The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

With the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping across its shores earlier this year, the U.S. government in April announced orders for almost $3 billion of ventilators for a national stockpile, meant to save ...

Ventilators can assist with lung function for those with severe respiratory infections, and it's often necessary in the ICU.

Heparin, a widely available drug traditionally used to treat blood clots, lowers risk of death and ventilation in patients with COVID-19. | Drug Discovery And Development ...

CPAP machines help people with trouble breathing, but they aren't made to replace ventilators. Here's how they compare.

More than two years after the WHO's COVID-19 public health emergency ended, millions of Americans are still living with long ...

ACH receives referrals from southern Alberta, southeastern British Columbia, and southwestern Saskatchewan. She remembers measles “arriving with a bang” at her department: almost every shift, at least ...

Real-world data supports the use of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir in reducing the risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes among nonhospitalized patients.

MAJOR hospitals are making face masks compulsory again, in response to rising Covid cases – as new variants Nimbus and ...

Professor Elliot Long explains why sepsis in children is difficult to diagnose, with nearly 10% of cases missed in emergency ...

Michigan workplace safety officials confirmed a pair of deaths on Tuesday, Oct. 7, raising the number on-the-job fatalities ...

Abstract Healthcare workers are the backbone of resilient health systems, yet in many African countries they operate under extreme occupational stress, inadequate training, poor working conditions, ...