Patients with high blood pressure admitted to hospital with coronavirus infections are twice as likely to die as those without the condition, researchers said on Friday.

Scientists have found 27 key proteins in the blood of people infected with COVID-19 which they say could act as predictive biomarkers for how ill a patient could become with the disease.

With the relaxation of the lockdown rules, warnings are being sounded about a possible resurgence of COVID-19 cases – a so-called second wave.

Keeping at least one meter apart and wearing face masks and eye protection are the best ways to cut the risk of COVID-19 infection.

The capital city is not a newbie when it comes to a deadly pandemic in the span of about 400 years and most of them were caused by poor public health and sanitary.

The cars snaking past the bunting-adorned entrance of a British care home point to an era when even cherished family visits have to be socially distant because of the coronavirus.

Liberian President George Weah, a former international football legend, has released a song to be used by the UN to spread awareness about the new coronavirus, his office said Saturday.

A Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine could be ready for market as early as the end of this year, China's State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) said in a social media post.

While these are all tantalizing thoughts, the idea of using antibody testing as a true measure of protection is something that requires much more research.

The available evidence would suggest that the risks posed by children returning to school is small. 

A troop of monkeys in India attacked a medical official and snatched away blood samples of patients who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, authorities said on Friday.

Thirty countries led by Costa Rica and the World Health Organization launched an initiative on Friday aimed at sharing vaccines, medicines and diagnostic tools to tackle the global coronavirus pandemic.

Dozens of scientists have raised concerns over a large-scale study of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine published in the Lancet that led to the World Health Organization suspending clinical trials of the anti-viral drugs as a potential treatment for COVID-19.

Could exposure to the coronaviruses that cause the common cold help protect against COVID-19? Is herd immunity closer than previously thought?

Merdu Ruang provides playlists that have therapeutic purposes. 

Papille purrs contentedly as her owner rubs the back of her head, her coat glossy and her eyes a piercing green - back to her old affection-seeking self after recovering from COVID-19.

One theory even suggests that exercising at around 60 percent of your maximum heart rate will bring our bodies into a so-called “fat burning zone”, optimal for losing weight.

One in 10 diabetics with coronavirus dies within seven days of hospital admission, according to a study of more than 1,300 patients published Friday in the journal Diabetologia.

In recent years, scientists have grown increasingly fluent in the language of genome, but much remains mysterious, including the function of many of our genes.

A South African HIV researcher who found that a topical gel could stop many women catching the virus has been awarded one of France's top science prizes.

New UK research has found that washing hands six to ten times a day could lower the risk of seasonal coronavirus infections such as the common cold, a finding which supports the current guidelines recommending handwashing during the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent transmission of the infection. 

There is a fundamental problem: while evidence on the efficacy of HCQ/CQ stands on shaky grounds, evidence on the safety profile shows chilling mortality risks among COVID-19 patients taking the drugs.

Haiti's voodoo leaders have trained priests of the Afro Caribbean religion to concoct a secret remedy for the novel coronavirus and to prepare the sacred initiation chambers of their temples to receive patients.

A 107-year-old Iranian woman who was infected with the new coronavirus has recovered, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported on Sunday.

First indications of the effectiveness of a potential vaccine against coronavirus may be available in the autumn, the head of the GAVI vaccine alliance told a Swiss newspaper, forecasting a long road from there to broad availability.

Some people worry that cash may be spreading the coronavirus.

Patients with severe COVID-19 given plasma from someone who recovered from the disease were more likely to stabilize or need less oxygen support than other similar hospital patients.

It is important to understand the timings of smell loss in relation to other symptoms.

We still have relatively little direct evidence about the role of vitamin D in COVID-19. And while early research is interesting, much of it may be circumstantial.

Nearly one in six Spanish children have felt regularly depressed during the coronavirus crisis, with those from poorer backgrounds suffering worse, a charity said on Thursday.