A new review article, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, finds that mucosal cells are 'stiffer' in older patients due to more protein fibers, allowing coronavirus to multiply more easily.

Yale University will begin a clinical trial to test the safety and effectiveness of asthma drug ibudilast after it was found to reduce lung inflammation caused by coronavirus in mouse models.

Face masks are being used to lift lockdowns in Italy, Austria and the Czech Republic - but do they work? Experts say fabric stops you breathing in droplets potentially carrying the virus.

A new study from the University of Notre Dame has found that maintaining a high level of social distancing until summer 2020 allowed for tapering of control of the virus later on.

A new study from the University of Texas at Austin found that antibodies produced by llamas bind to proteins found on the coronavirus and prevent them from infecting cells.

Researchers at Saarland University in Homburg, Germany, say that with a sensitive enough tests, they can detect just one positive in a single test tube samples taken from 30 patients.

Cardiologist Dr Robert Bonow says that in the US as well as Italy and China, coronavirus has attached itself to the hearts of infected people and even triggered heart attacks due to severe inflammation.

A new study from Penn Vet will have eight dogs be exposed to COVID-19 positive saliva and urine samples and then test if they can discriminate between positive and negative samples.

Preliminary results of New York state testing of hydroxychloroquine to treat some 600 coronavirus patients suggest those treated with the drug fare no better than those who did not receive it.

A small French study has found that severely ill coronavirus patients given tocilizumab, a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, were less likely to be put on life support and less likely to die.

Antigen tests are easier and cheaper to manufacture and simpler to administer because they require specific chemicals, highly-trained staff or specialized equipment unlike current tests.

Between 20 and 40 percent of COVID-19 patients at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, have developed blood clots - even after being put on blood thinners, doctors there say.

DARPA is making a new kind of coronavirus test that looks for an immune response to coronavirus. It may detect the virus much earlier than current diagnostics. DARPA has filed for FDA authorization.

Social media is awash with data and graphs, which all seem to point to the same grim conclusion: that the UK is one of worst affected countries, with our virus death toll approaching a chilling 30,000.

US researchers have published early data which suggests a drug, called remdesivir, pictured, could effectively treat people with coronavirus.

Two hormone treatments used in prostate cancer patients will be available before chemotherapy, as hospitals try to keep patients away from hospitals during the coronavirus crisis.

The adult entertainment industry launched an STI testing and contact tracing program, like what's needed for coronavirus, to stop the spread of HIV. It hasn't been transmitted on regulated sets since 2004.

Dermatologists have warned of five skin conditions after studying 375 patients. The most common, affecting half, was a rash of either flat or raised bumps

A Harvard University review found issues with each of 10 studies on hydroxychloroquine they examined. The drug can be immunosuppressive, which could be helpful or harmful for covid patients.

Data from a project led by University of Oxford researchers shows that Britain's rate of 394 deaths per million is the fourth worst in world behind Italy, Spain and Belgium.

The map, created by the Office for National Statistics, shows deprived regions in England and Wales are suffering 55 deaths per 100,000 people, compared to 25 deaths in affluent areas.

Dr Paul Hunter, a medicine lecturer at the University of East Anglia, said it was 'valid' for people to be tested more than once and that tests are not perfect so may have to be repeated.

More than 90% of COVID-19 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine in studies in France and Boston had longer than normal pauses in their heart beats - a sign of dangerous arrhythmias.

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Like many, I've long believed that our relentless use of social media is, for want of a better term, rotting our brains.

Evidence suggests the biggest risk factor for death by Covid-19 is age, but scores of pensioners are bucking the trend by managing to shake off the killer infection.

As a person ages, their immune system becomes suppressed and it takes longer for their body to recognise and attack the virus. Harvard scientists say this could be fixed by with NAD boosters.

DR ELLIE CANNON reveals how the oximeter, pictured, a simple tool available easily on the high street, can help catch Covid-19 before it turns deadly.

Charities in the UK have warned the killer infection can lead to acute kidney injury (AKI), a sudden serious condition that can be fatal if not treated immediately.

DR ELLIE CANNON: The Mail on Sunday's GP discusses B&Q reopening, pictured, how to obtain a free test, whether it's safe to hug grandchildren and more in this week's column.

EVE SIMMONS: Becoming infected with coronavirus undoubtedly tops the list of current health fears for most Britons. But getting fat seems to come a close second.

Dr Giorgio Gentile gave Leonard Whitehurst, being treated at Royal Cornwall Hospital, the drug tocilizumab as a last ditch attempt to save his life. He had heard promising results from early trials.

Top experts from the prestigious Royal Society concluded that masks - even home-made ones - can reduce the transmission of the deadly infection.

Gillian Assor (right), 50, who runs a nanny agency, lives in Hertfordshire, with her husband David, 51, and their children Benjamin, 23, Oliver, 21, and Isabel, 19. They came across Tommy (left).

Swiss drug maker Roche says its coronavirus antibody blood test has a specificity rate of 99.8% and a sensitivity of 100%, meaning it would show very few false positives and no false negatives

As many as 400,000 people a year in England and Wales are told they've reached the end of their treatment options, according to charity Marie Curie.

DR MARTIN SCURR: Any persistent problem can be terribly frustrating but it is not the Barrett's oesophagus (pictured) that is causing your symptoms.

New research has shown that our response to infection changes over the course of each day, and - even more importantly - that sleep disruption can leave our immune system compromised (file photo).

The malaria-blocking bug, Microsporidia MB, was found by University of Glasgow scientists in the gut and genitals of mosquitoes living on the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya.

A new study from Rush University Medical Center looked at the protein, known as suPAR, is a marker of disease severity and aggressiveness as well as activating of the immune system.

A walk in the park could cause hayfever sufferers to sneeze, even if the pollen count is low, a US-German study has found. Research on 25 men found even a simple smell could trigger hayfever symptoms.

History shows how lethal disease pandemics have a habit of seeming to shrink away - but then returning suddenly in subsequent waves. Chillingly, these latter waves can prove far deadlier.

Leronlimab is a drug in development for treating HIV and cancer. Two of seven critically ill coronavirus patients who were given the drug were taken off ventilators in a matter of days.

One sample collected from an Arizona coronavirus patient showed a deletion of 81 genetic 'letters' that suppresses the virus's ability to fight the human immune system, also seen as SARS began to fade.

Could gadgets - such as a prong for flushing loos and covers for keyboards - help too? ADRIAN MONTI asked experts to review a selection; we then rated them.

Researchers at the London School of Economics have highlighted exactly where the UK has fallen short of protecting some 400,000 care home residents and staff.

Scientific evidence suggests that people who are overweight - which two thirds of adults in the UK are - have a 39 per cent higher risk of dying if they catch the coronavirus.

British doctors want the matchbox-sized gadgets, known as pulse oximeters, to be given to those in most urgent need for free.

An urgent review has been launched by Health Secretary Matt Hancock into whether obesity, ethnicity and gender raise the risk of death from coronavirus.

Defra confirmed it is conferring with scientists about whether wastewater can help trace the spread of the deadly infection. It could become part of the government's plan to ease Britain out of lockdown.

Sir Patrick Vallance told MPs on the Health and Social Care Select Committee that masks could have a 'marginal but positive' impact on curbing transmission of the life-threatening infection.