COVID-19 could be transmitted from mother to baby, but it’s rare
In a new study from the University of Birmingham, researchers found that SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the COVID-19 infection, can be transmitted from mother...
Scientists find a new predictor of severe COVID-19
In a new study from the University of Illinois Chicago, researchers found new evidence that people with severe COVID-19 may have something in common:
An...
Even mild COVID-19 could affect heart health in young adults
In a new study from São Paulo State University, researchers found that even mild to moderate infection by SARS-CoV-2 can cause an imbalance in...
Severe COVID-19 linked to long-term mental health issues
In a new study, researchers found that serious COVID-19 illness is linked to an increase in the risk of long-term adverse mental health effects.
The...
For COVID-19 death risk, where you live really matters
In a new study from the University of Chicago, researchers found that different demographic groups are vulnerable to COVID-19 death in different ways—often depending...
COVID-19 vaccine moderately effective against variants in kids
In a new study from the University of Arizona, researchers found that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is a moderately effective tool for preventing the...
Looking back on two years of the COVID-19 pandemic
It has been two years since the World Health Organization first used the word "pandemic" to describe the global spread of COVID-19.
Today, the Hub...
Two doctors explain the mystery of long COVID
Thousands of COVID-19 survivors continue to grapple with symptoms many months after they were first infected.
Brain fog, fatigue, even sexual dysfunction are among the...
How to protect your sleep from insomnia over COVID-19 anxiety
At this point in the pandemic, it may not come as a surprise that the impacts of COVID-19 have included increases in mental health...
COVID-19 death risk ‘four times higher’ for slow walkers
In a recent study published in the International Journal of Obesity, researchers found slow walkers are almost four times more likely to die from COVID-19...