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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 vaccines are safe for people with heart disease

Scientists from The University of Hong Kong found that COVID-19 vaccination is not linked to an increased risk of heart attack or stroke in...

Vaccination and previous infection may not effectively stop newer COVID-19 subvariants

Scientists from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center found that newer COVID-19 subvariants are less vulnerable to immunity induced by vaccination and previous infection. The research...

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...