Estrogen hormone may protect women from severe COVID-19
Scientists from the University of Helsinki found an older woman’s estrogen levels may be linked to her chances of dying from COVID-19.
They found higher...
Obesity can strongly reduce antibody response to COVID-19 vaccines
Scientists from Istanbul University found that adults (aged 18 or older) with severe obesity generate a much weaker immune response to COVID-19 vaccination compared...
This COVID drug may also help treat long COVID
Scientists from the University of California, San Francisco found that an antiviral drug used to treat high-risk COVID-19 patients may also benefit patients with...
New oral COVID-19 vaccine can prevent disease and transmission
Scientists from Duke University found a new COVID vaccine designed to be taken orally not only protects the host, but also decreases the airborne...
FDA restricts the use of Janssen COVID-19 vaccine
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has limited the authorized use of the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine to individuals 18 years of age and...
Why some people get sicker from COVID than others
COVID-19 vaccines have saved at least a million lives in the United States alone, but for many people, a lingering fear remains: If—or when—they...
Scientists find COVID-19 virus can resist antiviral drug remdesivir
Scientists from Vanderbilt University found that the virus that causes COVID-19 can develop partial resistance to the antiviral drug remdesivir during infection.
The research is...
Shift work linked to much higher risk of COVID-19 infection
Scientists from the Universities of Manchester and Oxford found that people who work shifts appear to be much more likely to end up in...
Only previous COVID-19 infection can improve antibodies
Scientists from Sheba Medical Center found that although over time the number of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies falls in both previously infected and vaccinated patients, the...
This new test can easily detect variants causing COVID-19
Scientists from Rutgers University have developed a lab test that can quickly and easily identify which variant of the virus causing COVID-19 has infected...