.org\/t\/novel-2019-coronavirus-genome\/319\">the virus\u2019s complete genetic blueprint<\/a>.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>Scientists release <a href=\"https:\/\/virological.org\/t\/novel-2019-coronavirus-genome\/319\">the virus\u2019s complete genetic blueprint<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"January 13","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>January 13<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>January 13<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 13<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/13-01-2020-who-statement-on-novel-coronavirus-in-thailand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thailand reports<\/a> the first known novel coronavirus infection outside of China. Within a week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/docs\/default-source\/coronaviruse\/situation-reports\/20200121-sitrep-1-2019-ncov.pdf?sfvrsn=20a99c10_4\">Japan and South Korea report cases<\/a>.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/13-01-2020-who-statement-on-novel-coronavirus-in-thailand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thailand reports<\/a> the first known novel coronavirus infection outside of China. Within a week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/docs\/default-source\/coronaviruse\/situation-reports\/20200121-sitrep-1-2019-ncov.pdf?sfvrsn=20a99c10_4\">Japan and South Korea report cases<\/a>.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/13-01-2020-who-statement-on-novel-coronavirus-in-thailand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thailand reports<\/a> the first known novel coronavirus infection outside of China. Within a week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/docs\/default-source\/coronaviruse\/situation-reports\/20200121-sitrep-1-2019-ncov.pdf?sfvrsn=20a99c10_4\">Japan and South Korea report cases<\/a>.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/13-01-2020-who-statement-on-novel-coronavirus-in-thailand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thailand reports<\/a> the first known novel coronavirus infection outside of China. Within a week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/docs\/default-source\/coronaviruse\/situation-reports\/20200121-sitrep-1-2019-ncov.pdf?sfvrsn=20a99c10_4\">Japan and South Korea report cases<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"January 21","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>January 21<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>January 21<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 21<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/media\/releases\/2020\/p0121-novel-coronavirus-travel-case.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first U.S. infection<\/a> is reported in the state of Washington.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/media\/releases\/2020\/p0121-novel-coronavirus-travel-case.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first U.S. infection<\/a> is reported in the state of Washington.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/media\/releases\/2020\/p0121-novel-coronavirus-travel-case.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first U.S. infection<\/a> is reported in the state of Washington.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/media\/releases\/2020\/p0121-novel-coronavirus-travel-case.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first U.S. infection<\/a> is reported in the state of Washington.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"Scientists announce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/first-case-new-wuhan-coronavirus-confirmed-united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the virus can spread person-to-person<\/a>.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>Scientists announce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/first-case-new-wuhan-coronavirus-confirmed-united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the virus can spread person-to-person<\/a>.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>Scientists announce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/first-case-new-wuhan-coronavirus-confirmed-united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the virus can spread person-to-person<\/a>.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>Scientists announce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/first-case-new-wuhan-coronavirus-confirmed-united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the virus can spread person-to-person<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"January 23","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>January 23<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>January 23<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 23<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/bulletin\/volumes\/98\/7\/20-254045\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wuhan goes into lockdown<\/a> to stem the virus\u2019 spread.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/bulletin\/volumes\/98\/7\/20-254045\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wuhan goes into lockdown<\/a> to stem the virus\u2019 spread.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/bulletin\/volumes\/98\/7\/20-254045\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wuhan goes into lockdown<\/a> to stem the virus\u2019 spread.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/bulletin\/volumes\/98\/7\/20-254045\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wuhan goes into lockdown<\/a> to stem the virus\u2019 spread.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/image","attrs":{"align":"wide","id":3094204,"sizeSlug":"large","blob":"","url":"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_market-760x450.jpg","alt":"Food market in Wuhan, China","caption":"Initial coronavirus cases were linked to a market in Wuhan, China (shown before the pandemic). But experts now doubt that\u2019s where the outbreak started. ","lightbox":[],"title":"","href":"","rel":"","linkClass":"","width":"","height":"","aspectRatio":"","scale":"","linkDestination":"","linkTarget":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_market-760x450.jpg\" alt=\"Food market in Wuhan, China\" class=\"wp-image-3094204\" \/><figcaption>Initial coronavirus cases were linked to a market in Wuhan, China (shown before the pandemic). But experts now doubt that\u2019s where the outbreak started. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","innerContent":["\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_market-760x450.jpg\" alt=\"Food market in Wuhan, China\" class=\"wp-image-3094204\" \/><figcaption>Initial coronavirus cases were linked to a market in Wuhan, China (shown before the pandemic). But experts now doubt that\u2019s where the outbreak started. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n"],"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_market-760x450.jpg\" alt=\"Food market in Wuhan, China\" class=\"wp-image-3094204\" \/><figcaption>Initial coronavirus cases were linked to a market in Wuhan, China (shown before the pandemic). But experts now doubt that\u2019s where the outbreak started. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"January 24","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>January 24<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>January 24<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 24<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"France reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurosurveillance.org\/content\/10.2807\/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.6.2000094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the first cases in Europe<\/a>.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>France reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurosurveillance.org\/content\/10.2807\/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.6.2000094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the first cases in Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>France reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurosurveillance.org\/content\/10.2807\/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.6.2000094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the first cases in Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>France reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurosurveillance.org\/content\/10.2807\/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.6.2000094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer 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href=\"https:\/\/www.health.gov.au\/ministers\/the-hon-greg-hunt-mp\/media\/first-confirmed-case-of-novel-coronavirus-in-australia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Australia reports its first case<\/a>.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.gov.au\/ministers\/the-hon-greg-hunt-mp\/media\/first-confirmed-case-of-novel-coronavirus-in-australia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Australia reports its first case<\/a>.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.gov.au\/ministers\/the-hon-greg-hunt-mp\/media\/first-confirmed-case-of-novel-coronavirus-in-australia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Australia reports its first case<\/a>.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.gov.au\/ministers\/the-hon-greg-hunt-mp\/media\/first-confirmed-case-of-novel-coronavirus-in-australia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Australia reports its first case<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"January 30","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>January 30<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>January 30<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 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href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/first-case-coronavirus-spread-person-no-symptoms-found-germany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spread the virus before showing symptoms<\/a>.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>Scientists say an infected person <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/first-case-coronavirus-spread-person-no-symptoms-found-germany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spread the virus before showing symptoms<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"February 3","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>February 3<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>February 3<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">February 3<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-outbreak-diamond-princess-cruise-ship-death-rate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Diamond Princess<\/em> cruise ship is quarantined<\/a> in Japan. Eventually, 712 of the 3,711 people on board test positive. Through mid-March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/69\/wr\/mm6912e3.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cruise ship travelers<\/a> represent about 17 percent of known U.S. cases.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-outbreak-diamond-princess-cruise-ship-death-rate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Diamond Princess<\/em> cruise ship is quarantined<\/a> in Japan. Eventually, 712 of the 3,711 people on board test positive. Through mid-March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/69\/wr\/mm6912e3.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cruise ship travelers<\/a> represent about 17 percent of known U.S. cases.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-outbreak-diamond-princess-cruise-ship-death-rate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Diamond Princess<\/em> cruise ship is quarantined<\/a> in Japan. Eventually, 712 of the 3,711 people on board test positive. Through mid-March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/69\/wr\/mm6912e3.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cruise ship travelers<\/a> represent about 17 percent of known U.S. cases.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-outbreak-diamond-princess-cruise-ship-death-rate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Diamond Princess<\/em> cruise ship is quarantined<\/a> in Japan. Eventually, 712 of the 3,711 people on board test positive. Through mid-March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/69\/wr\/mm6912e3.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cruise ship travelers<\/a> represent about 17 percent of known U.S. cases.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"February 5","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>February 5<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>February 5<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">February 5<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/csels\/dls\/locs\/2020\/information_about_emergency_use_authorization_for_2019_novel_coronavirus_real_time_rt-pcr_diagnostic_panel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">releases<\/a> a flawed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/11\/06\/929078678\/cdc-report-officials-knew-coronavirus-test-was-flawed-but-released-it-anyway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19 diagnostic test<\/a>, delaying the country\u2019s ability to screen widely for the virus.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/csels\/dls\/locs\/2020\/information_about_emergency_use_authorization_for_2019_novel_coronavirus_real_time_rt-pcr_diagnostic_panel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">releases<\/a> a flawed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/11\/06\/929078678\/cdc-report-officials-knew-coronavirus-test-was-flawed-but-released-it-anyway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19 diagnostic test<\/a>, delaying the country\u2019s ability to screen widely for the virus.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/csels\/dls\/locs\/2020\/information_about_emergency_use_authorization_for_2019_novel_coronavirus_real_time_rt-pcr_diagnostic_panel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">releases<\/a> a flawed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/11\/06\/929078678\/cdc-report-officials-knew-coronavirus-test-was-flawed-but-released-it-anyway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19 diagnostic test<\/a>, delaying the country\u2019s ability to screen widely for the virus.