Merck’s Oral COVID-19 Treatment Yields Promising Trial Data
German pharmaceutical giant Merck and a US partner reported promising results Saturday in trials of a drug administered orally to fight COVID-19, saying it helps reduce patients' viral load. “At a time where there is unmet need for antiviral treatments against SARS-CoV-2, we are encouraged by these preliminary data,” said Wendy Painter, More...
Scientists Discover Water Vapors Rising From Mars, Suggesting Planet May Have Been Habitable
Water vapors rising from Mars suggest the planet may have been habitable, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances. Scientists discovered that Mars is still leaking water in More...
Oxford University to Test COVID-19 Vaccine Response among Children for First Time
The University of Oxford will begin testing the COVID-19 vaccine it developed with AstraZeneca on children, a potentially key step in ending the global pandemic. The Oxford trial plans to enroll 300 children More...
The COVID-19 Baby Boom Is a Baby Bust
Many people expected a baby boom during the intimacy of widespread COVID-19 lockdowns, but a year later, statistics show just the opposite happened. According to a new report by CBS News, birth rate data compiled More...
NASA Rover Faces ‘seven Minutes of Terror’ before Landing on Mars
When NASA's Mars rover Perseverance, a robotic astrobiology lab packed inside a space capsule, hits the final stretch of its seven-month journey from Earth this week, it is set to emit a More...
Spacewalking Astronauts Prep Station for New Solar Wings
Spacewalking astronauts ventured out Sunday to install support frames for new, high-efficiency solar panels arriving at the International Space Station later this year. NASA’s Kate Rubins and Victor Glover More...
NASA’s Latest Mars Probe to Seek For Signs of Ancient Life
NASA’s fifth expedition to Mars with a roving lander is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet later this week, with scientists hoping to glean information about its history and whether it holds any clues More...
FDA Requires More Data on Merck’s COVID-19 Drug
Merck & Co said Thursday that U.S. regulators have asked for additional data beyond the Phase III study already conducted in order to support potential emergency use authorization of its experimental COVID-19 More...
Side Effect From COVID-19 Vaccines Affects Mammograms
Doctors are noticing an uptick of abnormal mammograms as more people get their COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine is causing lymph nodes under the arm to swell as the body starts building protection against the virus. More...
Study: UK COVID Variant May Be Up to 70 Percent Deadlier
The variant of the coronavirus that first appeared in the United Kingdom could be up to 70% more deadly than the previous version that spread throughout the United States, according to a recent study. The coronavirus More...
