The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its COVID-19 website on October 5 with information acknowledging that the novel coronavirus can be spread via tiny droplets (aerosols) when individuals are more than 6…

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that 10% of those who become severely ill with COVID-19 have misguided antibodies that attack the immune system instead of the novel coronavirus. In addition, 3.5% have a…

More than 30 medical practices and compounding pharmacies have been recommending the injection of thymosin alpha-1, which does not have approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a preventive agent or treatment…

While Black, Latinx, and Indigenous populations have been some of the hardest hit during the COVID-19 pandemic, these communities are less likely to participate in the vaccine trials necessary to develop a safe and effective immunization…

The OraRisk COVID-19 RT-PCR Test has received an amended Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the United States Food and Drug Administration. The EUA enables users to be tested for COVID-19 via saline oral rinse collection. The test must…

Although there have not been any cases of COVID-19 passing from domestic animals—such as cats and dogs—to people, our furry friends can contract the virus. A new study looked at the susceptibility of dogs and cats to SARS-CoV-2, which is a…

Dentists report treating more patients with stress-related oral health problems now than before the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to poll results compiled by the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute during the week of…

A mass testing approach using saliva samples to detect COVID-19 in people who are asymptomatic has been introduced by researchers in Japan. This approach is key to managing a possible second wave of COVID-19 as the weather changes and…

Quality assurance researchers have found that as many as 70% of KN95 masks—which became a popular buy for United States hospitals as personal protective equipment supply channels were squeezed due to the pandemic—do not meet the…

In efforts to keep SARS CoV-2 out of the small Northern European country, Finnish public health officials are using dogs trained to recognize the smell of the novel coronavirus at the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport to identify passengers who may…