Viruses live on doorknobs and phones and can get you sick – smart cleaning...
One vomiting episode from someone infected with norovirus emits billions and billions of individual viruses.
That’s enough to fuel an outbreak – and is exactly...
Drugs considered for COVID-19 may increase risk for dangerous heart disease
Some people consider treating coronavirus patients with a combination of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and the antibiotic azithromycin.
But in a new study, researchers advise...
Lockdowns need to last more than 6 weeks to contain COVID-19
In a new study, researchers found that aggressive intervention such as lockdowns to contain COVID-19 must last for at least 44 days.
The research was...
This new drug may strongly block early stages of COVID-19
In a new study, researchers found a trial drug that effectively blocks the cellular door SARS-CoV-2 uses to infect its hosts.
The study provides new...
These health conditions may increase risks for severe COVID-19
In a new study, researchers found that having an underlying health condition might be one of the biggest risk factors for developing severe COVID-19.
Those...
How to stay positive during COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly and drastically changed day-to-day life in the U.S., causing fear and anxiety.
Loyola Medicine clinical psychologists Elizabeth Simmons, PsyD, and...
Gut symptoms are in mild COVID-19 disease, sometimes without fever
In a new study, researchers did the first analysis of gastrointestinal symptoms reported by COVID-19 patients with the mild disease rather than those with...
This potential COVID-19 vaccine shows promise in early research
In a new study, researchers found a potential vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic.
When tested in mice, the vaccine, delivered...
Scientists find most common features in people killed by COVID-19
In a new study, researchers identified the most common characteristics of 85 COVID-19 patients who died in Wuhan, China in the early stages of...
Scientists find 40 new drugs to test against COVID-19
In a new study, researchers have identified 40 new potential drugs that could treat COVID-19.
The findings come from a modeling tool for infection dynamics...