Medical Tech

The first coronavirus vaccine to be tested in the U.S. boosted the immune systems of the study's participants and is being hailed a major step in the right direction towards eradicating COVID-19. 

A Canadian plastic surgeon is accused of filming thousands of exposed patients in his Toronto clinic without their consent, according to reports.

The team's lead author said dried blood-spot sampling offers an inexpensive, painless way for people to collect their own blood before sending it into a lab.

Stringent visitation rules barring families from seeing their loved ones due to the coronavirus pandemic often leave patients in nearly-complete isolation. 

A San Francisco-based company has become the first in the world to launch a rush service by drone to deliver coronavirus test samples from rural areas in Africa to labs - and wants to bring that service home.

A group of New York City volunteers are collecting iPads from across the country and donating them to hospitals to help patients virtually connect with family members unable to be present.

Respiratory failure associated with Covid-19 has sent the demand for ventilators soaring across the country. In Mississippi, an overwhelming surge of coronavirus patients hasn’t been as issue, by large, for hospitals around the state. But state and medical officials are preparing for the worse. 

In America after the coronavirus, getting back to a sense of normalcy will be an "up and down" process spanning years, Dean for the National School of Tropical Medicine Dr. Peter Hotez said Tuesday.

After nearly 40 years of practicing emergency medicine, Dr. Brue Becker planned on retiring and focusing his energy on serving as Chief Medical Officer of Vitae Industries, a Providence, Rhode Island-based start-up that produces an automated compounding device that 3D prints personalized medications.

Scientists have uncovered how the new coronavirus (COVID-19) binds with human respiratory cells to hijack them to produce more viruses.