Public Health

Why do we keep getting new coronavirus variants?

With the emergence of the new SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant that causes COVID-19, you may have wondered why the coronavirus keeps mutating. According to John Segreti,...

Pfizer vaccination provides 70% protection from Omicron

In a new study from Discovery in South Africa, researchers found the double dose of Pfizer's COVID vaccine offers about 70% protection against severe...

COVID-19 virus has a link with Parkinson’s disease

Relatively young COVID-19 patients developed Parkinson's disease within weeks of contracting the COVID-19 virus. This has led scientists to wonder if there could be a...

Scientists find a new way to predict blood clots, organ failure in COVID-19

In a new study from the University of Tokyo, researchers found a new diagnostic that could help identify COVID-19 patients at risk of organ...

COVID vaccines induce lower antibodies against omicron

In a new study from the University of Oxford, researchers analyzed the impact of the omicron COVID-19 variant of concern on one of the...

Scientists develop a new oral drug for COVID-19

In a new study from Rush University, researchers found eugenol, an oily liquid extracted from cloves and a Southeast Asian plant known as holy...

How COVID-19 pandemic harms blood pressure health

In a new study from the Cleveland Clinic, researchers found blood pressure increased significantly for many individuals during the pandemic. They studied almost 500,000 individuals...

COVID-19 and dementia share this in common

In a recent study published in Brain, researchers found an anti-viral gene that impacts the risk of both Alzheimer’s disease and severe COVID-19. They estimated...

Why infants are less affected by COVID than adults

As any parent knows, infants are prone to getting respiratory infections. In a new study from Columbia University, researchers found that the infant immune system...

This nasal vaccine may help fight new viral variants

The emergence of COVID-19 variants such as delta and omicron have sent scientists scrambling to determine whether existing vaccinations and boosters are still effective...