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Taking your temperature doesn't require a fancy thermometer

Deborah Birx and Anthony Fauci listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing in response to the coronavirus at the White House on March 20. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford

37 years after working together at the dawn of the AIDS crisis, Fauci and Birx are partners in fighting the coronavirus

More than 4,000 coronavirus cases in Washington region with peak still weeks away

Protective gear in national stockpile is nearly depleted, DHS officials say

Overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Lisa Pezzino and Kit Center, of Oakland, gaze out at a rainbow over the mountains in Big Sur, Calif., after they migrated into nature to get away from the Bay Area during the worldwide coronavirus outbreak. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Melina Mara

The Great American Migration of 2020: On the move to escape the coronavirus

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How older adults can stay well and be safe amid coronavirus concerns

Sacramento artist David Wetzl mugs for the camera while he and his wife, Diana Daniels, enjoy a sunny day. The photo was taken before his frontotemporal dementia grew worse. MUST CREDIT: LeAnne Rhodes Ruzzamenti

A wife's hardships while caring for husband with early-onset dementia

Quarantined doctors turn to video chats so they can see patients

Charles Tang, a 20-year-old medical student, shares a 110-square-foot apartment with his parents and 6-year-old brother. Photo by Anthony Kwan for The Washington Post

World's poor face grave new hardships while in isolation

Unknown number of people unwittingly infected

Is 'social distancing' the wrong term? Expert prefers 'physical distancing,' and the WHO agrees.

Virus in tears? Little to cry about

Dan Downs, 71, walks his dog Gracie at his home in Colonial Heights, Virginia, on Sunday, March 22, 2020. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Julia Rendleman

Coronavirus adds peril to those already at risk

A nurse talks to colleagues outside Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Massachusetts, before testing people for coronavirus on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Adam Glanzman

Testing discrepancies among states muddles meaning of results

The coronavirus isn't alive. That's why it's so hard to kill.

Mike Saag, an infectious disease doctor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, tested positive for covid-19, and is telling people that the best way to slow the spread of the virus is to stay at home. MUST CREDIT: Harry Saag

What it's like to be infected with coronavirus

How coronavirus overwhelmed Italy, with 4,000 deaths in one month

Gabriel Santos and Deborah Taylor of the outreach organization Bethesda Cares hand out fresh socks on March 17, 2020, in Silver Spring, Md. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Robb Hill

Cities struggle to protect vulnerable homeless populations as coronavirus spreads

Hospital workers battling coronavirus turn to bandannas, sports goggles and homemade face shields amid shortages

Roxanne Roberts is a reporter covering Washington's social, political and philanthropic power brokers. She has been at The Washington Post since 1988, working for the Style section as a feature writer and columnist.

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Coronavirus will radically alter the U.S.

Pre-symptoms virus tests prove nothing, MD says

Covid-19 hits doctors, nurses, EMTs, threatening health system

U.S. coronavirus testing stalled for six weeks. A small German lab made 1.4 million tests in that time.

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