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/csels\/dls\/locs\/2020\/information_about_emergency_use_authorization_for_2019_novel_coronavirus_real_time_rt-pcr_diagnostic_panel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">releases<\/a> a flawed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/11\/06\/929078678\/cdc-report-officials-knew-coronavirus-test-was-flawed-but-released-it-anyway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19 diagnostic test<\/a>, delaying the country\u2019s ability to screen widely for the virus.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/image","attrs":{"align":"wide","id":3085612,"sizeSlug":"full","blob":"","url":"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/030320_eg_coronavirus-faq-2_feat.jpg","alt":"SEM image of SARS-CoV-2","caption":"The novel coronavirus (round yellow objects in this scanning electron microscope image) was dubbed SARS-CoV-2 in February. ","lightbox":[],"title":"","href":"","rel":"","linkClass":"","width":"","height":"","aspectRatio":"","scale":"","linkDestination":"","linkTarget":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/030320_eg_coronavirus-faq-2_feat.jpg\" alt=\"SEM image of SARS-CoV-2\" class=\"wp-image-3085612\" \/><figcaption>The novel coronavirus (round yellow objects in this scanning electron microscope image) was dubbed SARS-CoV-2 in February. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","innerContent":["\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/030320_eg_coronavirus-faq-2_feat.jpg\" alt=\"SEM image of SARS-CoV-2\" class=\"wp-image-3085612\" \/><figcaption>The novel coronavirus (round yellow objects in this scanning electron microscope image) was dubbed SARS-CoV-2 in February. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n"],"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/030320_eg_coronavirus-faq-2_feat.jpg\" alt=\"SEM image of SARS-CoV-2\" class=\"wp-image-3085612\" \/><figcaption>The novel coronavirus (round yellow objects in this scanning electron microscope image) was dubbed SARS-CoV-2 in February. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"February 11","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>February 11<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>February 11<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">February 11<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"Virologists name the virus \u201csevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2,\u201d or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\/technical-guidance\/naming-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-2019)-and-the-virus-that-causes-it#:~:text=The%20International%20Committee%20on%20Taxonomy,two%20viruses%20are%20different\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SARS-CoV-2<\/a>, because it is related to the virus that caused the 2002\u20132003 SARS outbreak. The disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 is named \u201cCOVID-19.\u201d","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>Virologists name the virus \u201csevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2,\u201d or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\/technical-guidance\/naming-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-2019)-and-the-virus-that-causes-it#:~:text=The%20International%20Committee%20on%20Taxonomy,two%20viruses%20are%20different\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SARS-CoV-2<\/a>, because it is related to the virus that caused the 2002\u20132003 SARS outbreak. The disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 is named \u201cCOVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>Virologists name the virus \u201csevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2,\u201d or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\/technical-guidance\/naming-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-2019)-and-the-virus-that-causes-it#:~:text=The%20International%20Committee%20on%20Taxonomy,two%20viruses%20are%20different\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SARS-CoV-2<\/a>, because it is related to the virus that caused the 2002\u20132003 SARS outbreak. The disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 is named \u201cCOVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>Virologists name the virus \u201csevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2,\u201d or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\/technical-guidance\/naming-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-2019)-and-the-virus-that-causes-it#:~:text=The%20International%20Committee%20on%20Taxonomy,two%20viruses%20are%20different\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SARS-CoV-2<\/a>, because it is related to the virus that caused the 2002\u20132003 SARS outbreak. The disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 is named \u201cCOVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"February 14","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>February 14<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>February 14<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">February 14<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"Egypt reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afro.who.int\/news\/covid-19-cases-top-10-000-africa#:~:text=Reaching%20the%20continent%20through%20travellers,countries%20have%20reported%20cases.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Africa\u2019s first case<\/a>.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>Egypt reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afro.who.int\/news\/covid-19-cases-top-10-000-africa#:~:text=Reaching%20the%20continent%20through%20travellers,countries%20have%20reported%20cases.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Africa\u2019s first case<\/a>.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>Egypt reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afro.who.int\/news\/covid-19-cases-top-10-000-africa#:~:text=Reaching%20the%20continent%20through%20travellers,countries%20have%20reported%20cases.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Africa\u2019s first case<\/a>.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>Egypt reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afro.who.int\/news\/covid-19-cases-top-10-000-africa#:~:text=Reaching%20the%20continent%20through%20travellers,countries%20have%20reported%20cases.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Africa\u2019s first case<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"February 26","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>February 26<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>February 26<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">February 26<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"Brazil reports <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fd3d0d0120dd10f3d09bad78a4dd9539\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South America\u2019s first case<\/a>.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>Brazil reports <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fd3d0d0120dd10f3d09bad78a4dd9539\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South America\u2019s first case<\/a>.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>Brazil reports <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fd3d0d0120dd10f3d09bad78a4dd9539\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South America\u2019s first case<\/a>.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>Brazil reports <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fd3d0d0120dd10f3d09bad78a4dd9539\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South America\u2019s first case<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"March 9","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>March 9<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>March 9<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 9<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"Italy begins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/asia\/live-news\/coronavirus-outbreak-03-09-20-intl-hnk\/h_63ed4631f2c63f74f0135c0b43daa56c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a national lockdown<\/a>. Ten days later, the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/coronavirus-live-updates\/2020\/03\/19\/818423530\/italy-surpasses-chinas-coronavirus-death-toll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19 deaths<\/a> top 3,400, surpassing China\u2019s death toll.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>Italy begins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/asia\/live-news\/coronavirus-outbreak-03-09-20-intl-hnk\/h_63ed4631f2c63f74f0135c0b43daa56c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a national lockdown<\/a>. Ten days later, the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/coronavirus-live-updates\/2020\/03\/19\/818423530\/italy-surpasses-chinas-coronavirus-death-toll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19 deaths<\/a> top 3,400, surpassing China\u2019s death toll.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>Italy begins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/asia\/live-news\/coronavirus-outbreak-03-09-20-intl-hnk\/h_63ed4631f2c63f74f0135c0b43daa56c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a national lockdown<\/a>. Ten days later, the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/coronavirus-live-updates\/2020\/03\/19\/818423530\/italy-surpasses-chinas-coronavirus-death-toll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19 deaths<\/a> top 3,400, surpassing China\u2019s death toll.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>Italy begins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/asia\/live-news\/coronavirus-outbreak-03-09-20-intl-hnk\/h_63ed4631f2c63f74f0135c0b43daa56c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a national lockdown<\/a>. Ten days later, the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/coronavirus-live-updates\/2020\/03\/19\/818423530\/italy-surpasses-chinas-coronavirus-death-toll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19 deaths<\/a> top 3,400, surpassing China\u2019s death toll.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/image","attrs":{"align":"wide","id":3094203,"sizeSlug":"large","blob":"","url":"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_italy-760x450.jpg","alt":"empty street in Rome with two soldiers and two tanks on patrol","caption":"Soldiers patrolled Rome on March 9 as a national lockdown in Italy began.","lightbox":[],"title":"","href":"","rel":"","linkClass":"","width":"","height":"","aspectRatio":"","scale":"","linkDestination":"","linkTarget":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_italy-760x450.jpg\" alt=\"empty street in Rome with two soldiers and two tanks on patrol\" class=\"wp-image-3094203\" \/><figcaption>Soldiers patrolled Rome on March 9 as a national lockdown in Italy began.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","innerContent":["\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_italy-760x450.jpg\" alt=\"empty street in Rome with two soldiers and two tanks on patrol\" class=\"wp-image-3094203\" \/><figcaption>Soldiers patrolled Rome on March 9 as a national lockdown in Italy began.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n"],"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_italy-760x450.jpg\" alt=\"empty street in Rome with two soldiers and two tanks on patrol\" class=\"wp-image-3094203\" \/><figcaption>Soldiers patrolled Rome on March 9 as a national lockdown in Italy began.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"March 10","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>March 10<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>March 10<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 10<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"After a choir in Washington state meets for a practice, over 80 percent of attendees get infected, suggesting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-why-6-feet-may-not-be-enough-social-distance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">airborne transmission of the virus<\/a>.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>After a choir in Washington state meets for a practice, over 80 percent of attendees get infected, suggesting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-why-6-feet-may-not-be-enough-social-distance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">airborne transmission of the virus<\/a>.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>After a choir in Washington state meets for a practice, over 80 percent of attendees get infected, suggesting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-why-6-feet-may-not-be-enough-social-distance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">airborne transmission of the virus<\/a>.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>After a choir in Washington state meets for a practice, over 80 percent of attendees get infected, suggesting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-why-6-feet-may-not-be-enough-social-distance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">airborne transmission of the virus<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"March 11","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>March 11<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>March 11<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 11<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-outbreak-who-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WHO declares the outbreak is a pandemic<\/a>. The virus has spread to at least 114 countries, killed over 4,000 people and infected nearly 120,000.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-outbreak-who-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WHO declares the outbreak is a pandemic<\/a>. The virus has spread to at least 114 countries, killed over 4,000 people and infected nearly 120,000.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-outbreak-who-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WHO declares the outbreak is a pandemic<\/a>. The virus has spread to at least 114 countries, killed over 4,000 people and infected nearly 120,000.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-outbreak-who-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WHO declares the outbreak is a pandemic<\/a>. The virus has spread to at least 114 countries, killed over 4,000 people and infected nearly 120,000.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"March 16","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>March 16<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>March 16<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 16<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"COVID-19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/news-events\/news-releases\/nih-clinical-trial-investigational-vaccine-covid-19-begins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vaccine safety tests begin<\/a> in the United States and in China.