Public Health

This symptom in people with ‘long COVID’ may signal heart damage

In a new study from the University Hospital Brussels, researchers found that COVID-19 patients who continue to be short of breath during physical activity...

This blood thinner drug can lower death risk caused by COVID-19

In a recent study published in the BMJ, researchers found a high dose of an inexpensive and globally available blood-thinning medication reduces the risk of...

COVID-19 appeared in US, Europe much earlier than believed

In a new study from the University of Florida and elsewhere, researchers found local COVID-19 transmission was underway in California, New York, Florida and...

Women and men have different ‘long COVID’ symptoms

In a new study from Mayo Clinics, researchers found that women predominantly showed symptoms of fatigue, followed by muscle pain and low blood pressure,...

People with mental problems 5 times more likely to die from COVID-19

In a new study from the University of Manchester, researchers found people with psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia, are five times more likely to...

Scientists find cause of heart damage in COVID-19

In a new study from Yale, researchers examined autopsy tissue samples of hearts from patients who died early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Frequent and extensive...

This existing drug can prevent COVID death

In a recent study published in The Lancet, researchers found an inexpensive repurposed drug called fluvoxamine can save the lives of COVID-19 patients and cut...

Nose could be the key to treating severe COVID-19

In a new study from Newcastle University, researchers have shed new light on early events in the battle between COVID-19 and the immune system...

These people more likely to get severe COVID-19 after vaccination

In a new study from Yale, researchers found although breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections tend to be mild, more older adults have developed severe breakthrough cases...

Heart problem caused by COVID-19 vaccines is rare and mild

In a new study from the University of Utah, researchers found most adolescents and young adults who developed a rare heart problem after being...