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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.

This type of vaccine can provide better protection against COVID

In a study from UNSW's Kirby institute and elsewhere, scientists found newer variant-specific bivalent vaccines offer on average 1.6 times better immunity against COVID-19...

Long COVID linked to cognitive and mental problems, study shows

Long COVID is associated with reduced brain oxygen levels, worse performance on cognitive tests, and increased psychiatric symptoms such as depression and anxiety.

We can learn a lot about long COVID from years of diagnosing and treating...

Long COVID reportedly affects about 10% of post-COVID patients, and describes a range of ongoing or new symptoms three months post-infection. Given the COVID pandemic...

Much has been learned about long COVID – and much remains to be learned

This much researchers agree upon: Long COVID is a serious and sometimes debilitating condition that can strike previously healthy people after even mild bouts...

Three in five long COVID patients have organ damage a year after infection

The latest data from the Office for National Statistics suggests that more than 1.2 million people in the UK report living with long COVID...

While home recovering from COVID-19, she saved her husband’s life

One day last July, Mike Button settled into his home office, ready to start catching up on the backlog of things that had accumulated...

Common diabetes drug linked to less severe COVID-19

Scientists examined adults with type 2 diabetes who were taking metformin, a commonly prescribed diabetes medication.

Scientists find COVID vaccine may be linked to blood clotting

Scientists found fundamental differences in how the AstraZeneca and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines impact the immune system.

Long-term alcohol drinking may increase risk of COVID-19 complications

In a study from the Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) in Mannheim/Germany, scientists found that frequent alcohol drinking may lead to an increased...

We got some key things wrong about long COVID. Here are 5 things we’ve...

In late 2020 as we hid from COVID behind the moat of “fortress Australia”, we started to hear that in some people, COVID symptoms...