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>COVID-19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/news-events\/news-releases\/nih-clinical-trial-investigational-vaccine-covid-19-begins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vaccine safety tests begin<\/a> in the United States and in China.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>COVID-19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/news-events\/news-releases\/nih-clinical-trial-investigational-vaccine-covid-19-begins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vaccine safety tests begin<\/a> in the United States and in China.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>COVID-19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/news-events\/news-releases\/nih-clinical-trial-investigational-vaccine-covid-19-begins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vaccine safety tests begin<\/a> in the United States and in China.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"March 17","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>March 17<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>March 17<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 17<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"Contrary to conspiracy theories, a study confirms <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-not-human-made-lab-genetic-analysis-nature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the virus was not made in or released from a lab<\/a>. Subsequent research suggests a bat is the most likely source.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>Contrary to conspiracy theories, a study confirms <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-not-human-made-lab-genetic-analysis-nature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the virus was not made in or released from a lab<\/a>. Subsequent research suggests a bat is the most likely source.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>Contrary to conspiracy theories, a study confirms <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-not-human-made-lab-genetic-analysis-nature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the virus was not made in or released from a lab<\/a>. Subsequent research suggests a bat is the most likely source.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>Contrary to conspiracy theories, a study confirms <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-not-human-made-lab-genetic-analysis-nature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the virus was not made in or released from a lab<\/a>. Subsequent research suggests a bat is the most likely source.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"March 19","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>March 19<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>March 19<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 19<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"California issues <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/69\/wr\/mm6935a2.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the first statewide stay-at-home order<\/a>.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>California issues <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/69\/wr\/mm6935a2.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the first statewide stay-at-home order<\/a>.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>California issues <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/69\/wr\/mm6935a2.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the first statewide stay-at-home order<\/a>.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>California issues <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/69\/wr\/mm6935a2.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the first statewide stay-at-home order<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"March 27","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>March 27<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>March 27<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 27<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"As the number of <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fcases-updates%2Fcases-in-us.html#trends_totalandratecases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. cases surpasses 100,000<\/a>, the United States becomes the new epicenter of the pandemic.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>As the number of <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fcases-updates%2Fcases-in-us.html#trends_totalandratecases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. cases surpasses 100,000<\/a>, the United States becomes the new epicenter of the pandemic.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>As the number of <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fcases-updates%2Fcases-in-us.html#trends_totalandratecases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. cases surpasses 100,000<\/a>, the United States becomes the new epicenter of the pandemic.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>As the number of <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fcases-updates%2Fcases-in-us.html#trends_totalandratecases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. cases surpasses 100,000<\/a>, the United States becomes the new epicenter of the pandemic.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/image","attrs":{"align":"right","id":3088853,"sizeSlug":"large","blob":"","url":"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/061520_ti_hydroxychloroquine_feat-800x450.jpg","alt":"Hydroxychloroquine tablets","caption":"Originally approved for emergency use in some COVID-19 patients, hydroxychloroquine was later found not effective, and in June the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revoked authorization for treating COVID-19 patients outside of clinical trials.","lightbox":[],"title":"","href":"","rel":"","linkClass":"","width":"","height":"","aspectRatio":"","scale":"","linkDestination":"","linkTarget":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/061520_ti_hydroxychloroquine_feat-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Hydroxychloroquine tablets\" class=\"wp-image-3088853\" \/><figcaption>Originally approved for emergency use in some COVID-19 patients, hydroxychloroquine was later found not effective, and in June the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revoked authorization for treating COVID-19 patients outside of clinical trials.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","innerContent":["\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/061520_ti_hydroxychloroquine_feat-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Hydroxychloroquine tablets\" class=\"wp-image-3088853\" \/><figcaption>Originally approved for emergency use in some COVID-19 patients, hydroxychloroquine was later found not effective, and in June the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revoked authorization for treating COVID-19 patients outside of clinical trials.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n"],"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/061520_ti_hydroxychloroquine_feat-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Hydroxychloroquine tablets\" class=\"wp-image-3088853\" \/><figcaption>Originally approved for emergency use in some COVID-19 patients, hydroxychloroquine was later found not effective, and in June the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revoked authorization for treating COVID-19 patients outside of clinical trials.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"March 28","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>March 28<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>March 28<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 28<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration grants emergency use authorization for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/coronavirus-covid-19-update-daily-roundup-march-30-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hydroxychloroquine<\/a>, an antimalaria drug, to treat some hospitalized patients.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration grants emergency use authorization for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/coronavirus-covid-19-update-daily-roundup-march-30-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hydroxychloroquine<\/a>, an antimalaria drug, to treat some hospitalized patients.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration grants emergency use authorization for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/coronavirus-covid-19-update-daily-roundup-march-30-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hydroxychloroquine<\/a>, an antimalaria drug, to treat some hospitalized patients.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration grants emergency use authorization for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/coronavirus-covid-19-update-daily-roundup-march-30-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hydroxychloroquine<\/a>, an antimalaria drug, to treat some hospitalized patients.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"April 2","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>April 2<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>April 2<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">April 2<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"Global cases <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-04-02\/the-world-just-hit-1-million-coronavirus-infections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hit 1 million<\/a>. More than 53,000 people have died.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>Global cases <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-04-02\/the-world-just-hit-1-million-coronavirus-infections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hit 1 million<\/a>. More than 53,000 people have died.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>Global cases <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-04-02\/the-world-just-hit-1-million-coronavirus-infections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hit 1 million<\/a>. More than 53,000 people have died.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>Global cases <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-04-02\/the-world-just-hit-1-million-coronavirus-infections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hit 1 million<\/a>. More than 53,000 people have died.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"April 3","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>April 3<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>April 3<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">April 3<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"With evidence mounting that the virus can spread through the air and that asymptomatic people are contagious, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-ppe-face-mask-shortages-creative-solutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CDC recommends people wear face coverings<\/a> in public.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>With evidence mounting that the virus can spread through the air and that asymptomatic people are contagious, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-ppe-face-mask-shortages-creative-solutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CDC recommends people wear face coverings<\/a> in public.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>With evidence mounting that the virus can spread through the air and that asymptomatic people are contagious, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-ppe-face-mask-shortages-creative-solutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CDC recommends people wear face coverings<\/a> in public.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>With evidence mounting that the virus can spread through the air and that asymptomatic people are contagious, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-ppe-face-mask-shortages-creative-solutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CDC recommends people wear face coverings<\/a> in public.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"April 11","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>April 11<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>April 11<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">April 11<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2020\/04\/11\/coronavirus-latest-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. death toll hits 20,000 people<\/a>, surpassing the number of deaths in Italy.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2020\/04\/11\/coronavirus-latest-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. death toll hits 20,000 people<\/a>, surpassing the number of deaths in Italy.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2020\/04\/11\/coronavirus-latest-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. death toll hits 20,000 people<\/a>, surpassing the number of deaths in Italy.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2020\/04\/11\/coronavirus-latest-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. death toll hits 20,000 people<\/a>, surpassing the number of deaths in Italy.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr 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authorization for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/covid-19-coronavirus-remdesivir-first-drug-recovery-treatment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the antiviral drug remdesivir<\/a> for severely ill patients after preliminary findings suggest the drug can shorten hospital stays.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>The FDA grants emergency use authorization for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/covid-19-coronavirus-remdesivir-first-drug-recovery-treatment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the antiviral drug remdesivir<\/a> for severely ill patients after preliminary findings suggest the drug can shorten hospital stays.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>The FDA grants emergency use authorization for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/covid-19-coronavirus-remdesivir-first-drug-recovery-treatment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the antiviral drug remdesivir<\/a> for severely ill patients after preliminary findings suggest the drug can shorten hospital stays.