New study confirms COVID patients have higher risk for this brain disease
In a new study from the University of Washington, researchers found new evidence that COVID patients have an added risk of stroke.
They analyzed data...
1 in 4 parents won’t vaccinate their kids against COVID-19
In a new study from Indiana University, researchers found more than one-quarter of U.S. parents don't plan to vaccinate their kids for COVID-19, and...
People with COVID-19 can be categorized into 3 groups
In a new study from the University of Minnesota, researchers found three clinical COVID-19 groups, reflecting patient populations with different comorbidities, complications and health...
People should proceed with caution even after vaccination
More and more Americans are becoming vaccinated against COVID-19, but headlines warn that the number of cases is rising.
What’s up with that?
During the past...
Scientists find new risk factors for high odds of COVID-19 infection
In a new study from the University of Maryland, researchers found that people with type 2 diabetes and a high body mass index (BMI)...
Scientists find possible COVID-19 drugs—including several FDA-approved ones
In a new study from the University of Pennsylvania, researchers found nine potential new COVID-19 treatments, including three that are already approved by the...
US deaths normally change less than 2% every year; in 2020, they rose nearly...
In a new study from Virginia Commonwealth University, researchers found that extended surges in the South and West in the summer and early winter...
COVID-19 survivors may need just 1 dose of two-part vaccine
In a new study from Cedars-Sinai, researchers found a single dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for people who previously had COVID-19 generates an immunologic...
This fast, portable test can diagnose COVID-19 and track variants
In a new study, researchers found that a new viral screening test can not only diagnose COVID-19 in a matter of minutes with a...
Undetected COVID-19 variant was in at least 15 countries before its discovery
In a new study, researchers found that a highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant was unknowingly spreading for months in the United States by October 2020.
Scientists...