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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.

Yale scientists find a big cause of severe COVID-19 and death

Scientists from Yale have found identified a particular immune response pathway that leads to severe illness and death in people infected by the SARS-CoV-2...

Scientists find an unexpected way to recycle disposable masks

With the pervasive single-use masks during the pandemic now presenting an environmental problem, researchers have demonstrated the idea of incorporating old masks into a...

Heart inflammation risk highest after second COVID-19 vaccine, study finds

Scientists from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health found that the risk for heart inflammation after COVID-19 mRNA vaccines is highest in young men...

Vitamin D could effectively determine severity of COVID-19 infection

Scientists from Trinity College Dublin found that vitamin D can determine the severity of COVID-19, and they are calling on the government in Ireland...

People in these two blood groups have lower risk of severe COVID-19

Scientists from St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto found that type O and rhesus-negative (Rh−) blood groups seem to be linked to a lower risk...

Fewer people die from COVID-19 in better vaccinated communities, study finds

Scientists from CDC found that fewer people die from COVID-19 in better-vaccinated communities. They analyzed data across 2,558 counties in 48 US states and found...

People with COVID-19 could have eye damage, study finds

Scientists from the Geneva University Hospitals found that COVID-19 infections may cause retina damage. They that 11% of people hospitalized for respiratory distress due to...

COVID-19 led to heart problem that put teen in a wheelchair for 3 months

Olivia Lopez came home from school one day, walked into her mom's office and announced: "I can't smell." It was November 2020, so then-13-year-old Olivia...

Why you get breakthrough COVID infection after a booster shot

Scientists from Johns Hopkins Medicine found why after two vaccination doses and a booster shot, people still got sick from the Omicron strain of...

Six in ten COVID-19 survivors still have a least one symptom a year later

Scientists from the Luxembourg Institute of Health found that six in ten people with COVID-19 still have at least one symptom a year later. They...