Heart disease death risk strongly increases in COVID-19 pandemic
After steadily declining for nearly a decade, the heart disease death rate rose significantly during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
How COVID-19 virus damages brain cells, and a potential treatment
Vaccines and emerging treatments have reduced the health consequences of COVID-19 in most patients.
But the phenomenon of Long COVID, characterized by persisting symptoms that...
Do we still need to hold onto COVID-19 vaccination cards?
Where is your COVID-19 vaccination card? Is it in your wallet or purse? Is it at home, buried in a pile of mail? Is it lost?
How COVID-19 colliding with flu season and surge of RSV created ‘tripledemic’
Get ready for a bumpy ride, virus-wise, as autumn turns into winter this year.
COVID-19 infections have run into an early flu season and a...
Chronic pain associated with poor health, COVID-19 infection
Chronic pain—pain lasting at least three months—is a serious problem affecting a large number of people: according to the National Academies of Science, Engineering and...
Heart inflammation risk remains rare after third COVID-19 vaccine dose
Scientists found a third dose of the Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine poses no more risk of heart inflammation than a second dose.
How COVID-19 damages lungs
Viruses and bacteria have a very long history. Because viruses can’t reproduce without a host, they’ve been attacking bacteria for millions of years.
Some of...
Omicron BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 – an expert answers three key questions about these new...
Two new omicron subvariants, BQ.1 and BQ.1.1, are quickly gaining traction in the US, collectively accounting for 27% of infections as of October 29.
Both...
COVID is linked to loss of brain tissue, but correlation doesn’t prove causation
COVID can lead to long-term loss of brain tissue. This is a worrying find, which comes against the backdrop of numerous reports of long COVID.
Everything you need to know about stuffy and runny noses
What's worse than a runny nose? A runny nose and stuffy nose at the same time.