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By Syndicated Content By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – Here is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Air pollution makes severe COVID worse Dirty air contributes to COVID-19 severity, according to a study from one of America’s most polluted cities. Researchers who studied 2,038 adults hospitalized with COVID-19 in the Detroit area found those who neede...

Real-world evidence SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines work and help prevent worst outcomes Researchers in the United States have conducted a study demonstrating the real-world effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 and Moderna mRNA-1273 vaccines at preventing hospitalizations due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The prospective observational case-control study showed that the vaccines were approximately 87% effective at preventing COVID-19 hospitalizations. The study was conducted by the �...

July 13, 2021 published at 2:09 AMReuters People line up for nucleic acid testing at a makeshift testing site in a park following the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, on a polluted day in Daxing district of Beijing, China, on Jan 26, 2021. Reuters July 12 - Here is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for Covid-19, the illness caused by the virus. Air pollution makes severe Covid worse Dirty air contrib...

The claim: Emails show Dr. Anthony Fauci lied about the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine in treating COVID-19 The recent release of hundreds of Dr. Anthony Faucis emails from the early days of the coronavirus pandemic has become fodder for online misinformation. Social media users have claimed Faucis emails contain the origins of the coronavirus (false) and show that he knew face masks were ineffective at preventing the virus spread (missing context). Others have falsely claimed the emails, ...

by Bill Snyder The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) has been awarded a major federal grant to lead a national trial of treatments targeting the Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System (RAAS) in patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Comprised of the hormones renin, angiotensin and aldosterone, RAAS is essential for the regulation of blood pressure and fluid balance. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can disrupt this system, resulting in life-threatening ...

Medical imaging shows the true scope of long-term effects caused by COVID-19 By Austin Williams US life expectancy drops a full year in COVID-19 pandemic Estimates released Feb. 18, 2021 by the CDC show minorities suffered the biggest impact, with Black people losing nearly three years and Hispanics losing nearly two years. LOS ANGELES - Radiological images from researchers at Northwestern University detailed the various types of long-term effects of COVID-19 including rheumatoid arthritis flar...

A study out of Wuhan, China, where COVID-19 was first identified, found that nearly 2,000 patients hospitalized during the onset of the pandemic were still reporting symptoms six months later.

COVID-19 came early for Catherine Busa, and it never really left. The 54-year-old New York City school secretary didn’t have any underlying health problems when she caught the coronavirus in March, and she recovered at her Queens home. But some symptoms lingered: fatigue she never experienced during years of rising at 5 a.m. for work; pain, especially in her hands and wrists; an altered sense of taste and smell that made food unappealing; and a welling depression. After eights months of suffe...

Dozens of clinics cropping up across the country aim to bring relief to COVID patients with lingering symptoms.

UpdatedThu, Jan 21, 2021 at 4:30 pm ET Replies(35) Catherine Busa rides an exercise bike as part of her recovery from COVID-19 at her home in Queens, New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ACROSS AMERICA — Catherine Busa was one of the first Americans to contract the coronavirus at the start of the pandemic last March. Despite recovering at her home in Queens, the New York City school secretary has said the long-term effects of the virus have never left. "I felt myself in kind of a hole, and I could...