Public Health

This stuff adds fuel to COVID-19 inflammation, blood clots

In a recent study published in JCI Insight, researchers found another functional autoantibody in COVID-19 patients that contributes to the disease’s development and the...

This study shows 16 drugs could treat COVID-19

In a recent study is published in Pharmaceutics, researchers found a new way to identify existing medicines that could be applied to treat COVID-19. This...

Fitness didn’t keep him from heart problems or COVID-19, but it did help him...

About a month into the COVID-19 pandemic, LeCount Holmes saw on television that Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan was within a mile of his house...

People doing this work are 3 times more likely to get COVID-19

In a recent study published in the journal Thorax, researchers found that people who work shifts appear to be much more likely to end...

COVID-19 vaccine booster dose can reduce infection in those 60 and older

In a new study from the Weizmann Institute of Science, researchers found among Israeli adults aged 60 years and older, those receiving a third...

This heart problem linked to 5 times higher death risk in COVID-19

In a recent study published in Hypertension, researchers found that hospitalized COVID-19 patients with early, undetected heart failure were nearly 5 times more likely...

Many Americans take immune-weakening drugs that may reduce COVID vaccine effects

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers found that nearly 3% of insured U.S. adults under 65 take medications that weaken...

The difference between COVID-19 ‘third doses’ and ‘boosters’

As hospitalizations surge nationwide due to unvaccinated patients with COVID-19, vaccines are a crucial tool to prevent severe disease and overwhelmed hospital systems. More than...

COVID vaccines less effective for people with these two health issues

In a recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers found that a lower-than-normal immune response to the messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19...

New COVID-19 nasal vaccine effective at preventing disease transmission

In a new study from the University of Houston, researchers developed an intranasal vaccine that provides durable immunity against the disease. They say the vaccine...