COVID 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...
Vaccination lowers the risks for heart attack, stroke after COVID-19
Scientists from the National Health Insurance Service in South Korea found that full vaccination against COVID-19 is linked to a lower risk for heart...
Scientists find the cause of long COVID ‘brain fog’
Scientists from La Trobe University found the cause of the neurological conditions seen in patients with long COVID, such as brain fog.
The study provides...
What you should know about monkeypox
The World Health Organization recently declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern as the virus is now spreading throughout North America and...
How COVID-19 infection may cause Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s symptoms
Scientists from Houston Methodist found that COVID-19 infections may have both short- and long-term brain effects.
COVID-19 infections may predispose people to develop irreversible brain...
Loss of smell from COVID-19 may increase dementia risk
Scientists from the University of Chicago found loss of smell from COVID-19 may create a future 'dementia wave’.
They reviewed studies about the effect of...
1 in 8 people with COVID-19 develop long COVID symptoms
Scientists from the University of Groningen found one in eight adults (12.7%) who are infected with SARS-CoV-2 experience long-term symptoms due to COVID-19.
The research...
Rapid rise in monkeypox spurs calls for better tests, more vaccine doses
With U.S. monkeypox cases going from zero to more than 6,000 in less than three months, researchers concerned about the pace of transmission are...
This diabetes drug may lower death risk in people with type 2 diabetes and...
Scientists from Boston Children’s Hospital found that sitagliptin, a drug to lower blood sugar in type 2 diabetes, also improves survival in diabetic patients...
Widely used fever and pain drugs may increase your COVID-19 risk
In a recent from the University of Sydney, scientists found that some of the most common pain and fever medicines might increase vulnerability to...