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>The FDA grants emergency use authorization for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/covid-19-coronavirus-remdesivir-first-drug-recovery-treatment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the antiviral drug remdesivir<\/a> for severely ill patients after preliminary findings suggest the drug can shorten hospital stays.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"May 14","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>May 14<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>May 14<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">May 14<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"The CDC sends out an advisory about cases of <a href=\"https:\/\/emergency.cdc.gov\/han\/2020\/han00432.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a multi\u00adsystem inflammatory syndrome<\/a> in children who test positive for the virus.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>The CDC sends out an advisory about cases of <a href=\"https:\/\/emergency.cdc.gov\/han\/2020\/han00432.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a multi\u00adsystem inflammatory syndrome<\/a> in children who test positive for the virus.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>The CDC sends out an advisory about cases of <a href=\"https:\/\/emergency.cdc.gov\/han\/2020\/han00432.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a multi\u00adsystem inflammatory syndrome<\/a> in children who test positive for the virus.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>The CDC sends out an advisory about cases of <a href=\"https:\/\/emergency.cdc.gov\/han\/2020\/han00432.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a multi\u00adsystem inflammatory syndrome<\/a> in children who test positive for the virus.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"June 15","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>June 15<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>June 15<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">June 15<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"The FDA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/fda-canceled-emergency-use-hydroxychloroquine-covid-19-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revokes emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine<\/a> after multiple studies show no benefit.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>The FDA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/fda-canceled-emergency-use-hydroxychloroquine-covid-19-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revokes emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine<\/a> after multiple studies show no benefit.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>The FDA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/fda-canceled-emergency-use-hydroxychloroquine-covid-19-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revokes emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine<\/a> after multiple studies show no benefit.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>The FDA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/fda-canceled-emergency-use-hydroxychloroquine-covid-19-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revokes emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine<\/a> after multiple studies show no benefit.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"June 16","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>June 16<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>June 16<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">June 16<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/steroid-dexamethasone-reduce-covid-19-coronavirus-deaths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dexamethasone<\/a>, a steroid, is the first drug found to reduce COVID-19 deaths, among people sick enough to need respiratory support.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/steroid-dexamethasone-reduce-covid-19-coronavirus-deaths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dexamethasone<\/a>, a steroid, is the first drug found to reduce COVID-19 deaths, among people sick enough to need respiratory support.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/steroid-dexamethasone-reduce-covid-19-coronavirus-deaths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dexamethasone<\/a>, a steroid, is the first drug found to reduce COVID-19 deaths, among people sick enough to need respiratory support.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/steroid-dexamethasone-reduce-covid-19-coronavirus-deaths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dexamethasone<\/a>, a steroid, is the first drug found to reduce COVID-19 deaths, among people sick enough to need respiratory support.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"June 25","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>June 25<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>June 25<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">June 25<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www1.hkexnews.hk\/listedco\/listconews\/sehk\/2020\/0629\/2020062900123.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">China approves a vaccine for use by the military<\/a>, before final safety and efficacy testing is completed.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www1.hkexnews.hk\/listedco\/listconews\/sehk\/2020\/0629\/2020062900123.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">China approves a vaccine for use by the military<\/a>, before final safety and efficacy testing is completed.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www1.hkexnews.hk\/listedco\/listconews\/sehk\/2020\/0629\/2020062900123.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">China approves a vaccine for use by the military<\/a>, before final safety and efficacy testing is completed.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www1.hkexnews.hk\/listedco\/listconews\/sehk\/2020\/0629\/2020062900123.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">China approves a vaccine for use by the military<\/a>, before final safety and efficacy testing is completed.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"June 28","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>June 28<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>June 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virus and over 500,000 have died.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"sciencenews\/content-sidebar","attrs":{"align":"wide"},"innerBlocks":[{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"textAlign":"","content":"Six months on","level":2,"levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h2>Six months on<\/h2>\n","innerContent":["\n<h2>Six months on<\/h2>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Six months on<\/h2>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"At the end of June, the changing weekly average of daily new confirmed cases in select countries and regions showed that some countries were more successful than others in controlling the coronavirus. <a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&casesMetric=true&dailyFreq=true&smoothing=7&country=USA~EuropeanUnion~CHN~KOR~ITA~BRA~ZAF&pickerMetric=location&pickerSort=asc\">Explore and compare other countries here<\/a>.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>At the end of June, the changing weekly average of daily new confirmed cases in select countries and regions showed that some countries were more successful than others in controlling the coronavirus. <a 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style=\"width:105px!important;height:16px!important;border:none!important;margin:0!important\"> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"July 10","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>July 10<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>July 10<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">July 10<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"Gilead Sciences, the maker of remdesivir, claims <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/remdesivir-covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic-gilead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the drug reduces risk of death<\/a> from COVID-19.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>Gilead Sciences, the maker of remdesivir, claims <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/remdesivir-covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic-gilead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the drug reduces risk of death<\/a> from COVID-19.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>Gilead Sciences, the maker of remdesivir, claims <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/remdesivir-covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic-gilead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the drug reduces risk of death<\/a> from COVID-19.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>Gilead Sciences, the maker of remdesivir, claims <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/remdesivir-covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic-gilead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the drug reduces risk of death<\/a> from COVID-19.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"July 27","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>July 27<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>July 27<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">July 27<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pfizer.com\/news\/press-release\/press-release-detail\/pfizer-and-biontech-choose-lead-mrna-vaccine-candidate-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pfizer<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/news-events\/news-releases\/phase-3-clinical-trial-investigational-vaccine-covid-19-begins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moderna<\/a> begin recruiting tens of thousands of volunteers for late-phase clinical trials of their vaccines.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pfizer.com\/news\/press-release\/press-release-detail\/pfizer-and-biontech-choose-lead-mrna-vaccine-candidate-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pfizer<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/news-events\/news-releases\/phase-3-clinical-trial-investigational-vaccine-covid-19-begins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moderna<\/a> begin recruiting tens of thousands of volunteers for late-phase clinical trials of their vaccines.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pfizer.com\/news\/press-release\/press-release-detail\/pfizer-and-biontech-choose-lead-mrna-vaccine-candidate-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pfizer<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/news-events\/news-releases\/phase-3-clinical-trial-investigational-vaccine-covid-19-begins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moderna<\/a> begin recruiting tens of thousands of volunteers for late-phase clinical trials of their vaccines.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pfizer.com\/news\/press-release\/press-release-detail\/pfizer-and-biontech-choose-lead-mrna-vaccine-candidate-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pfizer<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/news-events\/news-releases\/phase-3-clinical-trial-investigational-vaccine-covid-19-begins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moderna<\/a> begin recruiting tens of thousands of volunteers for late-phase clinical trials of their vaccines.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"August 11","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>August 11<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>August 11<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">August 11<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that a vaccine dubbed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-russia-vaccine-testing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sputnik V<\/a> will be available to the general public, even though all phases of testing are not yet completed.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that a vaccine dubbed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-russia-vaccine-testing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sputnik V<\/a> will be available to the general public, even though all phases of testing are not yet completed.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that a vaccine dubbed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-russia-vaccine-testing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sputnik V<\/a> will be available to the general public, even though all phases of testing are not yet completed.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that a vaccine dubbed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-russia-vaccine-testing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sputnik V<\/a> will be available to the general public, even though all phases of testing are not yet completed.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"August 17","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>August 17<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>August 17<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">August 17<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"A week into the fall semester, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announces all undergraduate classes will move online because of high infection rates on campus.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>A week into the fall semester, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announces all undergraduate classes will move online because of high infection rates on campus.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>A week into the fall semester, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announces all undergraduate classes will move online because of high infection rates on campus.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>A week into the fall semester, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announces all undergraduate classes will move online because of high infection rates on campus.