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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.

COVID-19 mixed with flu can raise risks of death and severe illness

A new study from the University of Edinburgh found adults in hospital who have COVID-19 and the flu at the same time are at...

How finger length could help predict severe COVID-19

A new study from Swansea University found the link between levels of sex hormones in the womb and in puberty and COVID hospitalizations. The study...

How COVID-19 pandemic linked to more liver disease cases

A new study from Osaka City University Hospital found liver disease was negatively impacted by lifestyle changes during the first year of the pandemic. The...

Different SARS-CoV-2 variants may cause different long COVID symptoms

A new study from the University of Florence found that the symptoms connected to long COVID could be different in people who are infected...

Here we go again: The BA.2 version of omicron

At this point in the pandemic, the public is understandably skittish about any news threatening to thwart our progress toward normalcy. Just as we learned...

Aspirin may reduce death risk in these COVID-19 patients

A new study from George Washington University found that hospitalized patients with moderate COVID-19 who were given aspirin early on in their treatment had...

This monitor at home can help you detect COVID-19 early

A new study from Imperial College London found measuring blood oxygen levels at home is a safe way for people with COVID-19 to spot...

NFL stadium openings in 2020 had no impact on local Covid-19, finds MIT study

As with most everything in the world, football looked very different in 2020. As the Covid-19 pandemic unfolded, many National Football League (NFL) games were...

Omicron subvariant taking hold, but so far, life goes on

Harvard pandemic experts monitoring the global spread of the Omicron subvariant BA.2 say that early tracking in the U.S. suggests a milder impact than...

Vaccination can provide long-lasting immune response to prevent COVID-19

A new study from the University of Melbourne found that the body's T cells provide long-lasting memory against the virus following vaccination or infection...