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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.

Blood clots linked to long COVID-19 exercise capacity

Scientists from the University College London found that people suffering from long COVID may face an increased risk of abnormal blood clotting. They also found...

What you need to know about the latest COVID therapies

More than two years after COVID-19 became a household term, the drugs to treat it are still quite new and often hard to come...

Diabetes could almost double the death risk in COVID-19

Scientists from the University of Aberdeen found that people with diabetes were almost twice as likely to die from COVID and almost three times...

COVID-19 vaccination linked to 15% reduction in stillbirths, study finds

Scientists from the University of London and elsewhere found that COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy using mRNA vaccines is linked to a 15% reduction in...

COVID-19 increases risk of dangerous blood clots in these people

Scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that older stroke patients who had a history of COVID-19 were more likely to...

These people 5 times more likely to have COVID-19 reinfection

Scientists from Clalit Health Services found That after people have recovered from COVID-19, getting at least one dose of a vaccine provides added protection...

When to get a COVID-19 booster

If you recently had COVID-19, you may be wondering if you should delay getting your booster. We asked James Moy, MD, an immunologist in the...

This study shows an effective way to predict who will die in COVID-19

Scientists from Université de Montréal found the amount of a SARS-CoV-2 genetic material—viral RNA—in the blood is a reliable indicator in detecting which patients...

This drug combo may treat COVID-19 effectively

Scientists from UCL found new drug combinations with the potential to treat severe cases of COVID-19 infection at different stages of the disease. The findings...

40% of COVID-19 survivors suffer from a new disability, study finds

Scientists from Monash University found six months after recovering from COVID-19 critical illness, one in five people had died, and almost 40% of survivors...