Monthly Archives: May, 2020

(CNN)One of the few reliefs in our current pandemic is removing that mask when you arrive back home after a trip to the store. If you've got family there, however, a new study suggests you may want t…

New research shows how dangerous the coronavirus is for current and former cancer patients. Those who developed COVID-19 were much more likely to die within a month than people without cancer who got it, two studies found.They are the largest reports on people with both diseases in the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain and…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Stroke patients are arriving at hospitals and treatment centers an average of more than two hours later than they should amid the coronavirus pandemic, new research reveals, imperiling their chance of survival.A study published today in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery…

The spread of aerosolized SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, inside public buildings could be suppressed using engineering controls such as effective ventilation, possibly with air filtration and disinfection and avoidance of air recirculation and overcrowding, according to a research letter published yesterday in Environment International.The international group of researchers said the evidence is sufficiently…

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Something has been bothering Kimberly Prather, PhD: everything she reads about COVID-19 points to a pathogen that travels through the air. Kimberly Prather, PhD There's how quickly it has spread around the world, studies showing how it spreads through restaurants (maybe…