This cholesterol-lowering drug could reduce COVID-19 infection by up to 70%
In a new study from the University of Birmingham, researchers found a licensed drug normally used to treat abnormal levels of fatty substances in...
One dose of Pfizer vaccine may effectively protect people who’ve had COVID
In a new study from Rush University, researchers found that people who know they were infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the past may need only...
Full-dose blood thinners can benefit many COVID-19 patients
In a new study from the University of Manitoba and elsewhere, researchers found full-dose anticoagulation with heparin (a blood thinner) can improve survival and...
Flu shot may protects against severe COVID-19, study finds
In a new study from the University of Miami, researchers found that the flu vaccine may provide vital protection against COVID-19.
The findings strongly suggested...
What is a breakthrough infection? 6 questions answered about catching COVID-19 after vaccination
If you’ve been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, maybe you figured you no longer need to worry about contracting the coronavirus.
But along with the rising...
COVID pandemic may increase this health risk in older people
In a new study from the University of Michigan, researchers found the COVID-19 pandemic may have increased older adults' risk of falling and injuring...
Many younger healthy men with severe COVID-19 may have these gene mutations
In a new study, researchers found two new mutations in the TLR7 gene in healthy young men who became seriously ill with severe Covid-19.
It's...
Dementia-like symptoms found in 60% of COVID-19 survivors
In a new study from the University of Texas, researchers found in a sample of over 400 older adults who had recovered from COVID-19,...
This single-shot COVID-19 vaccine can protect against variants
Vaccines against COVID-19 were developed early in the pandemic. But the virus has been changing. Now there are different versions, called variants, all over...
Early COVID-19 symptoms differ among age groups, between men and women
In a new study from King's College London, researchers found symptoms for early COVID-19 infection differ among age groups and between men and women.
These...