Coronavirus updates: What you need to know about COVID-19

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A drive-thru coronavirus testing site.

South Korea learned its successful Covid-19 strategy from a previous coronavirus outbreak: MERS

By HyunJung Kim | Analysis, Technology and Security

Sen. Tom Cotton at a congressional hearing.

Why do politicians keep breathing life into the false conspiracy theory that the coronavirus is a bioweapon?

By Matt Field, John Krzyzaniak | Biosecurity

No, we don’t need a “Manhattan Project” to fight the coronavirus pandemic

By Dawn Stover | Biosecurity, Columnists, Opinion

What the Fukushima meltdowns taught us about how to respond to coronavirus

By Azby Brown, Sean Bonner | Biosecurity, Opinion

Donald Trump addresses Americans from the oval office.

Assessing Trump’s coronavirus approach: a Q&A with public health expert Saskia Popescu

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

The black death. Watercolor by Monro Orr

Black plague, Spanish flu, smallpox: All hold lessons for coronavirus

By Ibrahim Al-Marashi | Biosecurity

Children getting immunized at a health station in New York City.

Lessons for dealing with coronavirus: A tale of two cities—and smallpox

By Laura H. Kahn | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

Anthony Fauci testifying about coronavirus

“America’s doctor” on the coronavirus outbreak: “it’s going to get worse”

By Dawn Stover | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

US President Barack Obama and Aung San Suu Kyi.

Myanmar should finally come clean about its chemical weapons past—with US help

By Gregory D. Koblentz, Madeline Roty | Technology and Security

Trump visits the CDC

Coronavirus and climate change: 6 ways the Trump administration has botched responses to both

By Dawn Stover | Biosecurity, Climate Change, Columnists, Disruptive Technologies

Examples of composite images designed to be used in disinformation campaigns. Left and Center: This anti-Widodo hashtag was added to the building through the use of a digital image-editing tool. The modification was detected by an algorithm that searches images for inconsistencies in the statistics of their pixels. Right: The CNN International logo has been added to a false news story about Widodo.

An AI early warning system to monitor online disinformation, stop violence, and protect elections

By Michael Yankoski, Tim Weninger, Walter Scheirer | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, Multimedia

Donald Trump at a campaign rally.

Alex Azar is busy, and 4 other things I learned from watching Trump talk about the coronavirus outbreak

By Matt Field | Biosecurity