COVID-19 survivors may have an increased risk of blood clots or strokes, study says
Photo Cred: Plato Terentev/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Serious complications due to blood clots, such as heart attacks and strokes, that are experienced by some novel coronavirus (COVID-19) survivors may be...
Read MoreCountries respond to WHO report on origins of COVID-19
Photo Cred: Macau Photo Agency/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Fourteen countries, including the United States, responded to a report released Tuesday by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the origins of...
Read MoreStudy shows higher burden of COVID-19 compared to flu
Photo Cred: Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury A new study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine compared the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on patients and hospital...
Read MoreColumbia physicians review “long-haul” COVD-19
Photo Cred: Gustavo Fring/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has taken the lives of millions of people around the world but has also left hundreds with lingering...
Read MoreCOVID-19 vaccine less effective for some immunosuppressed patients, study finds
Photo Cred: Qimono/Pixabay By Katherine Shagoury The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines may be less effective for some immunosuppressed patients, according to new findings published in a research letter in JAMA....
Read MoreChanging gut microbiome via fecal transplant shifts immunotherapy response
Photo Cred: Polina Tankilevitch/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury A new study demonstrates that changing the gut microbiome can transform patients with advanced melanoma who never responded to immunotherapy into patients who...
Read MoreJohnson & Johnson, Novavax release vaccine efficacy results
Photo Cred: Steven Cornfield/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine candidate was 66 percent effective overall at preventing moderate to severe COVID-19, and 72 percent...
Read MoreGI tract may be vulnerable to COVID-19 infection for some patients
Photo Cred: Sora Shimazaki/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury People with problems in the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract may be vulnerable to infection after swallowing the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to new...
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