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"August 23","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>August 23<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>August 23<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">August 23<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"The FDA grants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-patient-convalescent-plasma-treatment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emergency use authorization for convalescent plasma<\/a> to treat hospitalized patients, despite a lack of clinical trials assessing whether blood from recovered patients actually helps fight the disease.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>The FDA grants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-patient-convalescent-plasma-treatment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emergency use authorization for convalescent plasma<\/a> to treat hospitalized patients, despite a lack of clinical trials assessing whether blood from recovered patients actually helps fight the disease.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>The FDA grants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-patient-convalescent-plasma-treatment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emergency use authorization for convalescent plasma<\/a> to treat hospitalized patients, despite a lack of clinical trials assessing whether blood from recovered patients actually helps fight the disease.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>The FDA grants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-patient-convalescent-plasma-treatment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emergency use authorization for convalescent plasma<\/a> to treat hospitalized patients, despite a lack of clinical trials assessing whether blood from recovered patients actually helps fight the disease.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"August 25","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>August 25<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>August 25<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">August 25<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"The first report of a person being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-first-case-reinfection-man-hong-kong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reinfected with the virus<\/a> raises concerns about how long immunity lasts.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>The first report of a person being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-first-case-reinfection-man-hong-kong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reinfected with the virus<\/a> raises concerns about how long immunity lasts.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>The first report of a person being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-first-case-reinfection-man-hong-kong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reinfected with the virus<\/a> raises concerns about how long immunity lasts.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>The first report of a person being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-first-case-reinfection-man-hong-kong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reinfected with the virus<\/a> raises concerns about how long immunity lasts.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"September 28","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>September 28<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>September 28<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">September 28<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"More than 1 million people have died from COVID-19; over 40 percent of deaths have occurred in the United States, Brazil and India.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>More than 1 million people have died from COVID-19; over 40 percent of deaths have occurred in the United States, Brazil and India.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>More than 1 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2<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>October 2<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">October 2<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realdonaldtrump\/status\/1311892190680014849\" target=\"_blank\">President Donald Trump tweets that he is infected<\/a>, becoming the latest in a series of world leaders to get COVID-19. He is later hospitalized and receives remdesivir, dexamethasone and an experimental antibody treatment.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realdonaldtrump\/status\/1311892190680014849\" target=\"_blank\">President Donald Trump tweets that he is infected<\/a>, becoming the latest in a series of world leaders to get COVID-19. He is later hospitalized and receives remdesivir, dexamethasone and an experimental antibody treatment.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realdonaldtrump\/status\/1311892190680014849\" target=\"_blank\">President Donald Trump tweets that he is infected<\/a>, becoming the latest in a series of world leaders to get COVID-19. He is later hospitalized and receives remdesivir, dexamethasone and an experimental antibody treatment.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realdonaldtrump\/status\/1311892190680014849\" target=\"_blank\">President Donald Trump tweets that he is infected<\/a>, becoming the latest in a series of world leaders to get COVID-19. He is later hospitalized and receives remdesivir, dexamethasone and an experimental antibody treatment.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/image","attrs":{"align":"wide","id":3094201,"sizeSlug":"large","blob":"","url":"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_trump-760x450.jpg","alt":"Donald Trump wearing a surgical mask giving a thumbs-up","caption":"President Donald Trump left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., on October 5 after receiving treatment for COVID-19.","lightbox":[],"title":"","href":"","rel":"","linkClass":"","width":"","height":"","aspectRatio":"","scale":"","linkDestination":"","linkTarget":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_trump-760x450.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump wearing a surgical mask giving a thumbs-up\" class=\"wp-image-3094201\" \/><figcaption>President Donald Trump left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., on October 5 after receiving treatment for COVID-19.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","innerContent":["\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_trump-760x450.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump wearing a surgical mask giving a thumbs-up\" class=\"wp-image-3094201\" \/><figcaption>President Donald Trump left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., on October 5 after receiving treatment for COVID-19.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n"],"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_trump-760x450.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump wearing a surgical mask giving a thumbs-up\" class=\"wp-image-3094201\" \/><figcaption>President Donald Trump left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., on October 5 after receiving treatment for COVID-19.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"October 22","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>October 22<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>October 22<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">October 22<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"Remdesivir becomes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/fda-approves-first-treatment-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the first drug to win full FDA approval<\/a> for treating COVID-19. A week earlier, however, a WHO study found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/covid-19-coronavirus-remdesivir-who-hydroxychloroquine-interferon-lopinavir-solidarity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the drug does not reduce COVID-19 deaths<\/a>, countering the drugmaker\u2019s earlier claim.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>Remdesivir becomes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/fda-approves-first-treatment-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the first drug to win full FDA approval<\/a> for treating COVID-19. A week earlier, however, a WHO study found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/covid-19-coronavirus-remdesivir-who-hydroxychloroquine-interferon-lopinavir-solidarity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the drug does not reduce COVID-19 deaths<\/a>, countering the drugmaker\u2019s earlier claim.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>Remdesivir becomes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/fda-approves-first-treatment-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the first drug to win full FDA approval<\/a> for treating COVID-19. A week earlier, however, a WHO study found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/covid-19-coronavirus-remdesivir-who-hydroxychloroquine-interferon-lopinavir-solidarity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the drug does not reduce COVID-19 deaths<\/a>, countering the drugmaker\u2019s earlier claim.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>Remdesivir becomes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/fda-approves-first-treatment-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the first drug to win full FDA approval<\/a> for treating COVID-19. A week earlier, however, a WHO study found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/covid-19-coronavirus-remdesivir-who-hydroxychloroquine-interferon-lopinavir-solidarity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the drug does not reduce COVID-19 deaths<\/a>, countering the drugmaker\u2019s earlier claim.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"October 23","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>October 23<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>October 23<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">October 23<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"Researchers report that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/69\/wr\/mm6942e1.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hispanic and Black residents are disproportionately represented<\/a> among U.S. COVID-19 deaths. From May through August, Hispanic or Latino people accounted for 24.2 percent of the total deaths. Non-Hispanic Black people accounted for 18.7 percent of the deaths.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>Researchers report that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/69\/wr\/mm6942e1.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hispanic and Black residents are disproportionately represented<\/a> among U.S. COVID-19 deaths. From May through August, Hispanic or Latino people accounted for 24.2 percent of the total deaths. Non-Hispanic Black people accounted for 18.7 percent of the deaths.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>Researchers report that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/69\/wr\/mm6942e1.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hispanic and Black residents are disproportionately represented<\/a> among U.S. COVID-19 deaths. From May through August, Hispanic or Latino people accounted for 24.2 percent of the total deaths. Non-Hispanic Black people accounted for 18.7 percent of the deaths.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>Researchers report that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/69\/wr\/mm6942e1.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hispanic and Black residents are disproportionately represented<\/a> among U.S. COVID-19 deaths. From May through August, Hispanic or Latino people accounted for 24.2 percent of the total deaths. Non-Hispanic Black people accounted for 18.7 percent of the deaths.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"November 9","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>November 9<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>November 9<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">November 9<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"Based on preliminary data, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-pfizer-effective-early-trial-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pfizer says its vaccine appears to be 90 percent effective<\/a> at preventing people from getting sick from the coronavirus. Subsequent findings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid19-vaccine-pfizer-biontech-final-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suggest 95 percent effectiveness<\/a>.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>Based on preliminary data, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-pfizer-effective-early-trial-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pfizer says its vaccine appears to be 90 percent effective<\/a> at preventing people from getting sick from the coronavirus. Subsequent findings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid19-vaccine-pfizer-biontech-final-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suggest 95 percent effectiveness<\/a>.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>Based on preliminary data, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-pfizer-effective-early-trial-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pfizer says its vaccine appears to be 90 percent effective<\/a> at preventing people from getting sick from the coronavirus. Subsequent findings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid19-vaccine-pfizer-biontech-final-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suggest 95 percent effectiveness<\/a>.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>Based on preliminary data, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-pfizer-effective-early-trial-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pfizer says its vaccine appears to be 90 percent effective<\/a> at preventing people from getting sick from the coronavirus. Subsequent findings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid19-vaccine-pfizer-biontech-final-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suggest 95 percent effectiveness<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"The FDA grants emergency use authorization for <a href=\"https:\/\/investor.lilly.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/lillys-neutralizing-antibody-bamlanivimab-ly-cov555-receives-fda\">Eli Lilly\u2019s monoclonal antibody therapy<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/covid-19-coronavirus-antibodies-lab-treatment-immune-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lab-made antibodies<\/a> may keep virus levels low in newly infected people and prevent hospitalizations.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>The FDA grants emergency use authorization for <a href=\"https:\/\/investor.lilly.