Public Health

Five-day use of this drug could benefit people with severe COVID-19

In a new study, researchers found that there is no big difference between a five- and 10-day use of remdesivir for people with severe...

Vitamin B2 and UV light could reduce COVID-19 virus in human blood

Scientists do not yet know if SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can be transmitted by blood transfusion. But in a new study, researchers used...

New study shows many new details of COVID-19 disease

In a new study, researchers did one of the largest, most comprehensive analysis of autopsies of COVID-19 victims to date. They found many complex new...

This type of disease linked to higher COVID-19 death risk

In a new study, researchers found that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are more likely to die from COVID-19 than those without...

Lowering this hormone may help reduce severity of COVID-19

In a new study, researchers found that lowering testosterone could lessen the severity of COVID-19 disease by preventing the new coronavirus from entering lung...

This high blood pressure drug may lower COVID-19 severity

In a new study, researchers found that older COVID-19 patients taking ACE inhibitors for high blood pressure have a lower risk of hospitalization for...

Scientists find new treatment for cytokine storms, a major cause of COVID-19 death

In a new study, researchers found a drug used to treat to HLH (ruxolitinib) could dramatically reverse respiratory and multi-system inflammation in severely ill...

Prevalence of ‘silent’ COVID-19 infection may be much higher than thought

In a new study, researchers found that the prevalence of 'silent' symptomless COVID-19 infection may be much higher than thought. They examined the enforced isolation...

COVID-19 should be treated as a blood clot disease, new study shows

In a new study, researchers suggest that blood clotting disorders may explain some of the worst symptoms of COVID-19, including respiratory failure and pulmonary...

What does recovery from COVID-19 look like?

Yale Medicine physicians describe the recovery path they’ve seen for patients experiencing 'mild to moderate' forms of the disease. The majority of COVID-19 cases can be...