Recently, the official guidelines from the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention for the COVID-19 pandemic control and prevention have added that all children aged two and above should also wear a face mask along with adults in order to avoid contracting coronavirus infection. Previously, there was a debate on whether everyone should wear a mask…

The COVID-19 pandemic has countries all over the world announcing lockdowns and stating the possibility of an even longer period of social distancing required in order to control the spread of the infection. While lockdowns are fundamental in cutting down the growing number of cases, the death toll has been seen to rise along with…

GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi, both of which are among the biggest pharma companies in the world, have announced that they will be teaming up in order to develop a vaccine to control COVID-19. The clinical trials set to do so are expected to make the vaccine available in the market by the second half of 2021….

Recently, the International Federation of Associations of People Affected by Chagas Disease has announced the celebration of World Chagas Disease Day to be held on the fourteenth of April this year for the first time ever. The Chagas disease also referred to by the name American trypanosomiasis, is not widely known by the vast majority…

Recently, the Spanish General Council of Official Podiatrist Colleges has reported new symptoms of COVID-19 that appear in people suspected of the infection in addition to the previously known ones. Till now, the coronavirus pandemic has impacted nearly all countries around the world with more than one million confirmed cases. The death toll of the…

The global death toll for coronavirus infection has now reached 116,098 along with 1,872,073 confirmed cases around the world. In the midst of the pandemic, taking additional preventive measures is recommended by most health experts. However, the flow of false information and bogus products claiming to treat the virus is becoming a big problem. According…

Recently, two new clinical trials have begun by the researchers at the Intermountain Healthcare and the University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City in order to test two drugs that may potentially help with the treatment of coronavirus. More specifically, the researchers are interested in seeing whether two existent and widely used medications known…

A team of researchers from Cambridge University has recently put forth an argument that urges health agencies and governments to update the official guidelines on the prevention of COVID-19 and encourage everyone, and not only people with symptoms of coronavirus infection or health care workers to wear a mask when heading outdoors. The current scientific…

A new Chinese study, whose findings appear in the journal Science, looked at the possible contraction of the coronavirus in animals including domesticated cats, dogs ducks, ferrets, chickens, and pigs. The results of the research showed that out of all the animals, ferrets and cats are the most likely to catch the virus. In fact,…

Recently, new research conducted by Prof. Karen Ousey from the University of Huddersfield in the United Kingdom and colleagues examined the potential skin damage caused by the constant use of the face mask during COVID-19. With the rise of the number of cases of coronavirus infection, there is also an increase in the pressure and…