Microwave pulses caused bizarre ‘Havana syndrome,’ report suggests By Yasemin Saplakoglu A string of unexplained illnesses in Cuba, China and elsewhere was likely caused by directed, pulsed radio frequency energy, according to a government report.
Mystery illness sickens more than 300 in India By Rachael Rettner All patients tested negative for COVID-19.
How a flu virus shut down the US economy in 1872 — by infecting horses By Ernest Freeberg In 1872 the U.S. economy was growing as the young nation industrialized and expanded westward. Then in the autumn, a sudden shock paralyzed social and economic life.
How COVID-19 vaccines will get from the factory to your local pharmacy By Bahar Aliakbarian Here's how the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines will be distributed and kept safe from the factory to your local pharmacy.
COVID-19: When are you most infectious? By Müge Çevik, Antonia Ho A close friend – let’s call him John – recently called, asking for advice.
What are the symptoms of COVID-19? By Stephanie Pappas How will you know if you have the novel coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease? Here are the most common symptoms.
Why did this man's urine turn green? By Rachael Rettner After five days in the ICU, a man's urine turned green.
COVID-19 quarantine now 10 days, 7 with test, CDC says By Nicoletta Lanese The recommendations for self-isolation — for people who test positive for COVID-19 — have not changed.
UK approves Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine By Yasemin Saplakoglu The first doses of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine will likely roll out in the U.K. next week.
COVID-19 may have arrived in US by December 2019 By Rachael Rettner Researchers studied blood samples from December 2019, and found a small number tested positive for antibodies against the virus.
AI system solves 50-year-old protein folding problem in hours By Rachael Rettner This complex problem that has plagued researchers for decades.
Moderna's coronavirus vaccine is highly effective, final analysis shows By Yasemin Saplakoglu New data from Moderna's phase 3 trial confirm that the vaccine is highly effective and protects against severe disease.
Escaped mink could spread the coronavirus to wild animals By Nicoletta Lanese More than 100 SARS-CoV-2 infected mink may have escaped from Danish farms, raising the risk that these escapees could spread the novel coronavirus to wild animals.
Save 53% on AncestryDNA testing kit for Cyber Monday By LiveScience.com Staff AncestryDNA may be the perfect holiday present. And right now, Amazon is selling the kit for $47.00, which is 53% off the normal list price.
Here are the most promising coronavirus vaccine candidates out there By Yasemin Saplakoglu Scientists around the world are creating dozens of unique vaccine candidates to fight the novel coronavirus — and they're doing it at unprecedented speeds.
SARS-CoV-2 relative found lurking in frozen bats from Cambodia By Nicoletta Lanese For the first time, close relatives of the novel coronavirus have been found outside China.
Man's 'heart attack' was really side effect from swallowed battery By Ashley P. Taylor Whether or not it affects the heart, eating batteries is dangerous.
Oxford COVID-19 vaccine up to 90% effective (with the right dose) By Yasemin Saplakoglu A third major coronavirus vaccine candidate has revealed promising results in late-stage trials.
Rural hospitals are under siege from COVID-19. Here's what doctors are facing, in their own words. By Lauren Hughes, Jennifer Bacani McKenney It’s difficult to put into words how hard COVID-19 is hitting rural America’s hospitals.
Ultrasound captures worms squirming in a man's stomach By Rachael Rettner Doctors observed a "tubular ... structure that moved with a curling motion" inside his stomach.
