A new report released today shows that younger people are increasingly developing colorectal cancer. The report predicts that this year, 10 deaths per day from the disease will occur in people under 50 years old.
Starbucks has announced that it will be temporarily pausing the use of personal cups in the U.S. and Canada in an attempt to protect staff and customers from the growing coronavirus outbreak.
A cruise ship is being held off the coast of California after two recent passengers developed COVID-19 after disembarking the ship. One has since died.
A group of scientists in Germany have found a drug which may work to combat COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus sweeping the globe.
The FDA has announced its first drug shortage directly due to the coronavirus outbreak. Experts warn that many more shortages are likely to occur and that antibiotic production is particularly vulnerable.
A man in his fifties in Washington State is the first person to die from COVID-19 in the United States and a possible outbreak is underway at a nursing facility in the state.
On Friday morning, U.K. authorities reported that a British man has become the sixth person to die from the Diamond Princess Cruise Ship after 700 people contracted the virus on board.
Over 600 people from the Diamond Princess cruise ship have COVID-19, but what can scientists learn about the novel coronavirus from the ship’s outbreak? We asked three scientists.