WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. —Wake Forest Baptist Health is leading a coronavirus antibody study to help North Carolina gain data about the public and the virus. Wake Forest University is mailing 1,000 at-home antibody kits with the help of a $100,000 grant from the …
Coronavirus death rates are nearly six times lower in countries that use a nearly century-old tuberculosis vaccine, a new study found. The study, conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, found that the COVID-19 mortali…
There are plenty of resources to help you make a face mask at home. SummerDance/iStock/Touchups by Sarah Tew/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. In just a few weeks, homemade masks and fa…
The International Health Regulations Emergency Committee for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) met today, and has advised me that in its view the Ebola outbreak in the DRC continues to constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Co…
A Brazilian study testing the antimalarial drug chloroquine for COVID-19 had to be stopped early in one group of patients taking a high dose of the drug, after some patients in this group developed dangerous heart rhythm problems . Chloroquine and the rel…