Public Health

People with young kids at home less likely to get severe COVID-19

Scientists from Kaiser Permanente found that adults with young kids at home may be less likely than others to develop severe COVID-19. Children bring home...

Flu vaccine may lower Alzheimer’s disease risk in older people

Scientists from UTHealth in Houston found that influenza vaccination is linked to a reduced Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk among older U.S. adults. The research is...

Scientists find key to controlling spread of new COVID variants

Scientists from Yale School of Public Health emphasize the continuing importance of vaccines and booster shots in controlling infections from highly contagious new variants...

COVID-19 vaccine patch fights variants better than needles

Scientists from the University of Queensland found a needle-free vaccine patch could better fight COVID-19 variants, such as Omicron and Delta, than a traditional...

‘Natural immunity’ from COVID-19 omicron can be limited and weak

In a recent study from Gladstone Institutes and UC San Francisco, researchers found that in unvaccinated people, infection with the omicron variant of COVID-19...

This test could detect COVID-19 infection and severity very quickly

In a recent study from George Washington University, researchers developed a blood test that quickly detects if someone has COVID-19 and predicts how severely...

Widely used drugs may reduce ‘long COVID’ death risk by 50%

In a recent study from the University of Florida, researchers found that among patients hospitalized for COVID-19 who seemingly recovered, severe systemic inflammation during their hospitalization...

Smoking, vaping linked to higher risk of severe COVID-19, death

Scientists from the University of Louisville found people who reported smoking or vaping prior to their hospitalization for COVID-19 were more likely to experience...

COVID-19 likely first spread to humans from animals in a Wuhan market, study finds

Scientists from Scripps Research and elsewhere found the COVID-19-causing coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, likely first spread to humans from animals in two separate transmission events in...

Smoking could cause this chronic skin disease

Scientists from Hangzhou Medical College found smoking, but not alcohol consumption is causally associated with psoriasis. The research is published in the British Journal of Dermatology...