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Malaria drug hydroxychloroquine showed no benefit in a large study of its use in U.S. veterans hospitals, researchers say.

Treatment guidelines for coronavirus have been developed by a panel of U.S. physicians, statisticians and other experts, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced.

The novel coronavirus has mutated into at least 30 different genetic variations, according to a new study in China.

A 65-year-old woman who was Italy's first confirmed COVID-19 patient had detectable levels of infectious viral particles in her eyes, long after the infection had cleared from her nose, according to a new report on her case.

A newly published study notes that prehistoric crocodiles acted more like modern-day whales and dolphins than their modern-day relatives, based off their inner-ear sensory system.

Amid a swirling controversy, the World Health Organization said the COVID-19 virus that has resulted in the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe originated in bats in the wild and is not man-made or engineered in a lab.

More than 4,000 exoplanets have been found as of April 2020, but one that was "discovered" in 2004 may not actually be a planet at all. It could just be space dust.

The FDA has authorized the first diagnostic test with a home collection option for COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus.

Hydroxychloroquine is being tested around the world to see if it can be used as a treatment for the coronavirus pandemic. As the debate intensifies on whether or not it works, 25 percent of physicians around the world believe healthcare workers should take the drug to prevent COVID-19 infections, according to a new survey.

An unprecedented amount of research has been focused solely on understanding the novel coronavirus that has taken nearly 150,000 lives across the globe. And while scientists have gotten to know some of the most intimate details of the virus called SARS-CoV-2, one question has evaded any definitive answers — Where did the virus come from?

Astronomers studying a rare interstellar comet hope to learn about its origins by learning more about its chemical composition.

Before coronavirus, other deadly pandemics and epidemics ravaged the globe.

A new international trial will examine whether a common anti-inflammatory drug known as colchicine could ward off COVID-19 symptoms and potentially prevent the need for hospitalization for some patients.

If the United States wants to restart the economy, the country must exponentially expand its testing capability and focus on those most likely to spread coronavirus, experts warn.

Researchers are trying a number of different ways to save endangered coral reefs from dying off, as they're negatively impacted by ocean pollution, climate change and several other factors. Now, NASA is asking video game players for help.

As researchers test to see whether experimental plasma transfusions from recovered COVID-19 patients can help those who've contracted the coronavirus, Microsoft is launching a "plasmabot" to help make it easier for potential donors.

After a British charity said it would partner with scientists to see if dogs are able to sniff out coronavirus patients, the CEO of the charity believes the dogs could sniff out as many as 750 people per hour, significantly aiding in the testing capabilities throughout the world.

Michael Goldsmith, a 34-year-year-old coronavirus patient who was at the center of a high-profile struggle for an experimental drug treatment, is on the path to recovery and has returned home, his wife told Fox News.

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, recently said that a COVID-19 could take 12 to 18 months to develop, test and approve for public use. But new vaccines typically take years to earn approval — can we really expect a coronavirus vaccine to be ready by summer 2021?      

The American West may be entering into a "megadrought" worse than any in the historical record, a new climate study from Columbia University suggested.