Transparent facemasks and shields are costly compared with classic counterparts but could prove a boon for the deaf and hard of hearing battling to communicate in the coronavirus era.

Here is where the current research stands, where I think we will be in five months and why you can be optimistic about the delivery of a COVID-19 vaccine.

The new coronavirus is circulating four times more among people under 40 in France than over among 65-year-olds, France's health minister said.

China has approved human testing for a potential coronavirus vaccine cultivated within insect cells.

The world should be able to rein in the coronavirus pandemic in less than two years, as European nations battled rising numbers of new cases.

Deciding whether to open schools for in-person classes during a pandemic is a complex decision. Children often learn better in school, where they have direct contact with expert teachers and the social-emotional learning that comes from being around other children. But they also risk spreading the disease to their teachers and one another’s families without even being aware they have it.

Singing is no more risky than speaking when it comes to the possibility of spreading the new coronavirus, British scientists said on Thursday, adding that volume is the most important risk factor.

While the coronavirus pandemic poses a prolonged and unique challenge to public mental health, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital have identified more than 100 modifiable factors that could prevent depression in adults.

A new technique that grows insulin-producing cells and can protect them from immune attack after they are transplanted may offer new hope for treating some people with diabetes.

Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Roche joined forces with Regeneron to scale up supply of the US firm's REGN-COV2 medicine -- potentially both a prevention and treatment for COVID-19 infection.

The proportion of people in Britain suffering with depression has almost doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Due to the pandemic, we are forced to spend a lot more time at home, both for school and/or work. Inevitably, the use of gadgets continues to increase.

Firms from the United Arab Emirates and Israel have signed an agreement to jointly develop research and studies on the novel coronavirus, the UAE's state WAM agency reported.

US scientists are developing a strain of the coronavirus that could be used to deliberately infect volunteers in so-called "challenge studies," a government agency said Friday.

Russia has produced the first batch of its new vaccine for COVID-19, the Interfax news agency quoted the health ministry as saying on Saturday, hours after the ministry reported the start of manufacturing.

The platform will also offer special prices for rapid or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests booked through its mobile app or website.

Faced with an upsurge in coronavirus cases and alarm over images of summer crowds packing onto streets and beaches, some European governments have mandated masks even in open-air public places. But with many virus clusters sprouting behind closed doors in offices and other workplaces where face covering rules are less clear, experts have questioned if policies are focusing on the wrong target. 

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday voiced optimism about the COVID-19 candidate vaccine being developed in the country.

The pandemic has put young people’s access to sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services at risk.

With the pandemic wreaking havoc across the world, it has also intensified obstacles to quality healthcare services, harming goals to achieve sexual reproductive health for all.

A new study has ranked 14 types of commonly available mask, finding that medical masks offer significantly more protection against droplet spread than cotton alternatives -- while bandanas and balaclavas don't do much at all.

Registration for more volunteers is still open until Aug. 31 as the trial research team has set a target of 1,620 volunteers.

China has been popularizing the needle-free insulin injection in the treatment of diabetes to reduce adverse reactions and pain suffered by patients.

Here are three on-trend physical activities that lend themselves to being done outside.

Sleep is particularly important during the COVID-19 pandemic, but many people are struggling to get enough of it.

According to a new study, aspirin, ibuprofen and paracetamol, common painkillers we are used to taking for mild fever or aches and pains, may cause more harm than good in the treatment of chronic pain.

Observations using 3D microscopy and a high-speed camera have allowed microbiologists to discover how sperm really move. 

Adult immunization can be done between the ages of 19 and 65 as a continuation of a child’s vaccination schedule, which ends at 18.

Herbal medicine or drinks, locally known as jamu, can only relieve the symptoms of comorbidities, not the COVID-19 itself.

A rare neurological condition that mostly affects children and mysteriously returns every two years is likely to flare up in the coming weeks and months, US health authorities warned Tuesday.