Families everywhere are adjusting to a new way of life due to social distancing measures like closed schools, workplaces, and more.
Consider these expert tips for cleaning your home to kill the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 (and the pathogens behind other deadly diseases).
As the nation adjusts to the threat of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, it’s only natural to worry whether a cough or aches and pains could be signs you have become infected by the virus.
As concern about coronavirus grows, hand sanitizer is in high demand. Biologist Jeffrey Gardner explains why alcohol is a key ingredient in hand sanitizer, and why he doesn’t recommend making your own supply at home.
When people are sick with a respiratory disease like COVID-19, they cough or sneeze particles into the air.
Public health officials in California’s state capital region announced this week they have stopped tracing the contacts of patients diagnosed with the novel
The U.S. government is fighting to contain and slow down the spread of the coronavirus. Testing is central to these efforts.
The coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, has created enormous anxiety, uncertainty, and disruption to our lives.
If you saw the 2011 movie “Contagion,” about a worldwide pandemic of a new virus, then you’ve heard the term “R0.”
Safety measures make risky activities less risky: seat belts for car occupants, bailouts for financial institutions. Masks and disinfectants might feel like they do the same for anyone afraid of coronavirus.
The risks of psychiatric disorders and suicide attempts are substantially higher for young people from 15 to 25 years old with type 1 diabetes, a new study shows.
When certain patients “teach back” a doctor’s instructions, they’re more likely to stay out of the hospital, according to a new study.
Variable blood pressure readings could be an overlooked early warning sign of heart disease, researchers report.
Sleep paralysis is a type of REM parasomnia or abnormal behavior that takes place during the REM sleep cycle.
We tend to notice mucus only when it’s abnormal and the sticky fluid is expelled from orifices.
Americans still choose to give birth bed-bound, on their backs, with their knees up, legs spread, feet in the air.
A recent UK study showed no significant difference in survival between men who had a single prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test
Born after just 23 of the normal 40 weeks of pregnancy, the extremely preterm baby is small enough to fit in the palm of my hand and weighs just one and a quarter pounds.
The emotion of lassitude might help your body fight off infection by making certain adjustments.
A sort of physiological clock—levels of 373 proteins in your blood—can predict your age, according to a new study.
About a quarter of children in the United States are born two to three weeks before their due date, which qualifies them as “early term.”
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