Scientists have claimed that a type of snake may be the original source of the Wuhan coronavirus. However, many infectious disease experts say the ultimate culprit is more likely to be the bat.
Researchers have grown miniature snake venom glands in a lab. They hope the breakthrough will make it easier to treat snakebites and yield new drugs from snake venom.
Health officials will not issue a blanket quarantine for the nearly 200 Americans who landed at a California military base following their evacuation from Wuhan, the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus outbreak in China.
The outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus in central China has infected thousands and spread overseas, raising the specter of a potential global epidemic as authorities desperately try to contain it.
Short-term exposure to air pollution is linked to a higher risk of sudden heart problems, especially among older people, according to a study published Monday.
Hundreds of Americans who returned to the United States Wednesday from the epicenter of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak are voluntarily quarantined at the March Air Reserve Base in southern California.
Americans are buying up surgical masks from major retailers to protect themselves from the novel coronavirus despite the CDC's position that the virus poses a low threat to the US. Some masks are effective in preventing transmission, but experts say Americans don't need to wear them.
A single dose of psilocybin, a compound found in magic mushrooms, could provide long-term relief of anxiety and depression in cancer patients, a new study says.
Health authorities in Cote d'Ivoire are investigating a suspected case of Wuhan coronavirus in a female student who arrived from China, officials have said.
There are at least 15 confirmed cases of the Wuhan coronavirus in the United States. The most recently confirmed cases were in evacuees who'd recently returned to the US from Wuhan under federal quarantine.
With Chinese authorities warning the coronavirus outbreak is accelerating, placing millions of people in more than a dozen Chinese cities under intense travel restrictions might seem like a good idea.
An Arizona woman cannot use frozen embryos fertilized by her ex-husband to have children and has to donate them, according to a ruling by the state's Supreme Court.
China's health minister Ma Xiaowei made a startling statement Sunday about the Wuhan coronavirus: He said people can spread it before they become symptomatic.
President Trump said he doesn't consider potential brain injuries to be as serious as physical combat wounds, but traumatic brain injuries are serious. They're also on the rise.
Medical supply stores in central Texas are experiencing a medical mask shortage after a Texas A&M student, having recently traveled to Wuhan, China, may have contracted coronavirus.
