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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.

End of strict COVID measures in China could result in 1.5 million deaths in...

In a new study published in Nature Medicine, researchers revealed that if China rescinds Zero-COVID policies, the country’s healthcare system will almost certainly be...

Kidney injury from COVID-19 may be twice as common as diagnosed

Scientists from the University of Queensland found millions of COVID-19 patients may have undiagnosed acute kidney injury (AKI). The research is published in PLOS Medicine...

Vaccines have up to 90% efficacy against severe COVID-19 for up to 6 months

Scientists from Penn State found that protection against symptomatic COVID-19 begins to decrease after one month from initial vaccination, while immunity against severe COVID-19...

This new discovery may help stop flu forever

Scientists from UC Riverside found a way to block one strain of the influenza virus from accessing a human protein it needs to replicate...

Shark antibodies may hold the key to stopping COVID-19

Fossil evidence suggests that sharks first existed 420 million years ago, predating humanity, Mount Everest, and even trees. Over the course of time, sharks and...

Longer interval between COVID-19 vaccines gives you 9 times as many antibodies

In a recent study, scientists from the UK Health Security Agency found that a longer interval between primary COVID-19 vaccine doses can boost antibody...

Food allergy linked to lower risk of COVID-19 infection

Scientists from the HEROS study team found that people with food allergies are less likely to become infected with COVID-19 than people without them....

People over 50 years old may get this disease after COVID-19

Shingles are also called herpes zoster. It is a disease caused by the reactivation of the chickenpox virus. It causes a painful blistering rash. Shingles...

Scientists find how to reduce fatigue after COVID vaccination

Despite their strong effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2, mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines are associated with adverse post-vaccination effects, such as fatigue; how can this be avoided? Scientists from...

COVID-19 pandemic increased cancer deaths in the US

Scientists from the American Cancer Society found the COVID-19 pandemic increased the number of cancer-related deaths by 3.2% in the United States from 2019...