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...