Your face mask can cut your COVID-19 risk by 65%
Scientific evidence is clear: Social distancing and wearing masks help prevent people from spreading COVID-19, and masks also protect those who wear them, two...
This existing drug shows potential for treating COVID-19
There are a big number of studies focusing on new treatments for COVID-19, including existing drugs that are being trialed. Some progress has been...
This drug can save more people with severe COVID-19
In a new study, researchers found drug remdesivir could save lives in places with less hospital capacity, where COVID-19 is beginning to overwhelm intensive...
The best (and worst) materials for face masks in COVID-19 pandemic
It's intuitive and scientifically shown that wearing a face-covering can help reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
But in a new...
COVID-19 linked to dangerous brain diseases, new evidence shows
In a new study, researchers found neurological complications of Covid-19 can include delirium, brain inflammation, stroke, and nerve damage.
They identified one rare and sometimes...
This popular drug for stroke may help fight COVID-19
Similar diseases to COVID-19, including the common flu, can create inflammation which results in deposits of a protein called fibrin. Fibrin is the scaffold...
This stuff in the blood may determine severity of COVID-19
In a new study, researchers have advanced a hypothesis that the severe course of COVID-19 may be associated with the von Willebrand factor, one...
Scientists find 4 compounds to block COVID-19
As the death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic mounts, scientists worldwide continue their push to develop effective treatments and a vaccine for the highly...
Scientists confirm ‘classic’ symptoms of COVID-19
In a new review study, researchers found that persistent cough and fever have been confirmed as the most prevalent symptoms linked to COVID-19.
Other major...
COVID-19 may spread 10 meters or more by breathing, new study shows
In a new paper, researchers suggest COVID-19 can spread 10 meters or more by breathing.
The plea was issued by 239 scientists from around the...