Public Health

This old drug can save your life from COVID-19

In a new study from McMaster University, researchers found an inexpensive repurposed drug called fluvoxamine can save the lives of COVID-19 patients and cut...

COVID-19 antibodies can stay in your body 10 months after infection

In a new study, researchers looked at the antibodies of 38 patients and healthcare workers in St Thomas' Hospital who were infected within the...

COVID-19 booster can protect you from Delta effectively

In a new study from Harvard and the Clalit Research Institute, researchers found the third dose of COVID-19 vaccine shows Delta resistance. They analyzed one...

This common depression drug may help prevent severe COVID-19

In a new study from McMaster University, researchers found an inexpensive antidepressant reduced the need for hospitalization among high-risk people with COVID-19. They tested the...

Heart function is normal in most people who have had COVID-19

Those who develop a serious course of disease due to COVID-19 infection usually need treatment in a hospital. One of the complications you can get...

This is how long the ‘long COVID’ can last

In a new study from Mount Sinai, researchers found people suffering from "long COVID" can have symptoms that last a year or more. Many...

COVID may cause a new wave of diabetes, study finds

In a new study published in Nature Metabolism, researchers found a new long-term health concern in patients hospitalized with COVID-19—an increase in high blood...

Statins may not help lower COVID-19 severity or death, study finds

In the worldwide effort to battle SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, researchers have often turned to medications used as therapies for other conditions...

Lowering this stuff in your blood could lower risk of COVID-19

Keeping blood insulin levels within strict, healthy parameters is a daily goal for people with diabetes. But in a new study from Osaka University, researchers...

Do you need a booster after getting COVID-19?

If you've had COVID-19 and you received two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, should you still get a booster if you are eligible? The answer...