A new survey recently conducted by the Doctor’s Association UK (DAUK) reports that more and more hospitals in the UK are running out of fundamental personal protective equipment for NHS doctors, including scrubs. More precisely, nearly sixty-one percent of the hospitals now have a shortage of scrubs for doctors to wear while handling patients of…

Recently, a new study conducted by the biotechnology and genomics company 23andme shows that people with blood type O are at a reduced risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2, which is the virus responsible for causing coronavirus infection especially from a person with blood type A. More specifically, the research showed that people with blood type O…

Recently, a new collaborative study conducted by a team of researchers from the University of California-San Diego, the University of Texas, and the California Institute of Technology have looked at the effectiveness of wearing face masks for coronavirus infection and has concluded that not wearing face-covering can greatly increase the risk of COVID-19. Previously, wearing…

Starbucks, the company is popularly known for its cafes across the US, has recently announced that it will be closing around four hundred of its stores in different locations in the States as well as Canada in the upcoming eighteen months. In addition, Starbucks also plans to increase its pickup and delivery services to cater…

With the increase in coronavirus cases worldwide, the total number of infections has surpassed six million in the past two months. Even though a number of countries have lifted their nationwide lockdowns, health agencies are still encouraging people to follow preventive measures in order to cut down the risk of a second wave of coronavirus….

The spread of coronavirus infection has affected everyday life to a significant extent. Even after easing of restrictions and lockdown in countries, people are finding it difficult to return to normal life prior to the beginning of the ongoing pandemic. According to health researchers, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic may change the way of…

Recently, a new study conducted by a team of researchers led by McMaster University looks at the association between coronavirus infection rate with a rise in temperatures, humidity levels, and an increase in the hours of sunlight. According to the findings of the study, while humidity and higher temperature can potentially slow the spread of…

The coronavirus pandemic has been seen to have a beneficial impact on air quality and pollution worldwide with reports of holes in the ozone layer closing due to the nationwide lockdowns imposed in nearly all countries affected by the virus which limited human activities including industrial work to a significant extent. While the crisis brought…

New research published in the journal Nature has recently shown that the nationwide lockdowns implemented by the majority of the countries affected by the coronavirus pandemic around the world successfully saved millions of people from getting infected. More specifically, the researchers found that coronavirus-related restrictions prevented sixty million new cases in the US. On the…

New York City is one of the states with the highest number of coronavirus deaths in the United States. A significant surge in the coronavirus cases in New York was observed during the past couple of months. But recently, for the first time since mid-March, there was no death due to the virus reported within 24 hours….