Coronavirus

Joyce Hollman

Keeping cancer patients safe during COVID-19

Statistics say it’s likely every one of us knows a cancer patient. It may be a family member or a friend… or maybe you’ve been through or are going through treatments yourself. For people with cancer, navigating the landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic holds unique challenges. It’s up to all of us to keep them safe…

Joyce Hollman

4 ways COVID-19 increases the public restroom germ factor

Under the best of circumstances, a public restroom is a hotbed of disease. Even the cleanest restroom is full of hidden germs on surfaces and in the air. Now, we have the coronavirus to consider. Follow these tips from an immunologist to feel safer…

Dr. Adria Schmedthorst

To lower your coronavirus risk at home, open your windows

The coronavirus pandemic still has many of us “safer at home.” Yet, studies show that the virus is transmitted far more easily indoors than out. Luckily, there’s one simple thing you can do to help keep yourself and your family safe at home. It all has to do with airflow…

Joyce Hollman

COVID-19: For summer safety think time, space, people, place

Can we actually have fun during this summer of COVID-19? Infectious disease experts say yes… as long as we are smart about it. If we choose low-risk activities with people we know and trust, the summer of 2020 can be safe and fun. Here’s how…

Jenny Smiechowski

CBD may have potential to block coronavirus entry points

The cannabis plant is packed with medicinal potential. That’s why medical marijuana is legal in 33 states, and federal legalization is likely to follow in the next few years. But could a compound in cannabis help protect you from COVID-19? A new study says yes…

Jenny Smiechowski

How common is asymptomatic COVID-19?

There’s still so much we don’t know about the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the disease it causes — COVID-19. Among the most important questions we need answers to: How common is the asymptomatic version of the disease and does a lack of symptoms affect the spread?