A new study using a global online survey demonstrates that COVID-19 stay-at-home orders resulted in a dramatic increase in unhealthful…
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A team of researchers has identified three repurposed drugs that may be effective in treating COVID-19. In a new study,…
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A new study has found higher numbers of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in older males who required hospitalization for COVID-19. Scientists have…
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Back in May, Medical News Today spoke to Prof. Arturo Casadevall, from Johns Hopkins, about the potential of using convalescent…
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What will COVID-19 vaccine candidate trials tell us? Not whether they will prevent deaths or serious illness, according to a…
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In this Special Feature, we asked our resident experts to chip away at some of the latest rumors, myths, and…
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New research suggests that people of Black, mixed, and Asian ethnicity are more at risk of COVID-19, but these risks…
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Researchers have found that high doses of a drug called favipiravir strongly inhibit SARS-CoV-2 in hamsters. Favipiravir also prevented infection…
Read More1 in 3 excess deaths in the US not directly caused by COVID-19
Healthcare disruption and emotional crises may have led to around a third of the 225,530 “excess deaths” in the United…
Read MoreWhat is the evidence to support a role for vitamin D?
Studies investigating the role of vitamin D in preventing or treating COVID-19 have drawn conflicting conclusions. But should a lack…
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