One of the biggest mysteries of COVID-19 has been why some people experience no symptoms from the illness, while others fall severely ill and die. The answer may be in the genes, a new joint British and Australian study suggests. Researchers from the University of Queensland, Monash University and the University of Edinburgh studied the… Read More »
People with HIV were more likely to be admitted to hospital with COVID-19 and more likely to die in hospital due to COVID-19 than people without HIV, and people with more advanced HIV disease or unsuppressed viral load were more likely than other people with HIV to be hospitalised, a review of surveillance data in… Read More »
Britain records 880 more Covid-19 cases in highest daily spike for a MONTH amid fears more lockdowns are ‘unavoidable’ because the outbreak has reached a ‘tipping point’ – as officials also post another 120 deaths Department of Health statistics show it is the most amount of infections registered in a day since June 28, Health… Read More »
Anthony Fauci, director of the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee during a hearing on “An Emerging Disease Threat: How the U.S. Is Responding to COVID-19, the Novel Coronavirus” on March 3, 2020 in Washington, DC. Sarah Silbiger | Getty Images White House… Read More »
Health-care providers are warning of an unseen toll COVID-19 could take if people die because they are too afraid to go to an emergency room for serious health issues unrelated to the pandemic. “There’s going to be secondary harm. Make no mistake,” said Dr. Alan Drummond with the Canadian Federation of Emergency Physicians. “To what… Read More »