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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Most people who fall sick with COVID-19 will experience mild to moderate symptoms and recover without special treatment. However, some will become seriously ill and require medical attention.

COVID-19 breakthrough infections much milder in these people

Scientists from Pusan National University Hospital found COVID-19 breakthrough infections in fully vaccinated people tend to be milder than those of partially vaccinated or...

Post-COVID health problems are common in adults, study finds

Scientists from the CDC COVID-19 Emergency Response Team found that health conditions that may be attributable to COVID-19 are common among adult COVID-19 survivors The...

Yale finds possible root cause of severe COVID-19

Scientists from Yale University found more information about how the body’s immune system fights the virus that causes COVID-19. The research is published in Nature Communications and...

1 in 8 people with severe COVID-19 get heart inflammation

Scientists from the University of Glasgow found one in eight people who were hospitalized with COVID-19 were later diagnosed with myocarditis or heart inflammation. They...

These people can get strong benefits from COVID-19 Delta breakthrough infection

Scientists from King’s College London found a delta breakthrough infection generates a potent and broad neutralizing antibody response in double vaccinated people. In the study, they...

Previous COVID-19 infection cannot protect kids from omicron

Scientists from Boston Children's Hospital found evidence that children who previously had COVID-19 (or the inflammatory condition MIS-C) are not protected against the newer...

Long COVID linked to brain and mental illnesses

Scientists from UC San Francisco found biomarkers that may persist for many months in the blood of patients who had long COVID with neuropsychiatric...

Booster shot can provide better protection than original COVID-19 vaccines

Scientists from Northwestern University found that COVID-19 booster shots trigger much stronger and longer protection than full vaccination with two doses of the Pfizer...

Scientists find the cause of US delta variant surge

When the delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 hit the United States in summer 2021, it led to a larger-than-expected surge in cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Scientists...

Vaccination could reduce the risk of ‘long COVID’

Scientists from Washington University in St. Louis found that vaccinated people who experience a breakthrough case of COVID-19 are at risk for developing long-haul...