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...
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...