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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.

Why some people develop deadly blood clots in lungs in COVID-19

Scientists from Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet found that a gene variant in the natural immune system influences the risk for blood clots in...

Stress may make it hard to fight off COVID-19 and flu

Scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital found that stress can be detrimental to fighting off infection, especially COVID-19, and increases the chance of death. They found how...

Nasal COVID-19 vaccines help the body prepare for infection right where it starts –...

Imagine inhaling just a few drops of liquid or mist to get protected from COVID-19. That is the idea behind nasal COVID-19 vaccines, and...

New drug combos may help treat severe COVID-19 at different stages

Scientists from UCL found new drug combinations with the potential to treat severe COVID-19 infection at different stages of the disease. The findings could help...

COVID-19 breakthrough infections much milder in these people

Scientists from Pusan National University Hospital found COVID-19 breakthrough infections in fully vaccinated people tend to be milder than those of partially vaccinated or...

Post-COVID health problems are common in adults, study finds

Scientists from the CDC COVID-19 Emergency Response Team found that health conditions that may be attributable to COVID-19 are common among adult COVID-19 survivors The...

Yale finds possible root cause of severe COVID-19

Scientists from Yale University found more information about how the body’s immune system fights the virus that causes COVID-19. The research is published in Nature Communications and...

1 in 8 people with severe COVID-19 get heart inflammation

Scientists from the University of Glasgow found one in eight people who were hospitalized with COVID-19 were later diagnosed with myocarditis or heart inflammation. They...

These people can get strong benefits from COVID-19 Delta breakthrough infection

Scientists from King’s College London found a delta breakthrough infection generates a potent and broad neutralizing antibody response in double vaccinated people. In the study, they...

Previous COVID-19 infection cannot protect kids from omicron

Scientists from Boston Children's Hospital found evidence that children who previously had COVID-19 (or the inflammatory condition MIS-C) are not protected against the newer...