A clinical trial provides evidence that 3D-printed alternative nasal swabs work as well for COVID-19 diagnostic testing as commercial synthetic flocked nasal swabs. Given the ongoing...
Fragile gains made over the past decade to advance women and children’s health are threatened by conflict, the climate crisis and COVID-19, according to a new...
Some scientists theorize that wearing a mask could allow exposure to just enough of the coronavirus to trigger a protective immune response from COVID-19.
More than 10 per cent of young and healthy people who develop severe Covid-19 have misguided antibodies that attack not the virus, but the immune system...
A new study found gettin enough vitamin D was linked to a 51% lower risk of dying of coronavirus in older adults.
Latin American leaders have appealed at the United Nations for free access to a future Covid-19 vaccine, urging major powers to share their know-how for the...
There’s even more evidence that getting enough vitamin D could help prevent severe coronavirus infection, particularly in older people.
Coronavirus: Do masks help boost Covid-19 immunity?
Low blood levels of vitamin D might heighten people's odds for severe or even fatal COVID-19, new research shows.
Hospitalized COVID-19 patients who were vitamin D sufficient, with a blood level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D of at least 30 ng/mL (a measure of vitamin D status),...