WEDNESDAY, June 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — One dose of a two-dose mRNA COVID-19 vaccine is enough to protect previously infected people, but it’s likely they and everyone with two doses will still require booster shots at a later date, a new study suggests. That’s because antibodies triggered through eitherContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Pollen is tough enough for allergy sufferers, but a new study suggests it also helps spread the new coronavirus and other airborne germs. Researchers had noticed a connection between COVID-19 infection rates and pollen concentrations on the National Allergy Map of the UnitedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The brains of people who died from COVID-19 were remarkably similar to the brains of people who die from neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, showing inflammation and disrupted circuitry, researchers report. “The brains of patients who died from severe COVID-19 showedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The new coronavirus infected the testes of hamsters in a study that adds to growing evidence that COVID-19 strikes more than just the lungs. The findings could have important implications for men’s health, the researchers said, although research in animals does not alwaysContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Birthday celebrations raised the risk of spreading SARS-CoV-2 by 30% last year in U.S. counties with high rates of COVID-19, according to a new study. No such surge was seen in places with low rates of infection. For the study, researchers at HarvardContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — After spending billions to speed the creation of COVID-19 vaccines, the United States said Thursday that it will now devote $3.2 billion to the development of antiviral pills that could stop the new coronavirus before it does its worst damage. Along with “acceleratingContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Black COVID-19 patients in the United States are more likely to die than white patients, but there would be 10% fewer deaths among Black patients if they could get the same level of hospital care as white people, according to new research. “OurContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Giving COVID-19 survivors’ blood plasma to blood cancer patients hospitalized with COVID-19 significantly improves their chances of survival, a new study finds. “These results suggest that convalescent plasma may not only help COVID-19 patients with blood cancers whose immune systems are compromised, itContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Aiming to deliver a one-two punch to the herpes virus, animal research on an experimental drug found it tackled active infections and reduced or eliminated the risk of future outbreaks. Existing treatments, such as Zovirax, Valtrex or Famvir, are only effective at theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — People living with HIV have to take powerful drug cocktails to keep their disease in check, but a new study finds they also need to worry about a doubled risk of sudden cardiac death. Unlike a heart attack caused by a blocked heartContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — People who have had severe COVID-19 and worry about going through another bout of it can relax: New research finds that less than 1% of people who’ve had a severe coronavirus infection get re-infected. For the study, University of Missouri researchers analyzed dataContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Public health precautions meant to reduce the spread of COVID-19 may have had an unintended but happy side effect. They may also have benefited individuals who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a new study. During the pandemic, admissions for COPDContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Researchers say an extra dose of two-dose COVID-19 vaccines may improve immune system protection for organ transplant patients, a group that’s so far responded poorly to two-dose vaccines. “Our findings suggest clinical trials are warranted to determine if transplant recipients should receive COVID-19Continue Reading
TUESDAY, June 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Suffering through a case of COVID-19 unleashed a host of other health problems in hundreds of thousands of Americans participating in the largest study yet of the long-term effects of coronavirus infection. Tracking the health insurance records of nearly 2 million people whoContinue Reading