Study of COVID-19 vaccine supports advance to phase 3 human trials
Photo Cred: Edward Jenner/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Two doses of an experimental vaccine to prevent the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) induced robust immune responses and rapidly controlled the coronavirus in the...
Read MoreStudy finds health, wellbeing, and food security of families deteriorating under COVID-19 stress
Photo Cred: Picsea/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The ongoing disruptive changes from efforts to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are having a substantial negative impact on the physical...
Read MoreCOVID-19 higher risk in obese patients may be due to hormone that regulates immune system
Photo Cred: Burst/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury A hormone that connects the body’s metabolism and immune response system may explain why novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is so dangerous for people with obesity,...
Read MoreSeaweed extract effective inhibits COVID-19 in vitro, study finds
Photo Cred: Shane Stagner/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury In a test of antiviral effectiveness against the virus that causes the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), an extract from edible seaweeds substantially outperformed remdesivir,...
Read MoreNew study reports moderate to severe stress levels in COVID-19 front-line physicians
Photo Cred: National Cancer Institute/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, emergency medicine physicians in seven cities around the country experienced rising levels of anxiety and emotional...
Read MoreCBD may help ease lung damage from COVID-19
Photo Cred: Aphiwat chuangchoem/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Cannabidiol (CBD) may help reduce the cytokine storm and excessive lung inflammation that is killing many patients with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according...
Read MoreTraditional Chinese Medicine presence in COVID-19 literature
Photo Cred: xb100/Freepik By Melissa Carr, BSc, DrTCM Viral epidemics are not a new phenomenon. While the worldwide spread of infectious diseases is now faster and more prevalent because of...
Read MoreOxford University COVID-19 vaccine shows positive response in preliminary report
Photo Cred: Gustavo Fring/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury A potential novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine developed by Oxford University produced a strong immune response in early trials, according to a preliminary report...
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