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Mississippi became the first state in the union to lift a mask mandate to curb the spread of the coronavirus, as cases fall.

The timeline regarding a coronavirus vaccine was a hot topic of Tuesday night's presidential debate.

The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine substantially lowered the risk of cervical cancer, especially when administered early, said a new study.

Traces of the novel coronavirus were found in water samples taken from Lake Superior beaches in Duluth, Minn., according to researchers with the University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth campus. 

Shortly after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus a global pandemic in March, Google searches for a certain mental health symptom skyrocketed, according to a new study. 

The outer-borough COVID spike is growing.

The results of a recent survey found that while most participants agreed the vaccine is the best protection against flu, a smaller percentage actually plan to be inoculated. 

The first patient cured of HIV, Timothy Ray Brown (also known as "Berlin patient"), has died of cancer.

Students in Sioux Falls who have been exposed to the coronavirus will now be able to return to school rather than quarantining at home for two weeks as long as everyone was wearing a mask, according to a unanimous decision by the school board which goes into effect Thursday.

Florida State University cancelled its spring break for this school year after Tallahassee police had to break up a party of 1,000 at an apartment complex many students live in over the weekend. 

The key to working out consistently and keeping off the pounds may be as simple as setting the same time of day for your workouts and sticking to the schedule, according to a recent study in the journal Obesity.

As many as 1 in 1,000 children on average lost a parent or caregiver to the disease between March and July 2020, according to the researchers.

A new study found that an estimated nine in ten recovered COVID-19 patients have experienced side effects of the disease. 

From early August into the following month, weekly coronavirus cases among adults aged 18 to 22 jumped by 55% nationwide, with the Northeast seeing the largest increase, per a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

When choosing a fabric to make a homemade face mask to protect against the novel coronavirus, silk is better than cotton, namely when used in conjunction with a respirator, according to a new study from researchers with the University of Cincinnati. 

The tests will provide results in under 30 minutes compared to hours or days and will enable the expansion of testing, particularly in countries that particularly in areas with "under-resourced" health systems, WHO said.

The novel coronavirus uses its "spike proteins" to latch onto and invade human cells. But to do so, the spikes morph into at least 10 different shapes, according to a new study. 

Joey is an almost 3-month-old male Canadian-born otter.

Biotech company Moderna announced on Tuesday that its coronavirus vaccine candidate elicited immune responses in older adults from a Phase 1 study in levels comparable to those seen in younger adults.

The novel coronavirus was more than twice as contagious at the start of the pandemic than first thought, according to a new study from Duke University.