This new sensor could revolutionize COVID-19 testing
A COVID-19 sensor developed at Johns Hopkins University could revolutionize virus testing by adding accuracy and speed to a process that frustrated many during...
Second COVID-19 booster: who can get one, and when?
Following much debate among public health experts about the benefits of another COVID-19 booster, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could approve second boosters...
UV-LED lights can kill COVID virus and HIV effectively
A new study from the University of Toronto found the same lightbulbs used in offices and public spaces can destroy coronaviruses and HIV.
Researchers killed...
Why people with COVID-19 get liver injury
A study from Yale and elsewhere found a link between an immune system factor and the promotion of blood vessel damage that may explain...
This new nose spray could prevent, treat COVID-19
A new study from Cornell University found a newly discovered small molecule could be sprayed into people's noses to prevent COVID-19 illness prior to...
Scientists find new way to treat severe COVID-19 complications
A new study from the University of Toronto found a drug with the potential to combat one of the most severe complications of COVID-19...
How dangerous is BA.2, the new COVID-19 variant? UCLA expert gives answer
As COVID-19 case numbers climb in East Asia and now Europe—a surge largely attributed to the BA.2 subvariant of omicron—it makes sense that concern...
Pill form of remdesivir can treat COVID-19 effectively
A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found a pill form of the COVID-19 treatment remdesivir could effectively treat...
Immunity to previous cold may make COVID-19 worse
A new study from the University of Rochester found prior infection and immunity to one of the common cold coronaviruses may have put people...
Pfizer vaccine can successfully treat COVID-19, study finds
A new study from Cardiff University finds doctors have successfully used vaccination to treat a patient with COVID-19 in what is thought to be...