A new study using a global online survey demonstrates that COVID-19 stay-at-home orders resulted in a dramatic increase in unhealthful lifestyle changes. According to the study — which appeared in the journal Obesity — there were significant increases in sedentary leisure behaviors, declines in physical activity, and increases in anxiety […]
Month: October 2020
A team of researchers has identified three repurposed drugs that may be effective in treating COVID-19. In a new study, scientists have found three previously-available drugs that may be effective at treating COVID-19 in its early stages. The research, which appears in the journal ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science, is […]
A new study has found higher numbers of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in older males who required hospitalization for COVID-19. Scientists have found that being hospitalized with COVID-19, as well as being male and of older age, increases the chances of a person having high plasma levels of antibodies that can protect […]
Back in May, Medical News Today spoke to Prof. Arturo Casadevall, from Johns Hopkins, about the potential of using convalescent plasma therapy in the treatment of COVID-19. Now, we follow up with Prof. Casadevall on the latest findings. In May, we spoke to Prof. Arturo Casadevall — chair of the […]
What will COVID-19 vaccine candidate trials tell us? Not whether they will prevent deaths or serious illness, according to a new feature article in the BMJ. As the world looks to pharmaceutical companies to forge a way out of the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine development has never experienced such limelight. With […]
In this Special Feature, we asked our resident experts to chip away at some of the latest rumors, myths, and half-truths that surround the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. All data and statistics are based on publicly available data at the time of publication. Some information may be out of date. Visit […]
New research suggests that people of Black, mixed, and Asian ethnicity are more at risk of COVID-19, but these risks vary as the disease progresses. A new study finds that COVID-19 risks for people of Black, mixed, or Asian ethnicity vary over the course of the disease. The research also […]
Researchers have found that high doses of a drug called favipiravir strongly inhibit SARS-CoV-2 in hamsters. Favipiravir also prevented infection in healthy animals that had exposure to an infected cage mate. It takes many years to develop a potent antiviral drug from scratch for a particular viral infection. Throughout the […]
Healthcare disruption and emotional crises may have led to around a third of the 225,530 “excess deaths” in the United States between March 1 and August 1, 2020, a new study suggests. The study, from researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, in Richmond, and the Yale School […]
Studies investigating the role of vitamin D in preventing or treating COVID-19 have drawn conflicting conclusions. But should a lack of evidence stop us from topping up our vitamin D levels as the Northern Hemisphere heads toward winter? Most people know vitamin D as an essential vitamin for healthy bones […]