Coronavirus Disease COVID 19

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. COVID-19 is caused by one virus, called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or SARS-CoV-2.

The COVID-19 Pandemic: What have the experts learned?

The world’s leading scientists and organizations share their thoughts on the pandemic. Read More.

What Mutations of SARS-CoV-2 are Causing Concern?

As SARS-CoV-2 has spread, it has evolved and developed mutations, causing new variants of the disease. This article provides an insight into all variations.

What Role has Social Media Played in COVID-19?

What Has COVID-19 Taught Us About Infectious Diseases?

Why Can Women Fight COVID-19 Better Than Men?

How has COVID-19 Changed the Delivery of Care?

What is a Variant?

What is COVAX?

Mythbusting: COVID-19 Misconceptions

COVID-19 and Heart Damage

How has the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted the Adoption of Digital Health Technology?

What is the 'Twindemic'?

Monoclonal Antibody Treatments in COVID-19

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Innate versus Adaptive Immunity in COVID-19

COVID-19 and Mouthwash

Types of COVID-19 Test

What Role does Endothelial Infection Play in SARS-CoV-2 Infection?

Protecting Your Mental Health During a Pandemic

How has the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted Global Health?

Humanitarian Aid in the COVID-19 Pandemic

What is Epidemiologic Modeling?

COVID-19 and Smell Loss (Anosmia)

The Importance of Global COVID-19 Vaccination

Climate Change and COVID-19

Anthropogenesis and COVID-19

An Overview of the COVID-19 Vaccines

The Search for a Universal Coronavirus Vaccine

The Future of Vaccines

The Future of Pandemics

What is Vertical Transmission?

Blood Clotting and COVID-19 Vaccines

COVID-19 and the Gastrointestinal Tract

What are the Different Types of Vaccines?

Brain Fog and COVID-19

What is Convalescent Plasma Donation?

The Cardiac Implications of COVID-19

COVID-19 and Diabetes

How Will COVID-19 Advances Impact the Future of Medicine?

COVID-19 and Menstruation

COVID-19 and Pregnancy

COVID-19 and Mental Health Research

COVID-19 and Headaches

COVID-19 and Diarrhea

What Does COVID-19 do to the Lungs?

Can Pets Get COVID-19?

COVID-19 and Allergies

COVID-19 and Sexually Transmitted Infections

An Overview of the COVID-19 Vaccines

Long-term Effects of COVID-19 in Athletes

What is the Clinical Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer Patients?

How Could Nitric Oxide Treat Severe COVID-19?

How does SARS-CoV-2 Compare to SARS-CoV?

The Rise of 3D Printing in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Nasal Disinfectants and their Application to COVID-19

Repurposing Drugs for COVID-19

COVID-19 and Animals

COVID-19 and Obesity

What is Long COVID?

COVID-19 and Smoking

COVID-19 and Health Supplements

How are Vaccines Stored?

COVID-19 and Asthma

Breastfeeding and COVID-19

How is ECMO Being Used to Treat Severe COVID-19?

What is "long haul" COVID and How Does it Relate to the Extended Symptoms of Other Viruses?

Serological Testing for COVID-19

Viral Clades of SARS-CoV-2

How Effective are Antibodies for Treating COVID-19?

What is Viral Shedding?

Coronavirus: B Cells and T Cells

How does a SARS-CoV-2 Virion Bind to ACE2?

What is Phylogenetic Analysis?

How do RdRp Inhibitors Combat SARS-CoV-2?

What is D-Dimer?

What are Furin Proteases?

How do Coronavirus Antibody Tests Work?

What is a Pseudovirus?

The Size of SARS-CoV-2 and its Implications

How has COVID-19 affected Organ Transplantation?

What is a Cytokine Storm?

What is Protein Phosphorylation?

What is an Overlapping Gene (OLG)?

What is Viral Load?

What is Oxygen Saturation?

What is a Spillover Event?

What are the Symptoms of COVID-19?

How is COVID-19 Spread?

What is OC43?

What is Herd Immunity?

What is an Antibody Titer?

What is Trained Immunity?

What is a Glycoprotein?

What is TMPRSS2?

How has COVID-19 Affected Students?

What is R0?

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor vs. Angiotensin Receptor Blockers

What are Spike Proteins?

What is a Nasopharyngeal Swab?

What are Fomites?

What are Negative Pressure Rooms?

What is Case Fatality Rate (CFR)?

What are Coronaviruses?

What is the Difference Between COVID-19 and the Flu?

D614G Mutation in SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein

Hypoxemia in COVID-19

What is Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)?

Who's Most at Risk from COVID-19?

Vitamin D and COVID-19

Seroprevalence of COVID-19

COVID-19 and Senior Mental Health Post-Lockdown

How does the COVID-19 Pandemic Compare to Other Pandemics?

What is Seroconversion?

What are the Recommended Preventative Measures for COVID-19?

The Surge of Sensationalist COVID-19 AI Research

Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)

Fighting Fatigue

What are COVID Toes?

