Researchers design a reusable, silicone rubber face mask
Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have designed a silicone rubber face mask that they believe could stop viral particles as effectively...
Your speech may show signs of COVID-19
It's often easy to tell when colleagues are struggling with a cold—they sound sick. Maybe their voices are lower or have a nasal tone.
Infections...
These nutrients may help lower risk for type 2 diabetes
In two new studies, researchers found that higher intakes of vitamin C and carotenoids, as well as total whole grains, are associated with a...
How to make your homemade mask work as well as an N95
How do you make a mask as effective as the N95 respirators used by healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients?
Northeastern researchers sought solutions from materials...
These things can make COVID-19 more likely to kill
In a new study, researchers found risk factors linked to COVID-19 death, based on analyses of health records of 17 million adults in England.
The...
How good gut health can help reduce heart disease risk
In a new study, researchers have discovered that one of the good bacteria found in the human gut has a benefit that has remained...
New evidence supports this anti-viral drug as COVID-19 treatment
The news about remdesivir, the anti-viral drug that has shown early promise in the fight against COVID-19, keeps getting better.
In a new study, researchers...
New evidence that diabetes may be a big risk factor for COVID-19
In a new study, researchers have recently applied an advanced statistical approach to analyze risk factors that may be causally related to COVID-19 infection.
Results...
From lung scarring to heart damage, COVID-19 may leave lingering marks
For some individuals with COVID-19, recovering from the acute phase of the infection is only the beginning.
Worrying reports now indicate that the virus may...
This study shows new way to avoid immune inflammatory overreaction, the main cause of...
Cytokine storms created by COVID-19 are causing major organ destruction and death.
In a recent study at Augusta University, researchers found that replacing the usual...