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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.

These common chronic health conditions may double or triple your COVID-19 death risk

In a recent study from Penn State, scientists found that certain pre-existing conditions may double or triple mortality risk for COVID-19. They confirmed that heart...

Scientists find an important cause of severe COVID-19

Scientists from Osaka University found that both neutralizing antibodies that protect against infection as well as infection-enhancing antibodies that increase COVID-19 infectivity. The research is...

This fasting method linked to less severe COVID-19

Scientists from Intermountain Medical Center found routine periodic fasting is associated with a lower risk for hospitalization or death in patients with COVID-19. The research...

This oral COVID-19 vaccine could effectively prevent disease and transmission

In a recent study from Duke University, scientists found a new COVID vaccine designed to be taken orally not only protects the host, but...

COVID-19 vaccine still your best bet against BA.5, scientists say

Since the pandemic arrived two years ago, new COVID-19 variant names have filtered from scientific papers to talk around the dinner table. Remember the delta variant?...

Why people with diabetes have higher risk of severe COVID-19

In a recent study from China, scientists found that low concentrations of a certain metabolite in people with diabetes may explain why they are...

COVID-19 can increase stroke risk in younger patients, study finds

Scientists from Thomas Jefferson University found that stroke patients with COVID-19 are facing worse outcomes and are often younger and healthier. People with COVID-19 are...

Scientists find key to controlling spread of new COVID variants

Scientists from Yale School of Public Health emphasize the continuing importance of vaccines and booster shots in controlling infections from highly contagious new variants...

COVID-19 vaccine patch fights variants better than needles

Scientists from the University of Queensland found a needle-free vaccine patch could better fight COVID-19 variants, such as Omicron and Delta, than a traditional...

‘Natural immunity’ from COVID-19 omicron can be limited and weak

In a recent study from Gladstone Institutes and UC San Francisco, researchers found that in unvaccinated people, infection with the omicron variant of COVID-19...