MEDICINE & HEALTHResearchers are arguing whether planned challenge tests are still needed. During the onset of this current global health crisis, tens of thousands of young volunteer participants offered to risk their health by allowing scientists to intentionally infect them with SARS-CoV-2, with the hope of accelerating the hunt for an effective cure or vaccine.
If the experimental coronavirus vaccines win approval from the Food and Drug Administration, they will be the first-ever authorized vaccines that use mRNA.
New findings propose strategies for reducing risk according to a rigorous understanding of the manner infectious particles "mix with air in confined spaces."
A company claims that its face mask is the first transparent one that received FDA-approval. If this is true, it can help deaf and other people with disabilities.
CAT S42 is the world's first antibacterial smartphone that uses silver ion to reduce the spread of microbes by 99.9% in 24 hours; perfectly designed for military use.
A new study found that a drug once used for high blood pressure treatment could help alcoholics lessen withdrawal symptoms or eliminate their drinking problems.
By searching through the ocean for antimicrobials, scientists have found a new antifungal compound that effectively targets multi-drug resistant strains of deadly fungi minus the toxic side effects.
Should doctors follow the World Health Organization or the US FDA? The World Health Organisation is now urging clinicians to avoid using Remdesivir from Gilead Sciences as a cure for COVID-19.
Toxic positivity: Can positivity and optimism be too much to the point of it being toxic? Positivity or optimism is usually a desirable trait in the professional workplace.