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.
Can you get COVID-19 booster and flu shot at the same time?
With flu season right around the corner in the United States, and Omicron subvariants of the coronavirus still circulating, many people are wondering if they should get their influenza vaccine and the latest COVID-19 booster shot together.
What causes severe COVID symptoms?
Since the earliest months of the COVID-19 pandemic, physicians and scientists worldwide have been working to understand how exactly the virus makes us sick.
That...
COVID-19 surges linked to spike in heart attacks
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, heart attacks were the leading cause of death worldwide but were steadily on the decline.
In a study from Cedars-Sinai,...