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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.

COVID-19 vaccines have prevented 20 million deaths worldwide

Scientists from Imperial College London found that COVID-19 vaccines reduced the potential global death toll during the pandemic by more than half in the...

A third vaccine dose may increase protection from omicron

The mRNA vaccines used against COVID were never designed to battle the omicron variant, a now dominant strain of the coronavirus that recently claimed...

A how-to guide to the latest COVID therapies

More than two years after COVID-19 became a household term, the drugs to treat it are still quite new and often hard to come...

This drug for Parkinson’s disease may help treat COVID-19

Scientists from the University of New Hampshire found that using an already existing drug compound in a new way, known as drug repurposing, could...

COVID-19 may lead to a new wave of diabetes

Scientists from Boston Children’s Hospital found a new long-term health concern in patients hospitalized with COVID-19—an increase in high blood sugar lasting months after...

Artery stiffness could show severe COVID-19 risk

Scientists from Newcastle University found assessing the stiffness of the arteries could help identify patients most at risk of dying from COVID-19. The research is...

Children spread COVID-19 easier, and lockdowns worked

Scientists from the University at Albany found that children spread COVID-19 easier and that lockdowns worked. They found young people were most responsible for an...

No safest spot to minimize risk of COVID-19 transmission on trains, shows study

Researchers have demonstrated how airborne diseases such as COVID-19 spread along the length of a train carriage. They found there is no ‘safest spot’ for...

Women more likely to suffer with long COVID, study finds

Scientists from Johnson & Johnson found women are much more likely to suffer from long COVID than men and will experience substantially different symptoms. The...

COVID-19 can rebound after taking oral med Paxlovid

Scientists from University of California San Diego found why COVID-19 can rebound after taking oral med Paxlovid. The research is published in Clinical Infectious Diseases...