Eyeglasses may protect against COVID-19, preliminary data suggests
Photo Cred: Blocks/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury People who where eyeglasses daily may be less likely to be infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to a new study published in...
Read MoreAdequate vitamin D levels may reduce COVID-19 complications
Photo Cred: Polina Tankilevitch/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Hospitalized patients with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) who were vitamin D sufficient, with a blood level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D of at least 30...
Read MoreStudy finds elderly underrepresented in COVID-19 treatment and vaccine trials
Photo Cred: Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Older persons are highly likely to be excluded from many novel coronavirus (COVID-19) trials that seek to establish effective treatments and a preventive...
Read MoreSaliva tests potential solution for asymptomatic carriers
Photo Cred: Mufid Majnun/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Testing self-collected saliva samples could offer an easy and effective mass testing approach for detecting asymptomatic novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to new findings...
Read MoreSevere COVID-19 cases may be explained by genetic defects
Photo Cred: ThisisEngineering RAEng/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury A proportion of the most severe novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases can be explained by genetic defects in the patients’ immune system, according to...
Read MoreFew in population developed COVID-19 antibodies in first wave, research suggests
Photo Cred: Nout Gons/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury A cross-sectional, nationwide analysis of more than 28,000 patients on dialysis in the United States found that fewer than 10 percent of U.S....
Read MoreRoutine blood test predicts increased mortality risk in COVID-19 patients
Photo Cred: Polina Tankilevitch/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury A standard test that assesses blood cells can identify which patients who are admitted to the hospital with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) face...
Read MoreResearchers publish COVID-19 “prediction model”
Photo Cred: Burst/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Using demographic and clinical data gathered from seven weeks of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patient care across five hospitals, Johns Hopkins researchers published a prediction...
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