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People with cancer are among those at high risk of complications if infected with the new coronavirus. More than 600,000 people are receiving chemotherapy although doctors are recommending postponing those treatments.

These findings suggest that recommendations to wear face masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 may not be effective.

A new study found that depending on which vaping devices a teen uses—vaping pens vs. mods—the young person may wind up smoking far more.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued recommendations for physicians managing the care of newborns whose mothers are suspected or confirmed as having COVID-19.

Cardiac specialists believe a COVID-19 infection could lead to damage to the heart in four or five ways. Some patients, they say, might be affected by more than one of those pathways at once.

The AMA is announced guidance to help medical schools and health systems make responsible decisions about how to safely incorporate medical students.

In Philadelphia, New Orleans, and Los Angeles, where hospitalizations from COVID-19 increase each day, shuttered hospitals that once served the city’s poor and uninsured sit empty. But reopening closed hospitals, even in a public health emergency, is difficult.

State officials are scrambling to obtain Abbott’s highly touted COVID-19 test after it said they could detect the novel coronavirus in as little as five minutes, or give a negative test result in about 13 minutes.

A high-ranking federal official in late February warned that the United States needed to plan for not having enough personal protective equipment for medical workers as they began to battle the novel coronavirus

The mechanisms of action by hydroxychloroquine could possibly hinder the virus from moving from the upper to lower respiratory tract - in turn making mechanical ventilation less likely to be a necessity.