People are more willing to get a COVID-19 vaccination when they are told about how many other people in their community plan to get one.

Political beliefs do not seem to overshadow how people perceive the severity of the pandemic in their own communities, researchers find.

A new study links the COVID-19 pandemic to an increase in the frequency and mortality of gun injuries among children.

One way to prevent mental health challenges in children: Recognize and treat the mental health issues of their parents.

A new test that ‘fishes’ for multiple respiratory viruses at once using single strands of DNA as ‘bait’, and gives highly accurate results in under an hour,

A new study offers more evidence that breast milk of people vaccinated against COVID protects infants too young to receive the vaccine.

Pinpointing the routes that the COVID-19 virus takes in and out of the nasal cavity could make possible a "morning after" spray to prevent infection.

In a new trial, participants who received nasal injections were 12.5 times more likely to have their sense of smell improve after COVID.