Public Health

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...

Why some people cannot resist COVID-19 like others

In a recent study published in Science, researchers partially solved the mystery of why some people are less naturally resistant to COVID-19 than others. The study...

Scientists find tooth growing inside a man’s nose

In a new study, researchers found a 38-year-old male patient complaining of difficulty breathing through one of his nostrils for several years actually has...

Omicron variant is likely everywhere while delta cases are on the rise

The omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 has most likely spread around the world already. But ineffective COVID-19 testing will continue to hamper scientists' ability to say...