Public Health

50% of COVID patients in hospital develop complications

In a new study from the University of Liverpool, researchers found as many as one in every two people hospitalized with severe COVID-19 go...

This ‘warm vaccine’ may effectively fight all COVID-19 variants

In a new study from CSIRO, researchers found a heat-tolerant COVID-19 vaccine can fight against all current SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern. They showed the vaccine...

Antibodies from COVID-19 vaccination almost 3 times higher than from infection

In a new study from Tel Aviv University, researchers found people who've been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 have a much stronger immune system response...

What to know about the delta variant

Right in the middle of a summer that is looking and feeling much more like normal, news of a rapidly spreading delta variant of...

Cholesterol-lowering drugs may reduce COVID-19 death in these people

In a new study from UC San Diego Health, researchers examined the relationship between the use of medications to control cholesterol or blood pressure...

COVID-19 vaccine protection is lower and slower in people with this health problem

In a new study from the University of Miami, researchers found for the first time that people with liver disease who receive mRNA COVID-19...

This drug may prevent respiratory and heart damage in people with COVID-19

In a new study from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, researchers found a drug that can prevent the virus that causes COVID-19...

‘Long COVID’: More than 25% of COVID-19 patients still have symptoms after 6 months

In a new study from the University of Zurich, researchers examined adults from the general population who were infected with COVID-19 in 2020. They found...

Flu shot can prevent some of the severe effects of COVID-19

In a new study from the University of Miami, researchers found the flu vaccine may provide vital protection against COVID-19. They analyzed patient data from...

90-year-old woman infected with UK and South African COVID-19 variants at the same time

In a new study from the OLV Hospital in Aalst, Belgium, researchers report on the case of a 90-year-old woman who was simultaneously infected...