The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is instituting a new research program to investigate the effects of the novel coronavirus on children. While many kids develop none or few symptoms from infection with SARS-CoV-2, others come down…

A randomized controlled clinical trial published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has found that the drug ivermectin, traditionally used to eradicate parasites, is not helpful in alleviating mild COVID-19 illness. Once…

A recent study published in the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report found that states with mask mandates fared better when it came to the spread of COVID-19 than those without.…

The World Obesity Forum released new data showing that countries where more than 50% of adults are overweight have 10 times higher COVID-19 death rates than nations in which more than 50% of adults are not overweight. Of the 2.5 million…

The National Institutes of Health has halted research into the use of convalescent plasma (blood plasma from patients who have recovered from COVID-19 illness) to treat patients in the emergency department with mild to moderate COVID-19…

Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) one-dose, easily stored COVID-19 vaccination recently received Emergency Use Authorization from the United States Food and Drug Administration, increasing the number of immunizations available to the…

With weeks of declining case numbers and increasing pandemic fatigue, many states are loosening COVID-19 restrictions, such as eliminating mask mandates and capacity restrictions. United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

Good news regarding the global pandemic has abounded in recent weeks, and nowhere has that been more apparent than in nursing homes. Originally the hardest hit with more than 162,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19 illness since the start of…

According to a Time Magazine-Harris Poll taken between February 12 and 17, approximately 30% of Americans have postponed regular dental care due to fear of contracting COVID-19. The data also showed that 78% of Americans had put off at…

For those who have recovered from COVID-19, one dose of the Pfizer vaccine offers significant, long-lasting protection, according to two research studies recently published in The Lancet. It is thought that one dose of the Pfizer vaccine…