COVID-19

Cannabis extracts are showing potential in making people more resistant to the novel coronavirus, says an Alberta researcher leading a study. After sifting through 400 cannabis strains, researchers at the University of Lethbridge are concentrating on about a dozen that show promising results in ensuring less fertile ground for the …

The devastation wrought by COVID-19 has been global and devastating. Scientists and doctors around the world are racing to find effective treatments and vaccines to combat this novel coronavirus. Fighting a novel virus requires novel approaches, so scientists and doctors have been experimenting with various treatments—essentially throwing treatment options against …

The CEOs of some of the biggest licensed pot companies in the US believe that jobs in new marijuana markets could replace many of those lost amid the coronavirus lockdowns. The only problem: The federal government needs to change its anti-weed laws. Three American cannabis CEOs and a pot investor …

New Zealand’s coronavirus lockdown has led to only one death in the country so far, data from Johns Hopkins University shows as of Tuesday morning. New Zealand implemented a strict lockdown last month, beginning on March 25, set to last four weeks with a focus on eliminating the virus rather than containing …

It might not be until fall 2021 that Americans “can be completely safe” from COVID-19, Bill Gates said in a Tuesday interview with Judy Woodruff on PBS Newshour. That’s because it will take more than a year before a vaccine can be developed and deployed, according to researchers working to develop a treatment for COVID-19. “The …

Why every U.S. city and county should brace for severe outbreaks, a possible second wave, and even a resurgence of the coronavirus later this year and next Photo: Kena Betancur/Stringer/Getty Images While the worst Covid-19 outbreaks in the United States so far have occurred in a relative handful of large …