What is the Role of Autoantibodies in COVID-19?

Role of T Cells in COVID-19

What Factors Affect Antibody Production?

What is Viral Pneumonia?

The Naming System Behind SARS-CoV-2

Plasma Donation and COVID-19

COVID-19 and Autoimmune Diseases

What is a Reagent?

How has the COVID-19 Pandemic affected Recreational Drug Use?

COVID-19 and the Gastrointestinal Tract

A Targeted Nutritional Supplement Proves to Aid Persistent Fatigue in Post-COVID Patients

A nutritional supplement to aid in post-Covid syndrome

A specific nutritional approach for subjects with post-Covid Syndrome

Chronic Fatigue after Covid-19 infection can improve thanks to Apportal®

Chronic fatigue after SARS-CoV-2 infection

Focus on post-covid fatigue

Post Covid-19 chronic fatigue: an observational survey highlights the positive effects of Apportal®

Post-Covid Chronic Fatigue: how can we help you?

What can COVID-19 Teach us about Respiratory Disease?

Physical and mental fatigue after Covid-19: Is there a solution?

Should you Mix COVID Vaccines?

How has COVID-19 Influenced Pollution?

COVID-19 and Reproductive Health

What is a Viral Strain?

Pandemic vs. Epidemic

Nanomedicine and COVID-19

COVID-19 and Psoriasis

A Comparison of the Different Types of Face Mask

COVID-19 and Corticosteroids

Is Vertical Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Possible?

Unlocking the Healing Power of Opera: How Operatic Breathing Can Help COVID-19 Patients with Long-Lasting Symptoms

Awake Prone Positioning for COVID-19 Patients

Importance of Wastewater Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2

Latest Coronavirus Disease COVID 19 News and Research

Post-COVID health risks: Obesity fuels sequelae, smoking hits memory

Obesity significantly increases the risk of post-COVID-19 long-term sequelae, while smoking is primarily linked to memory disorders but does not raise the risk of long COVID symptoms or hospitalization.

9 Dec 2024

Rethinking public health measures based on game theory

With flu season upon us and coronavirus a persistent threat, Dartmouth researchers propose a new way of thinking about masking and social distancing rules that is more responsive to what people feel is necessary at a given time-;and may help increase cooperation.

6 Dec 2024

How measles, whooping cough, and worse could roar back on RFK Jr.’s watch

The availability of safe, effective covid vaccines less than a year into the pandemic marked a high point in the 300-year history of vaccination, seemingly heralding an age of protection against infectious diseases.

6 Dec 2024

Long-COVID lingers in children

A 24-month study reveals that 7.2% of children consistently experience long-COVID symptoms, with tiredness, sleep issues, and headaches most commonly reported, highlighting the need for targeted interventions.

5 Dec 2024

Does air pollution worsen Long COVID? Researchers weigh in

Exposure to air pollutants, particularly particulate matter, may increase Long COVID risk by worsening initial infection severity, but noise, light, and green spaces show no significant impact, a Catalonian study reveals.

5 Dec 2024

Nursing homes fell behind on vaccinating patients for covid

It seems no one is taking covid-19 seriously anymore, said Mollee Loveland, a nursing home aide who lives outside Pittsburgh.

4 Dec 2024

SARS-CoV-2 spike protein found lingering in brain regions

Researchers find that SARS-CoV-2 spike protein persists in the skull-meninges-brain axis, driving neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration, and heightened vulnerability to brain injuries.

3 Dec 2024

Nanozyme breakthrough offers new hope for viral pneumonia treatment

A recent study in Nature Materials introduces an inhalable nanozyme treatment for viral pneumonia, showing promising results in reducing inflammation and viral load in various mouse models. The nanozyme, CeTA-K1tkP, demonstrates broad-spectrum effects and biocompatibility, offering a potential new approach to treating pneumonia and other inflammatory conditions.

3 Dec 2024

Polypurine hairpins found to effectively halt SARS-CoV-2 replication

A study led by the University of Barcelona and the Spanish National Research Council's Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC - CSIC) presents a new therapeutic tool capable of inhibiting the proliferation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.

3 Dec 2024

CBT and rehabilitation show modest benefits for long COVID recovery, study finds

CBT and combined rehabilitation offer moderate benefits for long COVID, enhancing quality of life and reducing fatigue, but evidence quality is variable.

3 Dec 2024

Capsule sponge test revolutionizes GERD diagnosis, reduces unnecessary endoscopies

Capsule sponge testing, a minimally invasive diagnostic tool, effectively triages gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) patients, reducing unnecessary endoscopies by 70% and accurately identifying high-risk cases for Barrett’s esophagus and cancer in real-world clinical settings.

1 Dec 2024

Fibroblastic reticular cells power immune defenses in lung cancer

Fibroblastic reticular cells (FRCs) create T-cell-supportive niches within lung cancer tumors, facilitating T-cell migration, clustering, and activation. This study highlights FRCs' potential as therapeutic targets to boost anti-tumor immunity in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

1 Dec 2024