Public Health

COVID vaccination can fight against Delta variant, study finds

In a new study from Pasteur Institute in France, researchers found that widely used COVID-19 vaccines can offer strong protection against the Delta variant...

Your fitness tracker can detect long COVID symptoms

In a new study from the Scripps Research Translational Institute, researchers found that fitness trackers such as Fitbits or the Apple Watch can help...

U.S. COVID vaccination has saved 279,000 lives

In a new study from Yale, researchers found COVID-19 vaccines have prevented at least 279,000 deaths and 1.25 million hospitalizations in the United States. However,...

How afraid of COVID variants should we be?

More than 4 million. That's how many people have been killed by COVID-19 globally as of Thursday. At least, that's the officially reported number. As...

Scientists develop new vaccine to block COVID-19 and variants

In a recent study published in Nature, researchers found a potential new vaccine is effective in protecting against a variety of coronavirus infections, including...

New inhaled COVID-19 vaccine may prevent disease and transmission

In a new study from the University of Iowa, researchers found a single-dose, intranasal COVID-19 vaccine may fully protect against lethal COVID-19 infection. The vaccine...

Aspirin and other common anti-inflammatory drugs could help prevent COVID-19 deaths

In a new study from the University of Alberta, researchers found common anti-inflammatory medications such as aspirin can help treat the most harmful outcomes...

Men with low testosterone more likely to die from COVID-19

In a new study from the San Raffaele University Hospital, researchers found that men with symptomatic COVID-19, who were found to have low testosterone...

1 in 4 Americans with depression or anxiety lacked mental health support during pandemic

In a new study from the University of California, San Francisco, researchers found over a quarter of US adults with depression or anxiety symptoms...

These 2 arthritis drugs can help reduce COVID-19 deaths

In a new study from King's College London, researchers found that arthritis drugs tocilizumab and sarilumab reduce the risk of death and the need...