As COVID-19-related restrictions have eased and many Americans have tossed their masks aside, the number of COVID-19 cases is ticking upward across half the nation. Some states, such as South Carolina and Kansas, have seen case rates rise…

A new study of more than 5,000 New Yorkers found that regardless of health status, men with COVID-19 fared far worse then women who contracted SARS-CoV-2. Published in Communications Medicine, the study showed that more men needed…

As the world continues to recover from the past year’s global pandemic while simultaneously tamping down new COVID-19 outbreaks, scientists are hard at work evaluating strategies for preventing the next viral disaster. Two scientists…

New research shows that targeting the RNA protein, METTL3—used by the novel coronavirus to replicate—may enable the development of medications that can effectively treat COVID-19. Published in Genes and Development, the study found that the…

While still remaining rare, a study of United States military personnel found higher than expected rates of heart inflammation after COVID-19 vaccination. The study, published in JAMA Cardiology, found that 23 young male members of the US…

The spike on the new Delta variant that is quickly spreading across the globe is better able to impact lung cells than the spikes on previous iterations. The Delta spike easily enters lung cells and fuses them together, worsening the…

The Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 that originated in India has now spread across the entire 50 states. With its ease of transmission and its ability to cause more severe illness than other variants, will Americans don masks en masse once…

From 2018 to 2020, the average life expectancy in the United States dropped 2 years from 79 to 77. This is the most significant decrease seen since World War II when more than 290,000 Americans were killed. The COVID-19 pandemic has thus…

While vaccine manufacturers Pfizer and Moderna have suggested that a COVID-19 vaccine booster will be necessary for individuals to maintain their immunity, the evidence supporting this claim has been sparse. However, the World Health…

The United States now has fewer than 300 deaths per day due to COVID-19—a drastic decline from a high of more than 5,000 per day in February 2021. Today, almost all COVID-19 deaths are among individuals who have not been vaccinated against…