A pandemic worse than COVID-19 could strike within a decade. These steps would help us cope
As COVID-19 rages on, monkeypox spreads globally, and new virus Langya emerges in China, health experts say disease outbreaks are happening more often. But taking...
Almost 90% of subjects who experience COVID-19-linked taste or smell dysfunction fully recover after two years
In a recent article published in JAMA Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, researchers explored the recovery rate and prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated taste and smell impairments...
Even Mild Covid-19 May Cause Lasting Brain Fog
Although inflammation is a common feature of many infections, viral and otherwise, SARS-CoV-2 elicits a particularly intense inflammatory response. Exactly why remains unclear. What is becoming increasingly...
COVID symptoms: Signs that you may have long COVID, what to look out for in children and is the Omicron variant different?
Can’t figure out if your cough is just a cough, or something more? Cold weather and more transmissible subvariants have seen daily reported COVID-19 cases...
As BA.5 Spreads, Is Now the Time for a Second COVID-19 Booster Shot?
The new and highly transmissible BA.5 subvariant of omicron has become the dominant strain of the coronavirus in the United States, accounting for just over...
What to Do If Your Child Gets COVID-19 Between Shots
In June, children as young as six months finally became eligible for COVID-19 vaccines when infant- and toddler-sized options from Pfizer and Moderna were authorized. But now...
Three Months After Covid-19, Individuals Are More Prone To Diabetes & Cardiovascular Disease
In a recent study published in the journal PLOS Medicine, researchers warn that three months after recovering from a Covid-19 infection, hospitalized patients are at a...
COVID-19: With cases on the rise again, who’s eligible for a second booster shot?
COVID-19 is once again surging around the country, as BA.4 and BA.5, two highly infectious subvariants of omicron, are responsible for a majority of new cases. Currently,...
COVID-19: Does the Virus or Vaccine Mess With the Menstrual Cycle?
It’s completely normal for menstrual cycles to vary slightly from month to month, but if you’ve noticed unusual changes right around the time you...
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Weekly Epidemiological Update
Globally, the number of new weekly cases has continued to decline since the peak in January 2022. During the week of 13 until 19 June...