Viruses are much more varied, rapidly evolving and hard to access than bacteria – so scientists searching for drug-based treatments have their work cut out. [Read More]

Ventilators arrived from the UK early on Tuesday morning and will be followed by oxygen containers from Dubai [Read More]

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has kicked off early stage clinical trials of an experimental oral antiviral drug to treat COVID-19. [Read More]

Move follows eight gorillas testing positive for coronavirus at the zoo at the start of 2021 [Read More]

A doctor in Sacramento, California joined a traffic court hearing on Zoom while performing surgery on a patient. [Read More]

Mexico on Thursday inoculated its first person against COVID-19 to kick off a fightback from a pandemic that has killed 120,000 people in the country and battered the economy, celebrating a Christmas roll-out that also began elsewhere in Latin America. [Read More]

The World Health Organization hopes to have half a billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines available for distribution by the global COVAX initiative in the first quarter of 2021, its chief scientist said on Friday. [Read More]

A Singaporean woman, who was infected with the novel coronavirus in March when she was pregnant, has given birth to a baby with antibodies against the virus, offering a new clue as to whether the infection can be transferred from mother to child. [Read More]

The Canadian government is allowing patients who are not terminally ill to legally consume psychedelic mushrooms, on the heels of Oregon’s decision to give people access to shrooms for therapeutic reasons. [Read More]

President-elect Joe Biden is expected on Monday to announce the members of his coronavirus task force, who will be charged with crafting a plan to curb the spread of the coronavirus as it reaches record-high levels. [Read More]

An open letter was published in a major medical journal and signed by dozens of researchers and scientists. [Read More]

The virus that causes COVID-19 can survive on banknotes, glass and stainless steel for up to 28 days, much longer than the flu virus, Australian researchers said on Monday, highlighting the need for cleaning and handwashing to combat the virus. [Read More]

The Chinese city of Qingdao is testing its entire population of nine million people for Covid-19 over a period of five days. [Read More]

Scientists have created a new "super enzyme" that can break down plastic up to six times faster than their previous enzyme. [Read More]

Drug giant AstraZeneca said Tuesday it had paused global trials of its coronavirus vaccine because of an unexplained illness in one of the volunteers. [Read More]

Japanese researchers said on Wednesday that low concentrations of ozone can neutralise coronavirus particles, potentially providing a way for hospitals to disinfect examination rooms and waiting areas. [Read More]

The World Health Organization on Wednesday advised public officials against trying to achieve so-called herd immunity to the coronavirus by allowing it to rapidly spread throughout their communities, saying it will overwhelm hospitals and kill a lot of people. [Read More]

A 1,000-year-old natural remedy made from onion, garlic, wine and bile salts has shown antibacterial potential, with promise to treat diabetic foot and leg infections, new research published Tuesday suggested. [Read More]

You have no doubt seen plenty of people in public with their mask pulled down so it only covers their mouth, leaving their nose exposed. New research suggests this defeats the point of wearing a mask even more than you might think. [Read More]

Police dogs in Chile are being trained to sniff out Covid-19 in humans, with hopes that they will facilitate the reopening of busy public spaces including malls, sports centers, bus terminals and airports this fall. [Read More]

Face shields worn by hairdressers are not protective against Covid-19 — but masks are, health chiefs in Switzerland have claimed. [Read More]

Alzheimer’s disease: protective gene uncovered in human cell model – bringing promise for new drug discoveries [Read More]

The number of coronavirus infections around the world hit 13 million on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, climbing by a million in just five days. [Read More]

A glove that translates sign language into speech in real time has been developed by scientists -- potentially allowing deaf people to communicate directly with anyone, without the need for a translator. [Read More]

Rising infections prompt Gov. Kay Ivy to extend 'Safer at Home' orders. [Read More]

Beijing has in the past week seen a spike of Covid-19 cases - almost all of which have been linked to a huge wholesale food market.State media said the virus was discovered on chopping boards used for imported salmon at the Xinfadi market - sparking fears across the country. [Read More]

Population-wide face mask use could push COVID-19 transmission down to controllable levels for national epidemics, and could prevent further waves of the pandemic disease when combined with lockdowns, according to a British study on Wednesday. [Read More]

Lifeline Robotics, a spin-out of the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) in Odense, has created an autonomous throat swabbing robot to test for the novel coronavirus. [Read More]

Renewed outbreaks in South Korea, Germany and China show continued risk as more countries seek to reopen [Read More]

Seattle residents will have more space to exercise and bike on as the city plans to permanently close 20 miles of streets to most vehicular traffic, the mayor announced Thursday. [Read More]

A lawmaker from a COVID-battered state has introduced a bill to forgive student loan debt for health care workers treating patients on the coronavirus front line, many of whom still owe hundreds of thousands of dollars from medical school. [Read More]

Canada will invest more than $240 million, or $170 million in U.S. dollars, toward developing virtual and mental health care amid the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday. [Read More]