The disproportionate toll that COVID-19 took on people with diabetes continues today

People with diabetes are about twice as likely to become seriously ill with COVID-19 compared with those who don’t have diabetes.

Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Policy, UMass Amherst, UMass Amherst • conversation
June 6, 2024 ~10 min

COVID virus can infect your eyes and damage vision

The virus that causes COVID-19 can breach the blood-retinal barrier, leading to potential long-term consequences for the retina and vision.

Rochita Ghosh-U. Missouri • futurity
May 15, 2024 ~5 min


COVID lockdowns linked to increase in overdose deaths

Lockdown policies intended to curb the spread of COVID appear to have contributed to an increase in drug overdose deaths, researchers find.

Daryl Lovell-Syracuse • futurity
May 13, 2024 ~5 min

Binge drinking is a growing public health crisis − a neurobiologist explains how research on alcohol use disorder has shifted

Singer Amy Winehouse died from alcohol toxicity in 2011, the same year that the American Society of Addiction Medicine publicly recognized addiction as a brain disorder.

Nikki Crowley, Assistant Professor of Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Pharmacology, Penn State • conversation
May 13, 2024 ~10 min

Why do some people face greater risk from COVID?

Why do some people with COVID-19 experience little more than a sniffle while others end up on a ventilator? New research digs in.

Camden Flath-Futurity • futurity
May 9, 2024 ~7 min

Young heavy drinkers cut alcohol use during pandemic

Heavy-drinking young adults reduced their alcohol use during the COIVD-19 pandemic, and those decreases remained as the pandemic waned.

Stacy Kish-Carnegie Mellon • futurity
May 2, 2024 ~7 min

COVID changed doctors’ views of providing care despite risk

The COVID-19 pandemic altered a long-held convention that doctors provide care regardless of personal risk.

Sarah Avery-Duke • futurity
April 29, 2024 ~6 min

The right tutoring can reverse learning loss from the pandemic

New research finds that in-school tutoring can help kids recover from learning loss they face due to the pandemic.

U. Chicago • futurity
April 8, 2024 ~7 min


New COVID detection technique is faster and more accurate

Researchers have developed a faster, more accurate detection technique to test for COVID-19.

Alan Flurry-U. Georgia • futurity
April 5, 2024 ~4 min

Better school air quality may shield kids with disabilities from COVID

Good airflow and filtration in schools may help children with intellectual disabilities, a vulnerable population, avoid COVID infections.

Susanne Pallo-Rochester • futurity
April 5, 2024 ~6 min

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