As the US reaches 1 million COVID-19 deaths, where are we in the arc...
We're in the midst of another COVID-19 surge, with cases rising substantially—but data suggests the average case may be milder, since hospitalizations and deaths...
Common fever and pain meds may raise your COVID-19 risk
Scientists from the University of Sydney found that some of the most common pain and fever medicines might increase vulnerability to infections like COVID-19,...
mRNA vaccines can fight against COVID-19 variants better
Scientists from the University of Amsterdam found that messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna perform better against the COVID-19 variants of concern...
Omicron subvariants weaken vaccine and antibody treatment effectiveness
Scientists from Columbia University found only one currently authorized antibody treatment retains its activity against all Omicron subvariants.
They also found that the effectiveness of...
Pfizer vaccine prevented almost 700,000 hospitalizations and 110,000 deaths in US
Scientists found that in 2021 the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine prevented 8.7 million symptomatic cases of the virus, as well as 690,000 hospitalizations and more than...
Trained sniffer dogs can accurately detect people with COVID-19
Scientists from the University of Helsinki found that trained sniffer dogs can accurately detect airport passengers infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19.
This...
Your microbes and you: the good, bad and ugly
Microscopic creatures—including bacteria, fungi and viruses—can make you ill. But what you may not realize is that trillions of microbes are living in and...
COVID-19 treatment evusheld: What you need to know
What is it? Evusheld is a monoclonal antibody, but different than the other medications listed above. It combines two drugs, tixagevimab and cilgavimab.
It is not...
Finger length could help predict severe COVID-19
Scientists from Swansea University found the link between levels of sex hormones in the womb and in puberty and COVID hospitalizations.
The research is published...
Some blood types could cause severe COVID-19, study finds
Scientists from King’s College London found blood proteins that could cause or prevent severe COVID-19.
The research is published in PLOS Genetics and was conducted...