Public Health

This nasal spray may prevent COVID-19 transmission, study shows

In a new study, researchers created a nasal antiviral that blocked transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in ferrets. They suggested the nasal spray also may prevent infection...

More than 70 million essential workers in U.S. at high risk for COVID-19

In a new study, researchers found that as many as 74 million essential workers and their families are at increased risk for COVID-19 in...

COVID-19 could trigger this mental disease, study shows

In a new study, researchers found that in many children and young people with obsessive thoughts and compulsions experience, their OCD, anxiety and depressive...

To many people, this brain disease is the first symptom of COVID-19

In a recent study at Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute, researchers examined the link between COVID-19 and stroke to better understand the...

This study shows a new drug to treat severe COVID-19 infection

The inflammatory process identified in severe cases of coronavirus causes an uncontrolled and excessive release of cytokines—molecules in charge of organizing the body’s defenses—which...

Children have different antibodies in response to COVID-19

In a new study, researchers found that children and adults produce different types and amounts of antibodies in response to infection with the new...

Flu shot may protect you from severe COVID, study shows

In a new study, researchers found that people who get a flu vaccine may have a lower risk of being hospitalized if and when...

This non-invasive breath test may provide instant COVID-19 diagnosis

In a new study, researchers found how COVID-19 can be detected via a non-invasive breath test, providing almost instant results. They were able to identify...

Over 80% of COVID-19 patients have vitamin D deficiency, study shows

In a new study, researchers found that over 80% of 200 COVID-19 patients in a hospital in Spain have vitamin D deficiency. The research was...

This major breakthrough could stop COVID-19 virus in its tracks, study shows

COVID-19 virus is decorated by multiple copies of a glycoprotein, known as the ‘Spike protein’, which plays an essential role in viral infectivity. Spike binds...