COVID-19 vaccine technique may help treat heart disease
Scientists from the University Medical Center Utrecht found that a method for delivering genetic material to the body is being tested as a way...
This stuff in your blood associated with severe COVID-19
Scientists from the University of Michigan found a connection between destructive white blood cells and a more severe disease course in patients with COVID-19.
The...
Your genes and blood type may help predict your risk of severe COVID-19
Scientists from the Severe COVID-19 GWAS Group found that a person’s genes and blood type may help determine their odds for a nastier form...
Common high blood pressure drug may prevent COVID-19 complications
Scientists from Johns Hopkins found a drug treatment that may reduce the risk of death from the most serious complication of COVID-19.
They found prazosin,...
COVID-19 treatment remdesivir: What you need to know
What is it? The antiviral treatment remdesivir, sold under the brand name Veklury, was the first COVID-19 therapy to get full FDA approval, and, so...
COVID-19 treatments Paxlovid: What you need to know
What is it? Paxlovid is Pfizer’s brand name for an antiviral oral medication (in pill form) that combines two generic drugs, nirmatrelvir and ritonavir.
It was the...
Common heartburn drug and depression drug may help treat COVID-19
In a recent study, scientists found that many COVID-19 survivors had chronic heartburn and took an inexpensive drug called famotidine, the key ingredient in...
This antibody can both prevent and treat COVID-19, study finds
Scientists from Scripps Research found an antibody dubbed J08 that seemed to be capable of both preventing and treating COVID-19.
They examined the blood of...
Can vitamin D help protect against COVID-19?
Recent studies have found that vitamin D supplements may help protect against COVID-19.
Scientists from Albert Einstein College of Medicine found that patients with low...
COVID-19 can infect kidneys directly, study finds
Scientists from the University of Washington found that COVID-19 can directly invade human kidney cells—specifically the proximal tubules, which are major gatekeepers in the organs'...