33% of older COVID survivors develop new diseases after infection
Scientists found almost a third (32 of every 100) of older adults infected with COVID-19 developed at least one new condition in the months...
Why some people have lower COVID-19 infection from omicron
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 has continued to evolve, with new variants of concern (VoCs) spreading rapidly.
omicron has become the dominant...
This antibody treatment could lower death risk in severe COVID-19
Scientists from Duke University found a monoclonal antibody treatment taken by patients hospitalized with COVID-19 did not improve recovery time but did reduce deaths.
The...
COVID-19 vaccines could protect your life regardless of body weight
Scientists from the University of Oxford found that COVID vaccination could protect people regardless of their body weights.
The research is published in The Lancet...
Post-pandemic diet shifts could save 26 million lives a year
Scientists from Edinburgh University found that encouraging people to eat more fruit and vegetable post-pandemic could avert up to 26 million deaths every year...
Monkeypox: How to protect against the rare viral threat
Infectious disease and public health specialists have raised an alarm as cases of monkeypox have spread throughout Europe and the United States.
Monkeypox is a...
Vaccination reduce COVID death risk by almost 60%
Scientists from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found the U.S. COVID-19 vaccination program slashed the coronavirus's expected death rate by as...
The biggest risk factors for COVID-19 death
Scientists from the University of Maryland found that hospitalized COVID-19 patients have a greater risk of dying if they are men or if they are...
Antibodies cannot effectively inhibit new omicron subvariants BA.2.12.1, BA.4 and BA.5
Scientists from the German Primate Center found that "new" omicron subvariants BA.2.12.1, BA.4, and BA.5 are less efficiently blocked by antibodies compared to the...
1 in 5 people who died from COVID-19 in the last two years had...
Scientists from Alzheimer's Research UK found that just over one in five (21.8%) individuals who died of COVID-19 between 2020 and 2021 were living...