Cognitive decline is a common consequence of severe COVID-19
More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers are revealing the many devastating consequences that patients can face both during and after hospitalization.
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These two things may increase COVID death risk in older people
In a new study from Karolinska Institutet, researchers found that low BMI and malnutrition are risk factors for in-hospital mortality in geriatric COVID-19 patients.
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Scientists find new COVID-19 treatment for people with diabetes
In a new study from UCL, researchers developed a new COVID-19 treatment for people with diabetes, which has shown promising results in a trial.
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Vitamin D can be an inexpensive COVID-19 treatment, study finds
In a recent study published in the American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism, researchers found that active forms of vitamin D can inhibit the replication...
Physical inactivity linked to severe COVID-19 and death
In a recent study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, researchers found that physical inactivity is linked to more severe COVID-19 infection...
COVID-19 vaccine efficacy does not support boosters for general population
In a new study from WHO and FDA, researchers found that, even for the delta variant, vaccine efficacy against severe COVID is so high...
COVID-19 may strongly affect your brain
In a recent study published in Neurobiology of Stress, researchers found that COVID-19 patients who receive oxygen therapy or experience fever show reduced gray...
This drug can block multiple COVID-19 variants, study finds
In a recent study published in Science Immunology, researchers found that the drug diABZI—which activates the body’s innate immune response—was highly effective in preventing...
This study confirms a strong link between COVID and stroke
Ever since the coronavirus became a widespread global pandemic, medical researchers have sought to understand how the virus impacts other medical ailments, especially neurological...
What is flu season likely to bring in an era of COVID-19?
The emergence of COVID-19 has brought with it a steep decline in another—but common—viral infection: the flu.
As the United States prepares for the 2021–22 influenza...