Throughout the pandemic, nursing homes have been in the headlines as places with uncontrolled COVID-19 cases and social isolation, which research shows can worsen people’s health. One big change...

Are you experiencing arm pain and swelling as a COVID vaccine side effect? Here are tried-and-tested ways to help relieve the pain and discomfort.

The ethical debate isn’t just around those who refuse, or are hesitant, to be vaccinated. Those who rushed to be first in line faced their own moral questions as well.

Analysing the outbreak aims to understand any additional cases that might have been prevented with earlier lockdown, or how many cases will be prevented with lockdown in place now.

South Africa is in the grip of another resurgence of COVID-19. Gauteng province, the country’s economic hub, where 25% of the population live, is the epicenter. But infection rates are expected to...

With COVID-19 vaccines working and restrictions lifting across the country, it’s finally time for those now vaccinated who’ve been hunkered down at home to ditch the sweatpants and reemerge from...

Socioeconomic and cultural data can help governments predict and slow the spread of the next pandemic.

As the COVID-19 vaccines reach more people across the country, some people have asked: Could we delay the second dose of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to allow more people to be vaccinated more...

The loss of the ability to smell is known as anosmia and can result in a loss of appetite. COVID-19 is not the only virus that affects our ability to smell, but it’s unique in the way in which it...

For over a year, the COVID-19 pandemic has remained the top concern of the global medical establishment. And for most of that time, the rapid development of vaccines was the world's great hope for...

In the current debate around SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, gain of function has a much narrower meaning related to a virus becoming easier to move between humans, or becoming more...

Though drug recalls are relatively uncommon in the U.S., reduced inspections increase the likelihood of manufacturing errors that slip through the cracks.