COVID-19 immunity can last at least 8 months, study finds
In a new study, researchers found that people who have been infected with the COVID-19 virus have immune memory to protect against reinfection for...
Most Americans against COVID-19 vaccine mandates, study finds
In a new study, researchers found that most Americans do not want COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
The research was conducted by a team at the Gallup...
Why COVID-19 increases stroke risk
In a new study, researchers found how COVID-19 increases the risk of stroke.
They made the finding by running fluid spiked with a COVID-19–like protein through...
Will you get severe COVID-19? This blood test can tell
In a new study, researchers found that a full blood count of COVID-19 patients predicts fairly accurately whether the infection will have a complicated...
Common prostate cancer drugs may help treat COVID-19 effectively
In a new study, researchers found that drugs that target the androgen receptor – successful in controlling prostate cancer – may also work against...
This study predicts most effective antibodies against COVID-19
In a recent study, researchers published an article about the COVID-19 virus and its characteristic spike protein.
They predict which antibodies would provide the best...
About 1 in 5 people hospitalized with COVID-19 dies, study finds
In a new study, researchers found that severe acute complications are common among adults hospitalized with COVID-19, leading to an inpatient mortality rate of...
Scientists find 2 phases of lung infection in severe COVID-19
What does SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, do once it enters a person's airways, and how does infection in lung cells affect patients'...
These 2 new tests could lower COVID-19 death risk
In a new study, researchers found that a first-of-its-kind rapid test could identify which COVID-19 patients are responding to drug treatments and which patients...
COVID-19 death in obese people isn’t caused by inflammation, study shows
Obesity is linked to poor COVID-19 outcomes.
But in a new study, researchers found that this is not due to increased inflammation, but instead may...