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A top infectious disease expert has a dire warning about the coronavirus that has infected over 4.2 million and killed 290,390 worldwide.

Widely seen photographs of hundreds of cars in Texas or people in New York City lined up at food banks are a vivid reminded of the economic devastation COVID-19 has wrought.

When stay-at-home orders went into effect across the U.S. starting in late March, research labs were also shut down. Countless scientists were among those sheltering at home, researching and examining existing data.

New research on a sample of the moon brought back by Apollo 17 has revealed how giant meteorite impacts formed parts of the celestial satellite's crust.

Ancient Mars may have contained water packed with the ingredients to support life, but there is no known life on the Red Planet today. A new study suggests the conditions on the present-day Martian surface are actually too cold for life.

A large study of more than 1,400 COVID-19 patients has revealed the controversial coronavirus treatment hydroxychloroquine yielded no benefits for the people involved in the research.

A POW letter from Winston Churchill before he became Britain's Prime Minister and details the warm relationship between Churchill and his captor has gone up for sale for a cool $85,000.

Researchers have discovered the wreck of storied World War II battleship USS Nevada 65 nautical miles southwest of Pearl Harbor.

Archaeologists in Mongolia have found the remains of two ancient women warriors, whose skeletal remains indicate that they were well practiced in archery and horseback riding.

A man in northwest Spain, 54, died after being stung by a “murder hornet,” according to a report.

A harmonized and collaborative approach to the clinical testing, scale-up and distribution of candidate vaccines to prevent COVID-19 is essential, top scientific leaders write in a perspective published today in Science.

A top scientist who fell ill with COVID-19 says the world will never return to normal unless there is a coronavirus vaccine.

Men's blood has higher levels of a vital enzyme used by the novel coronavirus to infect cells, according to a new European study, which could help explain why men are more vulnerable to COVID-19 infection.

As if the planet didn't have enough to worry about with the coronavirus pandemic, one researcher is worried about extraterrestrial viruses.

Abbott Labs announced on Monday that it had received emergency use approval from the FDA for its antibody test capable of detecting COVID-19.

Though there is no known scientific cure for COVID-19 yet, a three-drug combination that appears to alleviate symptoms and shorten the duration of hospital stays, according to a new study.

Researchers widely believe that COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus pandemic, is transmitted person-to-person, largely via respiratory droplets from coughs, sneezes and talking. A new study suggests it can also be transmitted through the eyes from the ACE-2 protein.

More than a dozen children in New York City have been hospitalized with an unusual inflammatory syndrome possibility related to COVID-19.

Experts worry that reports of the famous insect have caused a panic that will cause needless damage.

Last week, the Icelandic government rolled out several new environmental policies and proposals addressing climate change as part of the country's second COVID-19 economic stimulus package.