Early immune response may contribute to severe COVID-19, study shows
In a new study, researchers may have come one step closer toward understanding how the immune system contributes to severe COVID-19.
They found that so-called...
Will a COVID-19 vaccine be a cure-all?
Global health authorities are frantically pursuing a vaccine against the novel coronavirus in the hope that it will allow everyone to get back to...
Children with no COVID-19 symptoms may shed virus for weeks
In a new study, researchers found that children can shed SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, even if they never develop symptoms or for...
COVID-19 taking a toll on everyday lives, study shows
In a new study, researchers found that COVID-19 has severely affected people's daily emotional lives and mental health, increasing their stresses the longer lockdowns,...
New evidence that COVID-19 could infect human brain
In a new study, researchers found new evidence that the COVID-19 virus can infect the human brain.
The research was conducted by a team at...
New COVID-19 vaccine shows strong promise in preventing COVID-19
In a new study, researchers found positive results that distinguish a new COVID-19 vaccine candidate from other vaccine candidates that are currently in advanced...
New study confirms link between flu and heart problems
The link between influenza and serious heart conditions just grew stronger.
In a new study, researchers examined more than 80,000 adult patients hospitalized with flu...
Many COVID-19 survivors may need a lung transplant in the future
Doctors are currently uncertain about the long-term effects of COVID-19 on the lungs of those who get the disease.
But they do know that patients...
COVID-19 vaccines are moving fast, but will Americans agree to get them?
Only one in three U.S. adults received the flu vaccine in 2018, a number that has critical implications for the impending flu season.
The flu...
Single-use N95 respirators can be decontaminated and used up to three times
N95 respirators, which are widely worn by health care workers treating patients with COVID-19 and are designed to be used only once, can be...