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 MoreCDC updates travel guidelines for vaccinated people
Photo Cred: Anna Shvets/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its travel guidelines for individuals fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19),...
Read MoreCOVID-19 vaccines effective in pregnant and lactating women
Photo Cred: Nappy/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The new mRNA novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines are highly effective in producing antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 virus in pregnant and lactating women and confer...
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 MorePfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine positive results in adolescents
Photo Cred: Mat Napo/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Pfizer and BioNTech’s two-dose novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine showed 100 percent efficacy and robust antibody responses in adolescents ages 12 to 15 years...
Read MoreNegative mood linked to amygdala activity
Photo Cred: MART PRODUCTION/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury How the amygdala responds to viewing negative and subsequent neutral stimuli may impact an individual’s daily mood, according to a new study published...
Read MoreCOVID-19 vaccines 90 percent effective, CDC says
Photo Cred: Joshua Hoehne/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The Pfizer and BioNTech and Moderna novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations are 90 percent effective at reducing infections in fully vaccinated people and 80...
Read MoreMultidisciplinary care needed for COVID-19 long-haulers, study finds
Photo Cred: Olga Kononenko/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury A new review published in the journal Nature Medicine offers an initial glimpse of the multi-organ effects of long-term novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and suggests a...
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