When can children get the COVID-19 vaccine? 5 questions parents are asking
The first COVID-19 vaccines have been authorized for use in the U.S., and states are starting to implement plans for wh
Domestic violence 911 calls increased during lockdown, but official police reports and arrests declined
COVID-19 stay-at-home orders surely saved many lives, but a growing number of studies document that lockdowns led to mor
Biden to expand access to at-home COVID kits: 4 essential reads on the critical...
President Joe Biden has outlined plans to massively ramp up COVID-19 testing in an effort to curb – or at least slow – t
Benjamin Franklin's fight against a deadly virus: Colonial America was divided over smallpox inoculation,...
Exactly 300 years ago, in 1721, Benjamin Franklin and his fellow American colonists faced a deadly smallpox outbreak. Th
Could chloroquine treat coronavirus? 5 questions answered about a promising, problematic and unproven use...
An employee in Nantong, China, checks the production of chloroquine phosphate, an old drug for the treatment of malaria.
How doctors' fears of getting COVID-19 can mean losing the healing power of touch:...
The Conversation is running a series of dispatches from clinicians and researchers operating on the front lines of the c
What goes into the toilet doesn’t always stay there, and other coronavirus risks in...
Most public restrooms are grungy in the best of times. Now, we have the coronavirus risk to contend with, too. There are
Why it takes 2 shots to make mRNA vaccines do their antibody-creating best –...
After a second dose of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine, a swarm of antibodies attacks the virus.Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Lib
3 ways to get your point across while wearing a mask – tips from...
You wear your mask, keep six feet between yourself and others and are committed to safety. But the measures that help mi
What you – and doctors – should watch for if you have COVID-19
Even though President Donald Trump is back at the White House following his hospitalization for COVID-19, people around
