Category: COVID
COVID Continues to Take a Toll, Especially Among Older Adults, Study Suggests
MedPageToday However, estimated COVID-related hospitalizations and deaths did decrease from 2022 to 2024. Despite the end to the public health emergency declaration in May 2023, COVID-19 continued to have a large impact on the U.S. population and healthcare system, a cross-sectional study suggested. From October 2022 to September 2023, there were an estimated 43.6 million […]
Jan 7, 2026
COVID-19 still claims more than 100,000 US lives each year
Medical Express Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers report national estimates of 43.6 million COVID-19-associated illnesses and 101,300 deaths in the US during October 2022 to September 2023, plus 33.0 million illnesses and 100,800 deaths during October 2023 to September 2024. People 65 years and older accounted for the majority of hospitalizations and deaths.COVID-19 […]
Jan 7, 2026
Stanford scientists uncover why mRNA COVID vaccines can trigger heart inflammation
Science Daily Stanford scientists have uncovered how mRNA COVID-19 vaccines can very rarely trigger heart inflammation in young men — and how that risk might be reduced. They found that the vaccines can spark a two-step immune reaction that floods the body with inflammatory signals, drawing aggressive immune cells into the heart and causing temporary […]
Dec 30, 2025
COVID-19 Leaves Lasting Changes in the Brain, Even After Full Recovery
SciTech Daily COVID-19 is widely recognized for its impact on the lungs, but growing evidence shows that the virus can also cause lasting changes in the brain, even in people who have fully recovered. These findings point to potential long-term neurological consequences that extend beyond the acute phase of the illness. In a new study, […]
Dec 30, 2025
New clues about long covid’s cause could unlock treatments
Washington Post The latest research signals progress in understanding a condition that is afflicting millions of people. Why some people experience long-lasting physical and mental effects from covid-19 could be linked to chronic inflammation, according to new research that experts say could help develop new treatments for the confounding condition that continues to afflict millions. […]
Dec 17, 2025
Getting a COVID Vaccine while Pregnant Slashes Risk of Premature Birth, Major New Study Finds
American Scientific Pregnant people who receive a COVID vaccine are 60 percent less likely to experience severe disease and around 30 percent less likely to give birth prematurely, according to new research. Pregnant people who get a COVID vaccine are dramatically less likely to experience severe symptoms of the disease or to give birth prematurely, […]
Dec 17, 2025
Is there much COVID around? Do I need the new booster shot LP.8.1?
The Conversation COVID rarely rates a mention in the news these days, yet it hasn’t gone away. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, is still with us. It continues to infect thousands of Australians each month, still puts vulnerable people into hospital, sadly still causes deaths and leaves a steady stream of people living with disability […]
Dec 17, 2025
Break in the case for long COVID investigators
Harvard Gazette Research highlighting chronic inflammation opens path to treating illness that affects millions of Americans A new study from investigators at Harvard and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center sheds light on why some people never fully recover from COVID-19. In research that analyzed blood samples from more than 140 participants, scientists led by Dan […]
Dec 17, 2025
Hidden infections may play a key role in driving long COVID symptoms
Medical News.Net For millions suffering from long COVID, their persistent breathlessness, brain fog and fatigue remain a maddening mystery, but a group of leading microbiologists think they may have cracked the case. The culprit for some long COVID cases, they suggest, might be other infections that accompany SARS-CoV-2. A review published in eLife by 17 experts, including […]
Dec 10, 2025
Long-COVID research just got a big funding boost: will it find new treatments?
Nature The German government has committed half a billion euros to research into long COVID and other post-infection syndromes. In a major boost to research on long COVID and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), the German government has announced that it will provide €500 million (US$582 million) in research funding […]
Dec 10, 2025