Public Health

COVID–related strokes cause higher disability and death risk

Among the many hard lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic is that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 infections, can affect every organ system in...

COVID-19 increase risk of heart problems up to a year later

In a new study from Washington University in St. Louis, researchers found that people who have had COVID-19 are at increased risk of developing...

New antiviral drug combo highly effective against COVID-19

In a new study from the University of Pennsylvania, researchers found a powerful combination of antivirals to treat COVID-19. They found combining the drug brequniar...

COVID-19 infection may boost your antibodies for up to 20 months

In a new study from the University of California, Los Angeles, researchers found in people who have already had COVID-19, the natural antibodies may...

Two doses of COVID-19 vaccine may protect against long COVID

In a new study from Bar-Ilan University, researchers found a major reduction in the most commonly-reported long-term symptoms of COVID-19 among individuals vaccinated with...

This new COVID-19 drug could effectively treat severe disease

In a new study from Avalo Therapeutics, researchers found a much higher proportion of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 remained alive and free of respiratory...

Scientists find existing drugs that may reduce death in COVID-19

Inflammation is a defense mechanism of the body to fight pathogens. However, when it is widespread and excessive, it can aggravate the pathology and...

COVID-19 Boosters: When, Which, How

More Americans seem to be heeding the latest scientific evidence pointing to COVID-19 booster shots as a boon to our immune systems and as...

40% of U.S. adults suffer from heart problems in COVID pandemic

In a new study from the Cleveland Clinic, researchers found 4 in 10 Americans say they've had at least one heart-related issue during the COVID-19...

1 in 10 people may still be infectious for COVID after ten days

In a new study from the University of Exeter, researchers found one in 10 people may have clinically relevant levels of potentially infectious SARS-CoV-2...