Public Health

Scientists develop a fast, accurate, low-cost COVID-19 test

In a new study, researchers develop a new low-cost diagnostic test for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that quickly delivers accurate results without the need...

Nurses over drivers? Elderly over youth?… Who gets COVID-19 vaccine first?

In a new study, researchers suggest in this age of coronavirus, with vaccine experimentation moving at a historic pace to the clinical trials phase,...

Drug hydroxychloroquine does not inhibit COVID-19 infection, scientists claim

In a new paper, researchers have come to the conclusion that chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxchloroquine (HCQ) are unlikely to provide clinical benefit against COVID-19. The...

This hormone may reduce COVID-19 severity in women

Why are men at greater risk than women for more severe symptoms and worse outcomes from COVID-19 regardless of age? In a new review study,...

Antiviral drug used to treat cat coronavirus may also treat COVID-19, study finds

In a new study, researchers say that a drug used to cure a deadly disease caused by a coronavirus in cats may also be...

‘Just in case’: Too many COVID-19 patients get unneeded antibiotics

In a new study, researchers found more than half of patients hospitalized with suspected COVID-19 in Michigan during the state's peak months received antibiotics...

Herd immunity is a dangerous strategy to fight COVID-19, scientists say

Herd immunity—when the prevalence of immunity to a virus in a population reaches "herd" levels (enough people are resistant to keep an epidemic from...

This common health problem linked to higher COVID-19 complications

In a new review study, researchers found a troubling connection between two health crises: coronavirus and obesity. They found from COVID-19 risk to recovery, the...

Women may have better immune responses to COVID-19

In a new study, researchers tested male and female immune responses to the COVID-19 virus. They found women may mount stronger COVID-19 immune response. The finding...

How cannabis THC may treat acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in COVID-19

In several new studies, researchers found acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), when caused by a bacterial toxin known as Staphylococcal enterotoxin, can be completely...