COVID vaccines: Does it matter which one you get?
The consensus from University of Michigan experts is you should get whichever COVID-19 vaccine is offered to you.
Each of the three currently authorized COVID-19...
How eating a whole-food, plant-based diet can prevent COVID-19
Although our efforts have been focused on reducing the spread of the virus, millions of Americans are simultaneously dealing with heart disease.
And having heart...
Scientists develop a safe, low-cost new COVID-19 vaccine
In a new study, researchers developed a low-cost COVID-19 vaccine that could be produced in the United States and worldwide using existing influenza virus...
Current COVID-19 vaccines and antibodies may not beat new variants
In a new study, researchers examined the U.K. and South Africa variants of SARS-CoV-2 and predicted that current vaccines and certain monoclonal antibodies may...
3 in 4 people with severe COVID-19 have this health problem
In a new study, researchers confirmed that being obese greatly raises the odds that people get severe COVID-19.
The finding supports calls for obese Americans...
Why smoking can make COVID-19 deadlier
In a new study, researchers found for the first time that cigarette smoke toxicity impacts the protective biofilm in the lungs, particularly concerning when...
A fast, low-cost method to detect COVID-19 infection
In a new study, researchers developed improved protocols for the detection of COVID-19.
The method can detect a positive sample in a pool with 25...
How long does protection last after COVID-19?
After your body’s disease defense system (the immune system) fights off a virus, it keeps a memory of it.
A study suggests that people’s immune...
Easy-to-deliver new treatment could stopping flu and COVID-19 viruses
In a new study, researchers developed a new treatment that appears to stop the replication of both flu viruses and the virus that causes...
Scientists find the cause and treatment for heart damage in COVID-19
In a new study, researchers discovered some of the ways COVID-19 damages the heart and identified a class of drugs that could potentially protect...