Public Health

These people need earlier COVID boosters

People with rheumatic diseases or inflammatory diseases of the intestine (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis) and skin (psoriasis) are often treated with medicinal substances that...

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...