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/lillys-neutralizing-antibody-bamlanivimab-ly-cov555-receives-fda\">Eli Lilly\u2019s monoclonal antibody therapy<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/covid-19-coronavirus-antibodies-lab-treatment-immune-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lab-made antibodies<\/a> may keep virus levels low in newly infected people and prevent hospitalizations.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>The FDA grants emergency use authorization for <a href=\"https:\/\/investor.lilly.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/lillys-neutralizing-antibody-bamlanivimab-ly-cov555-receives-fda\">Eli Lilly\u2019s monoclonal antibody therapy<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/covid-19-coronavirus-antibodies-lab-treatment-immune-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lab-made antibodies<\/a> may keep virus levels low in newly infected people and prevent hospitalizations.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>The FDA grants emergency use authorization for <a href=\"https:\/\/investor.lilly.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/lillys-neutralizing-antibody-bamlanivimab-ly-cov555-receives-fda\">Eli Lilly\u2019s monoclonal antibody therapy<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/covid-19-coronavirus-antibodies-lab-treatment-immune-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lab-made antibodies<\/a> may keep virus levels low in newly infected people and prevent hospitalizations.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/image","attrs":{"align":"wide","id":3094200,"sizeSlug":"large","blob":"","url":"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_testing-line-760x450.jpg","alt":"lines of cars lined up for COVID testing","caption":"With COVID-19 cases surging across the United States, people in El Paso, Texas, lined up for drive-through testing on November 9.","lightbox":[],"title":"","href":"","rel":"","linkClass":"","width":"","height":"","aspectRatio":"","scale":"","linkDestination":"","linkTarget":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_testing-line-760x450.jpg\" alt=\"lines of cars lined up for COVID testing\" class=\"wp-image-3094200\" \/><figcaption>With COVID-19 cases surging across the United States, people in El Paso, Texas, lined up for drive-through testing on November 9.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","innerContent":["\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_testing-line-760x450.jpg\" alt=\"lines of cars lined up for COVID testing\" class=\"wp-image-3094200\" \/><figcaption>With COVID-19 cases surging across the United States, people in El Paso, Texas, lined up for drive-through testing on November 9.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n"],"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_testing-line-760x450.jpg\" alt=\"lines of cars lined up for COVID testing\" class=\"wp-image-3094200\" \/><figcaption>With COVID-19 cases surging across the United States, people in El Paso, Texas, lined up for drive-through testing on November 9.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"November 16","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>November 16<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>November 16<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">November 16<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"Moderna says its vaccine is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/moderna-vaccine-covid19-coronavirus-early-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">95 percent effective<\/a>.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>Moderna says its vaccine is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/moderna-vaccine-covid19-coronavirus-early-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">95 percent effective<\/a>.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>Moderna says its vaccine is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/moderna-vaccine-covid19-coronavirus-early-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">95 percent effective<\/a>.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>Moderna says its vaccine is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/moderna-vaccine-covid19-coronavirus-early-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">95 percent effective<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"November 20","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>November 20<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>November 20<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">November 20<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pfizer.com\/news\/press-release\/press-release-detail\/pfizer-and-biontech-submit-emergency-use-authorization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pfizer seeks emergency FDA approval<\/a> for its vaccine. Ten days later, <a href=\"https:\/\/investors.modernatx.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/moderna-announces-primary-efficacy-analysis-phase-3-cove-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moderna requests the same<\/a>.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pfizer.com\/news\/press-release\/press-release-detail\/pfizer-and-biontech-submit-emergency-use-authorization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pfizer seeks emergency FDA approval<\/a> for its vaccine. Ten days later, <a href=\"https:\/\/investors.modernatx.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/moderna-announces-primary-efficacy-analysis-phase-3-cove-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moderna requests the same<\/a>.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pfizer.com\/news\/press-release\/press-release-detail\/pfizer-and-biontech-submit-emergency-use-authorization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pfizer seeks emergency FDA approval<\/a> for its vaccine. Ten days later, <a href=\"https:\/\/investors.modernatx.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/moderna-announces-primary-efficacy-analysis-phase-3-cove-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moderna requests the same<\/a>.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pfizer.com\/news\/press-release\/press-release-detail\/pfizer-and-biontech-submit-emergency-use-authorization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pfizer seeks emergency FDA approval<\/a> for its vaccine. Ten days later, <a href=\"https:\/\/investors.modernatx.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/moderna-announces-primary-efficacy-analysis-phase-3-cove-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moderna requests the same<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"November 23","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>November 23<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>November 23<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">November 23<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"AstraZeneca reports its vaccine is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-oxford-astrazeneca-vaccine-effective\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">62 to 90 percent effective<\/a>.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>AstraZeneca reports its vaccine is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-oxford-astrazeneca-vaccine-effective\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">62 to 90 percent effective<\/a>.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>AstraZeneca reports its vaccine is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-oxford-astrazeneca-vaccine-effective\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">62 to 90 percent effective<\/a>.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>AstraZeneca reports its vaccine is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-oxford-astrazeneca-vaccine-effective\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">62 to 90 percent effective<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"December 2","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>December 2<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>December 2<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">December 2<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-pfizer-uk-first-approval\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United Kingdom clears Pfizer\u2019s vaccine<\/a> for emergency use.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-pfizer-uk-first-approval\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United Kingdom clears Pfizer\u2019s vaccine<\/a> for emergency use.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-pfizer-uk-first-approval\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United Kingdom clears Pfizer\u2019s vaccine<\/a> for emergency use.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-pfizer-uk-first-approval\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United Kingdom clears Pfizer\u2019s vaccine<\/a> for emergency use.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/separator","attrs":{"opacity":"alpha-channel","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","gradient":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","innerContent":["\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"],"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/heading","attrs":{"level":3,"textAlign":"","content":"December 10","levelOptions":[],"placeholder":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<h3>December 10<\/h3>\n","innerContent":["\n<h3>December 10<\/h3>\n"],"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">December 10<\/h3>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"An advisory committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/covid-19-coronavirus-pfizer-vaccine-fda-advisory-committee-emergency-use\">recommends that the FDA grant emergency use authorization<\/a> of Pfizer\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine. ","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>An advisory committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/covid-19-coronavirus-pfizer-vaccine-fda-advisory-committee-emergency-use\">recommends that the FDA grant emergency use authorization<\/a> of Pfizer\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine. <\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>An advisory committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/covid-19-coronavirus-pfizer-vaccine-fda-advisory-committee-emergency-use\">recommends that the FDA grant emergency use authorization<\/a> of Pfizer\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine. <\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>An advisory committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/covid-19-coronavirus-pfizer-vaccine-fda-advisory-committee-emergency-use\">recommends that the FDA grant emergency use authorization<\/a> of Pfizer\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine. <\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":{"align":"","content":"Global cases stand at more than 69 million, with more than 1.5 million deaths.","dropCap":false,"placeholder":"","direction":"","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>Global cases stand at more than 69 million, with more than 1.5 million deaths.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>Global cases stand at more than 69 million, with more than 1.5 million deaths.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>Global cases stand at more than 69 million, with more than 1.5 million deaths.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"sciencenews\/house-ads","attrs":{"form":"newsletter-subscribe","lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":""},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"","innerContent":[],"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wrapper wp-block-house-ads wp-block-newsletter-subscribe\">\n\t\n<picture>\n\t<source\n\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/themes\/sciencenews\/client\/src\/images\/cta-module@1x.jpg 1x,\n\t\t\t\thttps:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/themes\/sciencenews\/client\/src\/images\/cta-module@2x.jpg 2x\"\n\t\tmedia=\"(min-width: 768px)\"\n\t>\n\t<source\n\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/themes\/sciencenews\/client\/src\/images\/cta-module-sm@1x.jpg 1x,\n\t\t\t\thttps:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/themes\/sciencenews\/client\/src\/images\/cta-module-sm@2x.jpg 2x\"\n\t>\n\t<img\n\t\tclass=\"background\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/themes\/sciencenews\/client\/src\/images\/cta-module-sm@2x.jpg\"\n\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\/>\n<\/picture>\n\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<h3\t\t\tclass=\"heading\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\tTrustworthy journalism comes at a price.\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"message\">\n\t\t\t<p>Scientists and journalists share a core belief in questioning, observing and verifying to reach the truth. Science News reports on crucial research and discovery across science disciplines. We need your financial support to make it happen \u2013 every contribution makes a difference.