COVID-19 deaths, ICU trips, and hospitalization rates are all higher among older Americans, according to the...

Kaletra is one of several existing drugs that are being tested as repurposed coronavirus...

A transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient. The image was captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Maryland. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19. (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH) A team of researchers unveiled the results of a new study last week that looked at how...

"This will be an extraordinary step," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. "It's literally a floating...

The coronavirus has infected 35,700-plus people and killed nearly 3,000 others in Italy, making it the worst-hit country outside of...

During a media briefing Wednesday, WHO discussed a global 'solidarity trial' that will compare coronavirus treatments. The US and UK aren't...

A peer-reviewed study on 2,000 children who had COVID-19 in China found 6% developed severe or critical infections. The risk was highest for...

As an America desperate to stem the coronavirus outbreak put in place sweeping restrictions last week on every facet of public life, the University of Wyoming economist Linda Thunstrom asked what felt like a taboo question: "Are we overreacting?''It helped that Thunstrom was in her kitchen, drinking coffee with her husband, Jason Shogren, a fellow economist who studies how much...

A country's coronavirus death rate can depend on how widely it's testing people. As of Wednesday, March 18, Italy's death rate was the...

South Korea seems to have curbed its coronavirus outbreak. The number of daily confirmed cases peaked on February 29 and has decreased ever...

Efforts to combat the growth of SARS-CoV-2, which is the virus that causes COVID-19, are ubiquitous: quarantines, social distancing and the countless activities that have been suspended or cancelled to help limit COVID-19's spread throughout the world.Now increased sunshine could help in the Northern Hemisphere. Data compiled by AccuWeather of the ultraviolet energy received from the sun from...

The coronavirus pandemic is having a monumental impact on the US' retail and entertainment...

Federal shipments of emergency N95 face masks have been found to be expired, but may still offer better protection than nothing, according to...

A newly discovered fossil bird could be the oldest-known ancestor of every chicken on the...

It's been a stormy March for the Middle East, and that trend will continue as another storm threatens the region with disruptive weather later this week.The next storm will emerge from the Mediterranean Sea and move into the Middle East on Friday with another dose of wet weather."Cold, unstable air moving in with the storm will allow snow to fall across parts of Turkey, as well as showers...

March 18 (UPI) -- A strong magnitude-5.7 earthquake struck the Salt Lake City area on Wednesday, shaking buildings, closing the airport and cutting power to thousands.The quake was the strongest to hit the city, which sits on a major tectonic fault, since 1992. The earthquake caused some structural damage and was followed by multiple aftershocks Wednesday. File Photo by Robin...

Even at the peak of its outbreak, China's highest single-day toll was 150. Iran and Spain, both hit badly, have yet to record more than 200 in a...

Healthcare workers are risking their lives to fight the coronavirus. At the same time, they're scrambling to figure out...

After an absence of major storms for much of the winter, the 'March Miracle,' in terms of wet weather, seems likely to continue next week in California.The storm that brought drenching rain and yards of snow to the Sierra Nevada early this week was still lingering as of Wednesday but will diminish over the next couple of days.A lull in storms is forecast late this week to this weekend, but...

"The alternative is economically even more devastating," Dr. Ashish Jha, the director of the Harvard Global Health Institute...

In a 2017 op-ed article, Bill Gates said the next epidemic could be "a super contagious and deadly strain of the flu," adding that we aren't...

Chloroquine stands out as a potentially simple, cheap, and scalable treatment for COVID-19, though we haven't yet seen data from any randomized clinical...

SpaceX launched 60 more of its internet satellites into orbit Wednesday despite an engine failure shortly after liftoff on a recycled rocket flying a record five times. SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk said one of the nine main engines shut down prematurely during liftoff, a rare occurrence. It's same type of rocket — a Falcon 9 — that SpaceX will use to launch NASA astronauts as early as...

Business Insider spoke to 25 nurses, who revealed a mask shortage is putting their health and livelihoods at risk. Many of them lack paid sick...