CR shows you how to use them and tells you which products to stay away from By Perry Santanachote When you shop through retailer links on our site, we may earn affiliate commissions. 100% of the fees we collect are used to support our nonprofit mission News of stores running out of hand-sanitizing gels and...
by Mark Price The Food and Drug Administration just pointed out something about bottles of hand sanitizer people are hoarding during the coronavirus pandemic: They have an expiration date. It’s likely few notice the fine print while grabbing handfuls off shelves in recent weeks. It’s hard enough just to find a bottle lately. Should we...
Scientists at BioAegis in New Jersey are developing a drug version of the protein gelsolin It exists in the human body and helps combat life-threatening inflammation like that seen in patients with pneumonia from coronavirus Their small trial in mild pneumonia patients found that it helped them recover better and faster than those given standard...
by Connor Bamford, The Conversation Patrick Vallance, chief scientific adviser to the UK government, recently said that many groups are working on blood tests for COVID-19, adding: “That would tell us who has had it and now has antibodies, therefore won’t catch it again.” But is Vallance right? Once we have the antibodies, are we...
by Monash University A collaborative study led by Monash University’s Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) in Melbourne, Australia, with the Peter Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute), has shown that an anti-parasitic drug already available around the world kills the virus within 48 hours. The Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute’s Dr. Kylie Wagstaff, who led...
by Colorado State University Propelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, a Colorado State University research team is pursuing a vaccine that would thwart the novel coronavirus using a genetically modified form of the well-known probiotic Lactobacillus acidophilus, a bacterium commonly ingested in yogurt and other foods for gut health. The beneficial bacterium thrives exactly where the...
As the coronavirus continues to make the news, a host of untruths has surrounded the topic. In this special feature, we address some of these myths and conspiracies. A variety of myths have sprung up around the novel coronavirus. This article was updated on March 20, 2020 The novel coronavirus, now known as SARS-CoV-2, has...
by Connor Bamford, The Conversation Patrick Vallance, chief scientific adviser to the UK government, recently said that many groups are working on blood tests for COVID-19, adding: “That would tell us who has had it and now has antibodies, therefore won’t catch it again.” But is Vallance right? Once we have the antibodies, are we...
CR shows you how to use them and tells you which products to stay away from By Perry Santanachote When you shop through retailer links on our site, we may earn affiliate commissions. 100% of the fees we collect are used to support our nonprofit mission. News of stores running out of hand-sanitizing gels and...
The Food and Drug Administration just pointed out something about bottles of hand sanitizer people are hoarding during the coronavirus pandemic: They have an expiration date. It’s likely few notice the fine print while grabbing handfuls off shelves in recent weeks. It’s hard enough just to find a bottle lately. Should we worry, given 86,000...
