Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

A deep dive into the omicron variant's origin

First discovered a year ago in South Africa, the SARS-CoV-2 variant later dubbed "omicron" spread across the globe at incredible speed. It is still unclear exactly how, when and where this virus originated. Now, a study published ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Worldwide COVID-19 death toll tops a staggering 3 million

The global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million people Saturday amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, India and France.

Medications

Existing drugs may hold the key to curing COVID-19

Developing new drugs to treat diseases can take years or decades—time that we do not have when it comes to treating patients with COVID-19. So Northeastern researchers came up with another way to discover treatments for ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

One good way to help beat COVID-19: Exercise

(HealthDay)—Exercise guards against a host of chronic diseases that can plague people as they age, but can it also protect against severe cases of COVID-19?

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

COVID-19 in combination with hemorrhagic stroke doubles death risk

COVID-19 and hemorrhagic stroke are a deadly combination, increasing the risk of death up to 2.4 times among patients who have this pairing compared to those who only had hemorrhagic strokes, according to a nationwide study ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Italy passes 30 million vaccine dose milestone

Italy on Saturday passed the milestone of 30 million doses injected in its COVID-19 vaccination effort, with nearly 10 million people in the country now fully vaccinated.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Brazil has S.Hemisphere's highest overall COVID-19 death rate

Brazil, the country with the world's second-highest COVID-19 death toll after the United States, also leads the Americas and the entire southern hemisphere in terms of its overall recorded death rate.

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