As we enter flu season, you may be wondering whether it’s a good idea to get vaccinated for the flu and COVID-19 at the same time. Will taking both vaccines at once hurt their effectiveness? Will it cause severe side effects? In addition to what the experts found, there are dos and don’t to consider…

Early on, the experts saw that COVID-19 was a disease that attacks the respiratory system. But why was this virus especially virulent? Was it the secondary infections? Or was it something they discovered in the worst hit: double the viral load in the lungs and glitch in how their adaptive immune system responded…

For many recovering from a mild COVID-19 infection, dealing with symptoms for a few weeks may have been the least of it, thanks to long COVID syndrome. Research has tried to uncover why some people suffer the phenomenon and others don’t. Turns out, 73 percent of people with long COVID had a prior run in with a well-known virus waiting for this opportunity to wake up…

While most people recover within weeks, many are left with what’s been dubbed long-haul symptoms, lasting weeks to even months beyond the initial infection. The exact cause of the condition now known as long COVID syndrome has been a mystery, until evidence pointed to the dangerous role blood clots play in symptoms that won’t go away…

Even with the availability of vaccines, COVID-19 is on the rise again thanks to variants like Delta that are easier to transmit. It’s spurring researchers to find ways to more quickly identify and test potential COVID-19 treatments. And one team may have identified an inexpensive and readily available solution in milk protein…

The Delta variant is reminding us just how easy it is to catch the COVID-19 virus and transmit it. That’s why knowing exactly when someone is most contagious could go a long way toward slowing the spread. Thankfully, researchers have zeroed in on two times when it’s most critical for someone infected with COVID-19 to stay away from others…