How COVID-19 can harm your body outside the lungs
In a new study, researchers give the first comprehensive review of COVID-19's effects outside the lungs.
They found a substantial proportion of patients suffer kidney,...
During COVID-19 pandemic, more people get this dangerous heart problem
In a new study, researchers have found a big increase in patients experiencing stress cardiomyopathy, also known as broken heart syndrome, during the COVID-19...
Only half of Americans say they would use a COVID-19 vaccine
In a new study, researchers found that despite having a COVID-19 vaccine will be critical to the nation's ability to safely return to some...
Common drugs for blood clotting may increase survival rate in COVID-19
A recent study at the Mount Sinai COVID Informatics Center found that treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients with anticoagulants—blood thinners that slow down clotting—may improve...
This study finds new antibody that blocks COVID-19 infection
A recent study at Utrecht University and elsewhere found a fully human monoclonal antibody that prevents the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus from infecting cells.
The discovery...
COVID-19 may cause a more severe stroke
In a new study, researchers found that acute ischemic strokes (AIS) linked to COVID-19 are more severe, lead to worse functional outcomes, and are...
New drug combo shows promise in treating high cholesterol
If you’ve ever been diagnosed with high cholesterol, also known as hyperlipidemia, your doctor has probably prescribed a statin.
And while statins have been the...
Face masks can be devastating for people with this health problem
In a new study, researchers found that during the COVID-19 pandemic, with masks covering the faces around us, it’s impossible to see the facial...
This stuff in blood could predict breathing failure in COVID-19
In a recent study from Rush University and elsewhere, researchers found that a very high level of a protein known as suPAR in the...
Where do new viruses like the coronavirus come from?
Factors smaller than a cell and as large as the planet are at play when a virus leaps from an animal to a human.
The...