Gargling salt water is a time-tested way to alleviate sore-throat pain. As a nasal lavage, it can help clear stuffy sinuses associated with colds and allergies. But, is gargling salt water effective against the symptoms of COVID-19?

AstraZeneca’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine is probably the world’s leading candidate and most advanced in terms of development, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief scientist said.

Light-activated CRISPR technology edits genes more precisely and faster than the more standard chemical methods, and enables “super-fast” DNA repair, according to research from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

French drugmaker Sanofi SA expects to get approval for the potential COVID-19 vaccine in development with Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline Plc by the first half of 2021, faster than previously anticipated.

Shares of Evelo Biosciences were up more than 25 percent after the company announced the investigational asset EDP1815 will be included in the Phase II/III TACTIC-E COVID-19-focused clinical trial for conducted by Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Transatlantic life science venture company Epidarex Capital closed a new fund worth £102.1 million ($126.6 million).

Researchers at Boston University and Signify confirmed that UV-C light effectively eradicates the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

A cheap and widely used steroid called dexamethasone has become the first drug shown to be able to save lives among COVID-19 patients in what scientists said is a “major breakthrough” in the coronavirus pandemic.

As AstraZeneca closes in on developing a vaccine against COVID-19, the U.K. pharma giant struck a deal with Europe’s Inclusive Vaccines Alliance to supply up to 400 million doses of the preventative medication by the end of 2020.

A review of some recently published scientific studies includes one for antihistamines and similar compounds that might slow down Huntington’s disease.