Public Health

This drug can save more people with severe COVID-19

In a new study, researchers found drug remdesivir could save lives in places with less hospital capacity, where COVID-19 is beginning to overwhelm intensive...

The best (and worst) materials for face masks in COVID-19 pandemic

It's intuitive and scientifically shown that wearing a face-covering can help reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. But in a new...

COVID-19 linked to dangerous brain diseases, new evidence shows

In a new study, researchers found neurological complications of Covid-19 can include delirium, brain inflammation, stroke, and nerve damage. They identified one rare and sometimes...

This popular drug for stroke may help fight COVID-19

Similar diseases to COVID-19, including the common flu, can create inflammation which results in deposits of a protein called fibrin. Fibrin is the scaffold...

This stuff in the blood may determine severity of COVID-19

In a new study, researchers have advanced a hypothesis that the severe course of COVID-19 may be associated with the von Willebrand factor, one...

Scientists find 4 compounds to block COVID-19

As the death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic mounts, scientists worldwide continue their push to develop effective treatments and a vaccine for the highly...

Scientists confirm ‘classic’ symptoms of COVID-19

In a new review study, researchers found that persistent cough and fever have been confirmed as the most prevalent symptoms linked to COVID-19. Other major...

COVID-19 may spread 10 meters or more by breathing, new study shows

In a new paper, researchers suggest COVID-19 can spread 10 meters or more by breathing. The plea was issued by 239 scientists from around the...

Months after infection, many people with COVID-19 can’t shake illness

It was a Tuesday in late March when Julia Henry first felt the body aches and dry cough that signaled the start of her...

Harvard scientists find new way to limit COVID-19 spread

Even as the death toll from COVID-19 continues to rise around the world, many cities and states in the U.S. and other countries are...