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  3. PhotoPresident Vladimir V. Putin of Russia leading a coronavirus meeting by videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on Tuesday.
    CreditSputnik, via Reuters

    Putin’s Long War Against American Science

    A decade of health disinformation promoted by President Vladimir Putin of Russia has sown wide confusion, hurt major institutions and encouraged the spread of deadly illnesses.

    By William J. Broad

  4. Trilobites

    PhotoScientists suspect invasive mussels are hitching rides on ships to waters around the Antarctic.
    CreditCenter for Dynamic Research of High Latitude Marine Ecosystems

    The Invasion of Antarctica Begins With Mussels

    The bivalves — likely transported from Patagonia via ship — are the first nonnative marine species to settle on the White Continent.

    By Katherine Kornei

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  1. PhotoA Canada lynx kitten in Montana. A study of Washington State found that wild cats are using only about 20 percent of 2,700 square miles of potential habitats.
    CreditJim Cumming/Alamy

    Lynx Numbers Are in Decline in the West

    While the federal government weighs taking the Canada lynx off the list of threatened species, a new study points to reduced populations in Washington State, Colorado and Montana.

    By Karen Weintraub

  1. Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Claims ‘Total’ Authority as States Make Pacts for Reopening

    Governors on the East and West Coasts formed alliances to coordinate future action. Newly detected infections in New Jersey surged even as the situation in New York stabilized.

  2. The New Health Care

    Lesson From Singapore: Why We May Need to Think Bigger

    A well-run system still led to a lockdown. Maybe the answer to the pandemic is a plan “on a scale that would previously be considered unimaginable.”

    By Aaron E. Carroll

  3. Nonfiction

    Checking In on the Culture of Macaws, Sperm Whales and Chimpanzees

    In “Becoming Wild,” the ecologist Carl Safina makes an argument that we should think of animals in terms of families and communities.

    By Alexandra Horowitz

  4. As Virus Cases Near 2 Million, Hard-Hit Countries Try to Look Beyond Peak: Live Coverage

    The authorities in Turkey will release thousands of prisoners amid fears of a widening outbreak. In China, two new vaccines have been approved for testing on humans and red tape is preventing the export of face masks. Some European nations are beginning to relax restrictions.

  5. Millions of Children Are at Risk for Measles as Coronavirus Fears Halt Vaccines

    U.N. and global health experts warned that poor countries around the world were having to stop mass immunization programs to reduce the risk of spreading Covid-19.

    By Jan Hoffman

  6. Despite Qualms, Arthritis Drug to Be Tested in Coronavirus Study

    Even though it can make infections worse, it also may be able to keep the immune system from overreacting.

    By Gina Kolata

  7. Food Workers Say C.D.C. Guidelines Put Them at Greater Risk for Infection

    The agency now says “critical infrastructure workers” who may have been exposed to the coronavirus can stay on the job under certain conditions, instead of isolating.

    By David Waldstein

  8. Katharine, the Great White Shark Who Ghosted Her Trackers, Resurfaces

    The last that researchers heard from Katharine via her transmitter was nearly a year ago, leaving her fate a mystery. Recently, though, there came some weak pings.

    By Christopher Mele

  9. 3 Vans, 6 Coolers, a Plane, a Storm and 2 Labs: A Nasal Swab’s Journey

    The backlog for Covid-19 testing in New Jersey and other parts of the country is getting worse, not better. From the nose of a patient in a mile-long line to a phone call days later, bottlenecks thwart its progress.

    By Rukmini Callimachi

  10. Trump Insists He Has ‘Total’ Authority to Supersede Governors

    State leaders on both coasts are starting to debate how and when to reopen. The closure of a major meat processing plant could affect the nation’s food supply.