As the coronavirus continues to tear through the United States, front-line health-care workers are not only in the line of fire, but they are also caught amid growing concern that medical facilities themselves could become hubs for transmission.
Researchers have identified nearly 70 drug therapies that could relieve coronavirus symptoms, and with clinical trials being fast-tracked, it’s difficult to keep track of them.
Dr. Marc Siegel, Fox News medical analyst and professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, told Fox News on Wednesday that New York City hospitals are already “stretched thin” with patients “overflowing wards.”
The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc across the country, especially among those with chronic respiratory problems and compromised immune systems.
Very little is known about how to properly reuse medical masks to fight infectious diseases. No method is confirmed to work. Still, in a report to doctors, which has yet to be peer-reviewed, some researchers are beginning to point to the best options for decontaminating used masks.
In an effort to contain the spread of the virus, schools and businesses are closing down for an indefinite period of time which is straining people's resources and wallets.
As the world social distances amid the coronavirus pandemic, it's difficult to completely disconnect when it comes to our food. At some point, the food we get from the grocery store, restaurant takeout counter or farmers market could be handled by someone with the virus -- but can it transmit through food?
For Anna, a 33-year-old American woman stranded in a Peruvian hotel room and out of life-saving medication to treat her auto-immune disease, the clock is ticking.
Marketers of the "Coronavirus Defender Patch," a product touted as helping to protect users from getting the virus, were sent cease-and-desist letters Tuesday by Michigan's attorney general.
Mississippi’s only abortion clinic must stop performing the procedures during the coronavirus outbreak because of the state’s temporary ban on elective surgery, Gov. Tate Reeves said Tuesday.