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<a\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/subscribe1?key=9MTRUST&utm_source=cta&utm_medium=story&utm_campaign=trustworthy_journalism\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"link __sn_ga-subscribe-cta __sn_ga-subscribe-cta--post\"\n\t\t>Subscribe or Donate Now<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n"}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_diamondprincess.jpg?fit=1440%2C810&ssl=1","sn_app_content":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-medium-font-size\">Few people noticed on New Year\u2019s Eve last year when China reported a mystery illness to the World Health Organization. But soon, the never-before-seen coronavirus responsible for the disease was infiltrating the rest of the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we prepare to enter the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, <em>Science News<\/em> looks back on how the disease took over 2020 and how society attempted to fight back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">December 31, 2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>China notifies the World Health Organization about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/csr\/don\/05-january-2020-pneumonia-of-unkown-cause-china\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a cluster of pneumonia cases<\/a> of unknown cause in Wuhan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 9, 2020<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The WHO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/china\/news\/detail\/09-01-2020-who-statement-regarding-cluster-of-pneumonia-cases-in-wuhan-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announces a novel coronavirus<\/a> is the cause of the pneumonia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 10<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientists release <a href=\"https:\/\/virological.org\/t\/novel-2019-coronavirus-genome\/319\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the virus\u2019s complete genetic blueprint<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 13<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/13-01-2020-who-statement-on-novel-coronavirus-in-thailand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thailand reports<\/a> the first known novel coronavirus infection outside of China. Within a week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/docs\/default-source\/coronaviruse\/situation-reports\/20200121-sitrep-1-2019-ncov.pdf?sfvrsn=20a99c10_4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Japan and South Korea report cases<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 21<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/media\/releases\/2020\/p0121-novel-coronavirus-travel-case.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first U.S. infection<\/a> is reported in the state of Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientists announce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/first-case-new-wuhan-coronavirus-confirmed-united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the virus can spread person-to-person<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 23<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/bulletin\/volumes\/98\/7\/20-254045\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wuhan goes into lockdown<\/a> to stem the virus\u2019 spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_market.jpg?resize=760%2C450&ssl=1\" alt=\"Food market in Wuhan, China\" class=\"wp-image-3094204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_market.jpg?resize=760%2C450&ssl=1 760w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_market.jpg?resize=647%2C383&ssl=1 647w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_market.jpg?resize=314%2C186&ssl=1 314w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_market.jpg?resize=768%2C455&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_market.jpg?resize=979%2C580&ssl=1 979w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_market.jpg?w=1030&ssl=1 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption wp-caption-3094204\">Initial coronavirus cases were linked to a market in Wuhan, China (shown before the pandemic). But experts now doubt that\u2019s where the outbreak started. <\/span><span class=\"credit wp-credit-3094204\">Imaginechina Limited\/Alamy Stock Photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 24<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>France reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurosurveillance.org\/content\/10.2807\/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.6.2000094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the first cases in Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 25<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.gov.au\/ministers\/the-hon-greg-hunt-mp\/media\/first-confirmed-case-of-novel-coronavirus-in-australia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Australia reports its first case<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 30<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientists say an infected person <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/first-case-coronavirus-spread-person-no-symptoms-found-germany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spread the virus before showing symptoms<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">February 3<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-outbreak-diamond-princess-cruise-ship-death-rate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Diamond Princess<\/em> cruise ship is quarantined<\/a> in Japan. Eventually, 712 of the 3,711 people on board test positive. Through mid-March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/69\/wr\/mm6912e3.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cruise ship travelers<\/a> represent about 17 percent of known U.S. cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">February 5<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/csels\/dls\/locs\/2020\/information_about_emergency_use_authorization_for_2019_novel_coronavirus_real_time_rt-pcr_diagnostic_panel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">releases<\/a> a flawed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/11\/06\/929078678\/cdc-report-officials-knew-coronavirus-test-was-flawed-but-released-it-anyway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19 diagnostic test<\/a>, delaying the country\u2019s ability to screen widely for the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/030320_eg_coronavirus-faq-2_feat.jpg?resize=1030%2C580&ssl=1\" alt=\"SEM image of SARS-CoV-2\" class=\"wp-image-3085612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/030320_eg_coronavirus-faq-2_feat.jpg?w=1030&ssl=1 1030w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/030320_eg_coronavirus-faq-2_feat.jpg?resize=680%2C383&ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/030320_eg_coronavirus-faq-2_feat.jpg?resize=800%2C450&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/030320_eg_coronavirus-faq-2_feat.jpg?resize=330%2C186&ssl=1 330w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/030320_eg_coronavirus-faq-2_feat.jpg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/030320_eg_coronavirus-faq-2_feat.jpg?resize=1028%2C579&ssl=1 1028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption wp-caption-3085612\">The novel coronavirus (round yellow objects in this scanning electron microscope image) was dubbed SARS-CoV-2 in February. <\/span><span class=\"credit wp-credit-3085612\">NIAID-RML<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">February 11<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Virologists name the virus \u201csevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2,\u201d or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\/technical-guidance\/naming-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-2019)-and-the-virus-that-causes-it#:~:text=The%20International%20Committee%20on%20Taxonomy,two%20viruses%20are%20different\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SARS-CoV-2<\/a>, because it is related to the virus that caused the 2002\u20132003 SARS outbreak. The disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 is named \u201cCOVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">February 14<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Egypt reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afro.who.int\/news\/covid-19-cases-top-10-000-africa#:~:text=Reaching%20the%20continent%20through%20travellers,countries%20have%20reported%20cases.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Africa\u2019s first case<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">February 26<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Brazil reports <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fd3d0d0120dd10f3d09bad78a4dd9539\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South America\u2019s first case<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 9<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Italy begins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/asia\/live-news\/coronavirus-outbreak-03-09-20-intl-hnk\/h_63ed4631f2c63f74f0135c0b43daa56c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a national lockdown<\/a>. Ten days later, the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/coronavirus-live-updates\/2020\/03\/19\/818423530\/italy-surpasses-chinas-coronavirus-death-toll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19 deaths<\/a> top 3,400, surpassing China\u2019s death toll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_italy.jpg?resize=760%2C450&ssl=1\" alt=\"empty street in Rome with two soldiers and two tanks on patrol\" class=\"wp-image-3094203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_italy.jpg?resize=760%2C450&ssl=1 760w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_italy.jpg?resize=647%2C383&ssl=1 647w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_italy.jpg?resize=314%2C186&ssl=1 314w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_italy.jpg?resize=768%2C455&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_italy.jpg?resize=979%2C580&ssl=1 979w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_italy.jpg?w=1030&ssl=1 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption wp-caption-3094203\">Soldiers patrolled Rome on March 9 as a national lockdown in Italy began.<\/span><span class=\"credit wp-credit-3094203\">Giuseppe Fama\/Pacific Press\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 10<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After a choir in Washington state meets for a practice, over 80 percent of attendees get infected, suggesting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-why-6-feet-may-not-be-enough-social-distance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">airborne transmission of the virus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 11<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-outbreak-who-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WHO declares the outbreak is a pandemic<\/a>. The virus has spread to at least 114 countries, killed over 4,000 people and infected nearly 120,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 16<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>COVID-19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/news-events\/news-releases\/nih-clinical-trial-investigational-vaccine-covid-19-begins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vaccine safety tests begin<\/a> in the United States and in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 17<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Contrary to conspiracy theories, a study confirms <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-not-human-made-lab-genetic-analysis-nature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the virus was not made in or released from a lab<\/a>. Subsequent research suggests a bat is the most likely source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 19<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>California issues <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/69\/wr\/mm6935a2.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the first statewide stay-at-home order<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 27<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As the number of <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fcases-updates%2Fcases-in-us.html#trends_totalandratecases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. cases surpasses 100,000<\/a>, the United States becomes the new epicenter of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/061520_ti_hydroxychloroquine_feat.jpg?resize=800%2C450&ssl=1\" alt=\"Hydroxychloroquine tablets\" class=\"wp-image-3088853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/061520_ti_hydroxychloroquine_feat.jpg?resize=800%2C450&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/061520_ti_hydroxychloroquine_feat.jpg?resize=680%2C383&ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/061520_ti_hydroxychloroquine_feat.jpg?resize=330%2C186&ssl=1 330w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/061520_ti_hydroxychloroquine_feat.jpg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/061520_ti_hydroxychloroquine_feat.jpg?resize=1028%2C579&ssl=1 1028w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/061520_ti_hydroxychloroquine_feat.jpg?w=1030&ssl=1 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption wp-caption-3088853\">Originally approved for emergency use in some COVID-19 patients, hydroxychloroquine was later found not effective, and in June the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revoked authorization for treating COVID-19 patients outside of clinical trials.<\/span><span class=\"credit wp-credit-3088853\">amlanmathur\/iStock\/Getty Images Plus<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 28<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration grants emergency use authorization for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/coronavirus-covid-19-update-daily-roundup-march-30-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hydroxychloroquine<\/a>, an antimalaria drug, to treat some hospitalized patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">April 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Global cases <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-04-02\/the-world-just-hit-1-million-coronavirus-infections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hit 1 million<\/a>. More than 53,000 people have died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">April 3<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With evidence mounting that the virus can spread through the air and that asymptomatic people are contagious, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-ppe-face-mask-shortages-creative-solutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CDC recommends people wear face coverings<\/a> in public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">April 11<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2020\/04\/11\/coronavirus-latest-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. death toll hits 20,000 people<\/a>, surpassing the number of deaths in Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">April 28<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. cases reach 1 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_massgrave.jpg?resize=760%2C450&ssl=1\" alt=\"five people wearing masks surround a hole for a grave\" class=\"wp-image-3094199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_massgrave.jpg?resize=760%2C450&ssl=1 760w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_massgrave.jpg?resize=647%2C383&ssl=1 647w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_massgrave.jpg?resize=314%2C186&ssl=1 314w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_massgrave.jpg?resize=768%2C455&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_massgrave.jpg?resize=979%2C580&ssl=1 979w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_massgrave.jpg?w=1030&ssl=1 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption wp-caption-3094199\">In May, cemetery workers buried the remains of people unclaimed by relatives in Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez, Mexico. The country still has one of the world\u2019s highest COVID-19 mortality rates. <\/span><span class=\"credit wp-credit-3094199\">David Peinado\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">May 1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The FDA grants emergency use authorization for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/covid-19-coronavirus-remdesivir-first-drug-recovery-treatment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the antiviral drug remdesivir<\/a> for severely ill patients after preliminary findings suggest the drug can shorten hospital stays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">May 14<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The CDC sends out an advisory about cases of <a href=\"https:\/\/emergency.cdc.gov\/han\/2020\/han00432.