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...
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...