Coronavirus Special Update

Many people are interested in joining a COVID-19 treatment study and helping scientists find a cure. But not every trial is real, and scammers are using the pandemic as an opportunity to trick more victims. If you try to sign up for a trial and get asked for your Social Security number, here's why you'll want to back out immediately.

Face masks are a critical tool to help slow the spread of COVID-19 so you probably have one or 15. But what do you do with them when you take them off to keep them sanitary? Instead of setting them on the restaurant table or in your pocket, use one of these high-tech cases to keep them fresh.

When studies came out months ago saying COVID could live on a phone for a few days, needless to say, people freaked out. Are you sitting down? It's actually worse. A new study now claims the virus can stay on your device for nearly a month. Thankfully there are simple ways to keep your smartphone super clean.

As the pandemic continues to rage, some stories have the potential to prove more harmful than others. Right now, a story is trending that claims people who refuse the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine will suffer financial penalties at the hands of credit card companies. Is such a thing even possible? Here's why you shouldn't rush to believe everything you read.

Face masks have become just another thing we need to remember to grab before we leave the house. We need them to go pretty much anywhere nowadays and for good reason. But masks might be even more valuable in the future. Scientists are looking into ways to make masks more reliable at keeping out germs.

Have you ever wondered how the concept of time came about? There is actually astrological reasoning behind it. A year is how long it takes Earth to travel around the sun, a month is based on moon cycles, and a day is how long it takes Earth to rotate on its axis. But what about a week? Why is it seven days?