Blood test could identify COVID-19 patients at risk of cytokine storm
Scientists have identified a blood profile that could help identify COVID-19 patients at greatest risk of deterioration and direct them towards trials of specific...
Flu and COVID-19 are bad enough, but they also can raise stroke risk
It's flu season. In the middle of a coronavirus pandemic.
Is this any time to be thinking about your risk of stroke?
Yes, researchers say. Having...
This common health problem strongly linked to COVID-19 death
Obesity is known to increase the risk of respiratory infections and hinder pulmonary function.
There’s an emerging pattern in the treatment of COVID-19 patients that...
People with this heart disease have low risk of COVID-19
People born with a heart defect who developed COVID-19 symptoms had a low risk of moderate or severe COVID-19 infection, according to a new...
This study shows a new way to reverse vision loss
Around the world, millions of people live with vision loss due to conditions such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) or retinitis pigmentosa.
Both are caused...
Blood type may predict your risk of severe COVID-19, study confirms
In two new studies, researchers found new evidence that blood type may affect a person's risk for COVID-19 and severe illness from the disease.
The...
Sudden permanent hearing loss linked to COVID-19, study shows
Although uncommon, sudden permanent hearing loss seems to be linked to COVID-19 infection in some people, warn doctors, reporting the first UK case in...
12 best ways to prevent COVID-19 infection, according to Yale
It's been many months since COVID-19 upended our lives.
We've adjusted to wearing masks, social distancing, constantly our washing hands, and working and learning remotely.
But...
COVID-19 often causes brain injuries, study shows
In a new study, researchers found that without directly invading the brain or nerves, the virus responsible for COVID-19 causes potentially damaging neurological injuries...
COVID-19 symptoms may have a unique order, study shows
In a recent study at the University of Southern California, researchers found the likely order in which COVID-19 symptoms first appear: fever, cough, muscle pain,...