At the very least, we know regular flossing protects our gum health, which in turn protects our teeth. So it’s definitely worth doing.

The coronavirus pandemic is "far from over" and is still disrupting normal health services, especially life-saving immunization for children in the poorest countries.

A new US study has found that if you're masking masks at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, then using a combination of two different fabrics and ensuring a good fit could offer the most effective protection.

Scientists at New York City's health department have begun to analyze the novel coronavirus's genetic material to allow them to trace the origins of any future outbreaks in the coming months as they cautiously look to reopen the largely shuttered city.

Britons can be broadly split into three groups by their response to the coronavirus lockdown: those accepting the situation, those suffering as a result of it and those resisting it.

Billionaire Bill Gates is funding production of the seven most promising ideas for a vaccine as he refocuses his philanthropic work on the deadly coronavirus.

Nearly two decades after Manhattan's Twin Towers fell in history's deadliest attack on US soil, the coronavirus pandemic is once again testing the storied mettle of New Yorkers.

Tanja Nickel and Katharina Obladen were still in high school when they patented an idea to disinfect escalator handrails using UV light.

A pregnant Belgian woman diagnosed with the coronavirus has given birth to a healthy baby daughter - but must now learn to care for her newborn wearing, and sleeping with, a protective mask.

Catching COVID-19 once may not protect you from getting it again, according to the World Health Organization.

Here are some claims that have circulated about how to treat COVID-19 or stop the transmission of the new coronavirus, and the facts according to doctors and health experts.

Nicotine could protect people from contracting the coronavirus, according to new research in France, where further trials are planned to test whether the substance could be used to prevent or treat the deadly illness. 

The World Health Organization (WHO) said it would announce a "landmark collaboration" to speed development of safe, effective drugs, tests and vaccines to prevent, diagnose and treat COVID-19.

"Our most striking observation to date is the powerful effect that solar light appears to have on killing the virus, both surfaces and in the air." 

Can dogs detect COVID-19? A British charity believes so, and has begun training canines to sniff out the coronavirus following previous screening success with various illnesses.

Recent studies suggest as many as 80 percent or more of those infected are “silent carriers”, showing no or very mild symptoms.

The ventilator, dubbed Vent-I, is designed primarily for COVID-19 patients who are still able to breathe independently.

A group of scientists in South Sumatra claims to have discovered a possible remedy for COVID-19: a glucose-based snack.

A lecturer at Gadjah Mada University (UGM) has created a swab chamber to address the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) faced by medical staff when testing for COVID-19.

It is human activity enabled the virus to jump to people, and specialists are warning that if nothing changes many other pandemics of this nature will follow.

The company provides both rapid tests and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, also known as swab tests.

Novartis has won the go-ahead from the US Food and Drug Administration to conduct a randomized trial of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine against COVID-19 disease, the Swiss drugmaker said on Monday, to see if it helps patients.

New European research has found that individuals who are obese could have a six times higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, even if they don’t have a genetic predisposition to the disease.

Jump, stretch, bounce and shake off your excess energy with one of the following challenging workouts.

Even as virologists zero in on the virus that causes COVID-19, a very basic question remains unanswered: do those who recover from the disease have immunity?

Health expert Yayi Suryo Prabandari of Gadjah Mada University’s School of Medicine in Yogyakarta has said that smokers are more vulnerable to COVID-19.

A coronavirus vaccine trial by University of Oxford researchers aims to get efficacy results by September, and manufacturing is already underway.

A pattern is emerging among COVID-19 patients arriving at hospitals in New York: Beyond fever, cough and shortness of breath, some are deeply disoriented to the point of not knowing where they are or what year it is.

Studies reveal that being physically active is good for our brains.

Roche Holding AG developed an antibody test for COVID-19 that it says it plans to start selling early next month, adding another of the diagnostic tools experts think will be needed to lift social-distancing measures put in place around the globe.