Home COVID Page 116

COVID

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.

People with this disease have a higher risk of severe COVID-19

In a recent study published in JNCI Cancer Spectrum, researchers found that patients with inactive cancer and not currently undergoing treatments also face a...

COVID-19 infection may lead to fertility problem in men

In a recent study published in Reproduction, researchers found that COVID-19 may negatively affect sperm quality and reduce fertility in men. They showed that COVID-19 infection...

Understanding the link between COVID-19 and diabetes

Amid the many problems posed by the pandemic, one positive outcome is that COVID-19 is providing valuable insights that could help researchers unlock the...

Harvard: ‘Alarming’ COVID subvariants and the power of hybrid immunity

Jacob Lemieux is an infectious disease specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital and instructor at Harvard Medical School He said this week that recent COVID data...

Contracting Covid-19 might increase your risk of type 1 diabetes

People who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 may be at a higher risk of developing the autoimmune disease Type 1 diabetes, according to a...

This vitamin deficiency strongly raises your risk of COVID-19

Scientists from the University of Birmingham found that healthcare workers who self-isolated after developing symptoms of COVID-19 were more likely to have a vitamin...

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...