The coronavirus pandemic is reshaping the world. What began as a mysterious pneumonia-like illness in Wuhan, China, has spread—two to three people at a time—across countries and territories.
COVID-19 Visualized Through Charts
As coronavirus continues its global spread, these maps and charts show the various impacts COVID-19 has had on our world.
The risk of exposing people in a group to the coronavirus goes up exponentially with event size, modeling work suggests.
Changes in the pathogen help scientists follow cases without widespread testing—and show the virus isn't a bioweapon.
As people stopped commuting and traveling, the Earth’s surface vibrated less—and seismologists tracked the change.
Even before the coronavirus, air pollution killed seven million people a year. Will today's cleaner air inspire us to do better?
Early data show airlines and hotels suffering massive job and revenue losses due to the pandemic.
Social distancing isn’t a new idea—it saved thousands of American lives during the last great pandemic. Here's how it worked.