COVID-19 may cause cognitive impairment, study shows
Cognitive impairment is when a person has trouble remembering, learning new things, concentrating, or making decisions that affect their everyday life.
Cognitive impairment ranges from mild...
Scientists confirm long-term health impact of COVID-19
Many people recover fully within a few days or weeks after being infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
But others have symptoms that...
Monkeypox virus can spread widely within specialist hospital isolation rooms
Monkeypox virus can be shed into the surrounding environment by people who are infected, particularly in shed skin particles and in debris from monkeypox...
Omicron variant can escape immune response better
Omicron was initially discovered in Botswana and South Africa in November 2021—although later reports showed earlier cases in the Netherlands.
On December 1, 2021, the...
Lower exercise capacity may be another Long COVID symptom
In a study from UC San Francisco, scientists found another long-term effect of COVID-19, identified months after infection: reduced exercise capacity.
They identified 38 previous...
How to treat your flu at home
It's flu season, during which approximately 30 million Americans will get the flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Fortunately, most of...
Unvaccinated cancer patients with COVID 7 times more likely to die
In a study from Regenstrief Institute, scientists found unvaccinated adult cancer patients with COVID were found to be seven times more likely to die...
New omicron subvariant strongly evades neutralizing antibodies
In a study from Karolinska Institutet, scientists found the coronavirus variant BA.2.75.2, an omicron sublineage, could evade neutralizing antibodies in the blood and is...
Smoking, diabetes and obesity – not pre-existing heart disease – bigger risk of COVID-19...
In a study from Michigan Medicine, scientists found that risk factors for heart disease, such as age, smoking and diabetes – not pre-existing heart...
Heart inflammation 7 times more likely with COVID-19 than vaccines
Myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle.
Myocarditis has rarely been reported. When reported, the cases have especially been in adolescents and young adult males within several days after mRNA COVID-19...