Cloth face masks can reduce COVID-19 spread, new study shows
In a new review study, researchers found that cloth face masks provide clinically useful levels of filtration, which has the potential to reduce the...
Exposure to common cold coronaviruses can teach the immune system to recognize COVID-19 virus
The immune system's 'memory' T cells keep track of the viruses they have seen before. This immune cell memory gives the cells a headstart...
This study shows 7 approved drugs may protect against COVID-19
Viruses are unable to replicate and spread on their own: they need an organism—their host—to carry, replicate, and transmit them to further hosts.
To facilitate...
Obesity may increase death risk in COVID-19 patients under 65
In a new study, researchers found obesity is linked to an increased risk for intubation or death among hospitalized adults with COVID-19.
But the association...
Scientists find a new COVID-19 treatment
In a new study, researchers found a possible therapeutic treatment for COVID-19.
They found how small molecule protease inhibitors show potency against human coronaviruses.
These coronavirus...
COVID-19 is linked to dangerous muscle diseases, study shows
In a new review study, researchers found two noteworthy findings related to COVID-19 and patients with neuromuscular disorders.
They found that the novel coronavirus can...
This stuff in body can cause blood clotting, severe COVID-19
In a new study, researchers found a protein that can cause blood clotting and contribute to severe COVID-19.
The research was conducted by a team...
Drug that calms ‘cytokine storm’ linked to 45% lower death risk in severe COVID-19
Patients who received single intravenous dose of tocilizumab were also more likely to leave the hospital or be off a ventilator within a month,...
Ancient part of immune system may boost severe COVID-19
In a new study, researchers found that one of the immune system's oldest branches, called complement, may be influencing the severity of COVID-19 disease.
Among...
How COVID-19 changed the way people responded to a heart attack
In a new study, researchers found that the death rate for people who experienced what is normally a lower-risk heart attack rose sharply during...