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a multi\u00adsystem inflammatory syndrome<\/a> in children who test positive for the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">June 15<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The FDA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/fda-canceled-emergency-use-hydroxychloroquine-covid-19-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revokes emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine<\/a> after multiple studies show no benefit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">June 16<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/steroid-dexamethasone-reduce-covid-19-coronavirus-deaths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dexamethasone<\/a>, a steroid, is the first drug found to reduce COVID-19 deaths, among people sick enough to need respiratory support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">June 25<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www1.hkexnews.hk\/listedco\/listconews\/sehk\/2020\/0629\/2020062900123.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">China approves a vaccine for use by the military<\/a>, before final safety and efficacy testing is completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">June 28<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Less than six months after the disease is named, more than 10 million people worldwide have been infected with the virus and over 500,000 have died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-sciencenews-content-sidebar alignwide\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Six months on<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of June, the changing weekly average of daily new confirmed cases in select countries and regions showed that some countries were more successful than others in controlling the coronavirus. <a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&casesMetric=true&dailyFreq=true&smoothing=7&country=USA~EuropeanUnion~CHN~KOR~ITA~BRA~ZAF&pickerMetric=location&pickerSort=asc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Explore and compare other countries here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/3031568\/embed\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\"><\/iframe><div style=\"width:100%!;margin-top:4px!important;text-align:right!important\"><a class=\"flourish-credit\" href=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/3031568\/?utm_source=embed&utm_campaign=visualisation\/3031568\" target=\"_top\" style=\"text-decoration:none!important\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Made with Flourish\" src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/made_with_flourish.svg\" style=\"width:105px!important;height:16px!important;border:none!important;margin:0!important\"> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">July 10<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Gilead Sciences, the maker of remdesivir, claims <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/remdesivir-covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic-gilead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the drug reduces risk of death<\/a> from COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">July 27<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pfizer.com\/news\/press-release\/press-release-detail\/pfizer-and-biontech-choose-lead-mrna-vaccine-candidate-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pfizer<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/news-events\/news-releases\/phase-3-clinical-trial-investigational-vaccine-covid-19-begins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moderna<\/a> begin recruiting tens of thousands of volunteers for late-phase clinical trials of their vaccines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">August 11<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that a vaccine dubbed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-russia-vaccine-testing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sputnik V<\/a> will be available to the general public, even though all phases of testing are not yet completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">August 17<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A week into the fall semester, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announces all undergraduate classes will move online because of high infection rates on campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">August 23<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The FDA grants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-patient-convalescent-plasma-treatment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emergency use authorization for convalescent plasma<\/a> to treat hospitalized patients, despite a lack of clinical trials assessing whether blood from recovered patients actually helps fight the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">August 25<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The first report of a person being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-first-case-reinfection-man-hong-kong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reinfected with the virus<\/a> raises concerns about how long immunity lasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">September 28<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 1 million people have died from COVID-19; over 40 percent of deaths have occurred in the United States, Brazil and India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">October 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realdonaldtrump\/status\/1311892190680014849\" target=\"_blank\">President Donald Trump tweets that he is infected<\/a>, becoming the latest in a series of world leaders to get COVID-19. He is later hospitalized and receives remdesivir, dexamethasone and an experimental antibody treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_trump.jpg?resize=760%2C450&ssl=1\" alt=\"Donald Trump wearing a surgical mask giving a thumbs-up\" class=\"wp-image-3094201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_trump.jpg?resize=760%2C450&ssl=1 760w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_trump.jpg?resize=647%2C383&ssl=1 647w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_trump.jpg?resize=314%2C186&ssl=1 314w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_trump.jpg?resize=768%2C455&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_trump.jpg?resize=979%2C580&ssl=1 979w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_trump.jpg?w=1030&ssl=1 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption wp-caption-3094201\">President Donald Trump left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., on October 5 after receiving treatment for COVID-19.<\/span><span class=\"credit wp-credit-3094201\">SAUL LOEB\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">October 22<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Remdesivir becomes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/fda-approves-first-treatment-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the first drug to win full FDA approval<\/a> for treating COVID-19. A week earlier, however, a WHO study found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/covid-19-coronavirus-remdesivir-who-hydroxychloroquine-interferon-lopinavir-solidarity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the drug does not reduce COVID-19 deaths<\/a>, countering the drugmaker\u2019s earlier claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">October 23<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers report that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/69\/wr\/mm6942e1.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hispanic and Black residents are disproportionately represented<\/a> among U.S. COVID-19 deaths. From May through August, Hispanic or Latino people accounted for 24.2 percent of the total deaths. Non-Hispanic Black people accounted for 18.7 percent of the deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">November 9<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on preliminary data, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-pfizer-effective-early-trial-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pfizer says its vaccine appears to be 90 percent effective<\/a> at preventing people from getting sick from the coronavirus. Subsequent findings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid19-vaccine-pfizer-biontech-final-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suggest 95 percent effectiveness<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FDA grants emergency use authorization for <a href=\"https:\/\/investor.lilly.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/lillys-neutralizing-antibody-bamlanivimab-ly-cov555-receives-fda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eli Lilly\u2019s monoclonal antibody therapy<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/covid-19-coronavirus-antibodies-lab-treatment-immune-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lab-made antibodies<\/a> may keep virus levels low in newly infected people and prevent hospitalizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_testing-line.jpg?resize=760%2C450&ssl=1\" alt=\"lines of cars lined up for COVID testing\" class=\"wp-image-3094200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_testing-line.jpg?resize=760%2C450&ssl=1 760w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_testing-line.jpg?resize=647%2C383&ssl=1 647w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_testing-line.jpg?resize=314%2C186&ssl=1 314w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_testing-line.jpg?resize=768%2C455&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_testing-line.jpg?resize=979%2C580&ssl=1 979w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/121920_ye_covid-timeline_testing-line.jpg?w=1030&ssl=1 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption wp-caption-3094200\">With COVID-19 cases surging across the United States, people in El Paso, Texas, lined up for drive-through testing on November 9.<\/span><span class=\"credit wp-credit-3094200\">Joel Angel Juarez\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">November 16<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Moderna says its vaccine is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/moderna-vaccine-covid19-coronavirus-early-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">95 percent effective<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">November 20<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pfizer.com\/news\/press-release\/press-release-detail\/pfizer-and-biontech-submit-emergency-use-authorization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pfizer seeks emergency FDA approval<\/a> for its vaccine. Ten days later, <a href=\"https:\/\/investors.modernatx.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/moderna-announces-primary-efficacy-analysis-phase-3-cove-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moderna requests the same<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">November 23<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>AstraZeneca reports its vaccine is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-oxford-astrazeneca-vaccine-effective\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">62 to 90 percent effective<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">December 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-pfizer-uk-first-approval\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United Kingdom clears Pfizer\u2019s vaccine<\/a> for emergency use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">December 10<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An advisory committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/covid-19-coronavirus-pfizer-vaccine-fda-advisory-committee-emergency-use\">recommends that the FDA grant emergency use authorization<\/a> of Pfizer\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Global cases stand at more than 69 million, with more than 1.5 million deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wrapper wp-block-house-ads wp-block-newsletter-subscribe\">\n\t\n<picture>\n\t<source\n\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/themes\/sciencenews\/client\/src\/images\/cta-module@1x.jpg 1x,\n\t\t\t\thttps:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/themes\/sciencenews\/client\/src\/images\/cta-module@2x.jpg 2x\"\n\t\tmedia=\"(min-width: 768px)\"\n\t>\n\t<source\n\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/themes\/sciencenews\/client\/src\/images\/cta-module-sm@1x.jpg 1x,\n\t\t\t\thttps:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/themes\/sciencenews\/client\/src\/images\/cta-module-sm@2x.jpg 2x\"\n\t>\n\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\n\t\tclass=\"background\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/themes\/sciencenews\/client\/src\/images\/cta-module-sm@2x.jpg?ssl=1\"\n\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\/>\n<\/picture>\n\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<h3\t\t\tclass=\"heading\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\tTrustworthy journalism comes at a price.\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"message\">\n\t\t\t<p>Scientists and journalists share a core belief in questioning, observing and verifying to reach the truth. 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