New research reveals that even mild respiratory infections can leave lasting biological changes. However, COVID-19 stands ...

I'll never understand why masking isn't required - or even just strongly encouraged - in all medical facilities, or, at the very least, in hospitals. A recent study published in the peer-reviewed ...

Higher cardiorespiratory fitness linked to lower COVID-19 hospitalization risk, but not SARS-CoV-2 infection, in a large population cohort.

Researchers discover that COVID-19 uniquely causes brain inflammation and disrupts serotonin/dopamine pathways, explaining "brain fog" in Long COVID.

Problems with iron levels in the blood and the body's ability to regulate this important nutrient as a result of SARS-CoV-2 infection could be a key trigger for long COVID, new research has discovered ...

Background Raised cardiac troponin-I is a common finding in patients hospitalised with acute viral infections, including but not limited to COVID-19. This often occurs in the absence of overt ...

New study reveals how lingering spike protein in the brain's borders could explain long-term COVID-19 neurological symptoms and highlight vaccines' protective role. Study: Persistence of spike protein ...

During the first few years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus SARS-CoV-2 was detected in an increasing number of non-human animal species. This included many wild animal species as well as domestic ...

Young infants hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) often become much sicker than those infected with ...

Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic, which had claimed over 7 million lives worldwide by April 2024 (figures are no longer being tracked), we are still debating the origins of this novel virus. The ...