Southampton [England], April 22 (ANI): Children with weakened immune systems have not shown a higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 infection despite commonly displaying symptoms, a new study suggests.
Washington [US], April 20 (ANI): A new study has found that COVID-19 patients who are overweight or obese are more likely to develop a more severe infection than patients of healthy weight, and they require oxygen and invasive mechanical ventilation more often.
London [UK], December 9 (ANI): Healthcare workers are 7 times as likely to have severe COVID-19 infection as those with other types of 'non-essential' jobs, finds research focusing on the first UK-wide lockdown.
Washington [US], October 25 (ANI): Researchers suggested that people who show severe COVID-19 infection might shed the virus and hence be infectious for as long as 20 days.
Exeter [England], May 30 (ANI): A recent large-scale study has found a high risk of severe COVID-19 infection among European ancestry participants, who carry two faulty copies of the APOE gene (termed e4e4).