A new study reveals a surprising result: women may be at greater risk for developing long-term health effects from COVID-19. Although numerous studies have shown men have more severe acute COVID cases and higher mortality than women,

Two-thirds of people with post-COVID-19 syndrome have persistent, objective symptoms—including reduced physical exercise capacity and reduced cognitive test performances—for a year or more, with no major changes in symptom clusters during the second year of their illness,

Jan. 20, 2025, marks five years since the CDC reported the first laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 on American soil.

Below, experts share what COVID-related issues should be instant red flags, plus some advice on what to do: Breathing issues, high fever, dizziness and confusion are all reasons to get immediate medical care.

According to Dr. Dawn Nolt, a pediatric infectious disease physician at Oregon Health and Science University, many of the most common COVID symptoms are the ones we all know well at this point, like cough and shortness of breath. You may also have a fever, chills, congestion, runny nose, sore throat and body aches, Snyder said.

Over 160,000 people this season have landed in the hospital from flu complications, CDC estimates. More than 6,600 have died. Here's the symptoms.

COVID-19 vaccination reduces severity of acute disease, but does not decrease neurological manifestations of Long COVID.

Earlier studies indicated that COVID infection might cause MS symptoms to worsen, particularly if the symptoms coincide with those associated with long COVID. For this new study, researchers tracked more than 2,100 MS patients for more than 18 months. About 37% of the patients had been infected with COVID.

The severity of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children decreased as the COVID-19 pandemic went on, and most children recovered to their preinfection health within 6 months, according to two recent studies.

As of Jan. 20, the CDC reports that RSV activity has peaked in most of the U.S., particularly among young children—a group highly vulnerable to severe RSV infections. Emergency room visits and hospitalizations are the highest in children, while hospitalizations among older adults are high in some areas.

KARACHI: All district health offices have been instructed by the Sindh Health Department to implement the measures to stop the spread of Covid-19 and H1N1 influenza cases.The health

The Health Department of Northwest Michigan is reporting an increase in respiratory illnesses across Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet and Otsego counties this winter.