Your mental health may affect your chances of breakthrough COVID-19
Scientists from UC San Francisco found that people who are vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, and have a history of certain mental conditions, have a heightened...
COVID-19 vaccines, boosters effectively prevent severe reinfection
Scientists from the CDC found if you already got COVID-19, vaccines and boosters could protect against hospitalization from COVID -19 reinfection.
The research is published...
Vaccination can strongly cut viral load in COVID-19 infection
Scientists from the University of Geneva and elsewhere found that vaccination greatly reduces infectious viral load in COVID-19.
They measured the infectious viral load of...
New vaccine made of common dietary supplements could prevent COVID-19
Scientists from Tel Aviv University developed a new vaccine that contains several common dietary supplements to protect against COVID-19 as well as several common winter...
New COVID-19 nasal spray better than current antibody treatments
Scientists from Northwestern University and elsewhere found that a new protein-based antiviral nasal spray is better than current antibody treatments.
The drug is being advanced...
This oral drug could reduce COVID-19 death risk by 55%
Scientists from Veru Inc., an oncology biopharmaceutical company, found a novel COVID-19 drug reduces deaths by 55% in patients at high risk for Acute...
This new device could kill COVID-19 virus in 60 seconds
Scientists from the University of Alberta and TESER found that a new device uses ultraviolet-C light from hundreds of LED light bulbs to kill...
Long COVID affects 1 in 5 people following infection
Vaccination, masks and better indoor air are our best protections.
Many patients recover from COVID within a week or two, but at least one in five...
Is five days of COVID isolation enough?
When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in January it was shifting its recommended isolation period for people infected with COVID-19...
Where you live can affect your COVID death risk
Scientists from the University of Chicago used county-level data and found that different demographic groups are vulnerable to COVID-19 in different ways—often depending on...