Public Health

Long COVID symptoms in a third of people with COVID-19

In a new study from the Geneva University Hospitals, researchers found among patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19, lingering symptoms seven months after infection was...

Scientists confirm strong link between this brain disease and COVID

Ever since the coronavirus became a widespread global pandemic, medical researchers have sought to understand how the virus impacts other medical ailments, especially neurological...

Sedentary lifestyle linked to more severe COVID-19 infection and death

In a new study, researchers found that physical inactivity is linked to more severe COVID-19 infection and a heightened risk of dying from the...

Scientists find potential new drugs to fight COVID-19

In a new study from the Francis Crick Institute, researchers screened thousands of drug and chemical molecules and identified a range of new antivirals...

Poorly managed diabetes increases risk of more severe COVID

In a new study from the University of Texas, researchers found that hospitalized patients with diabetes who hadn't been taking their medication had more...

5 things to know about the Delta variant

For the first time in more than a year, we're feeling some hope—or at least cautious optimism—that the pandemic could recede to the background. But...

Prostate cancer drugs hold potential for treating COVID-19

In a new study from Imperial College London and the University of Essex, researchers found drugs typically used to treat prostate cancer could be...

Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines can fight COVID variants, study shows

In a new study from La Jolla Institute for Immunology, researchers found that T cells from people who have recovered from COVID-19 or received...

Scientists find 160 new drugs that may fight against COVID-19

In a new study from the University of Cambridge, researchers have identified 200 approved drugs predicted to work against COVID-19—of which only 40 are...

COVID-19—smell, taste and recovery of flavor

2020 was a doozy of a year, to say the least! As 2021 continues to transition us out of the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to...