Preliminary data from China suggest that people with diabetes and other preexisting conditions are more likely to experience serious complications and death from COVID-19 than people without diabetes and other conditions. But COVID-19 and the coronavirus that causes it are new, and researchers are still investigating how they impact immunity. We also know that if… Read More: What you need to know about COVID-19 if you have… »
Amber Deptola | Conditions | April 17, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has incited the necessary fear amongst the public and health care workers. This fear is a positive driver of social distancing and other precautionary measures that assist in protecting health care workers and patients. However, when this fear becomes blinding, patients may be more… Read More: When COVID-19 becomes blinding to other conditions »
By Graham Lawton A London health care worker takes a man from an ambulance.Justin Setterfield/Getty Images We know that older people are more vulnerable to covid-19, but another major risk factor has emerged: being male. The first signs of a sex difference in covid-19 severity emerged from hospital records in Wuhan shortly after the city… Read More: Why are men more likely to get worse symptoms and… »
By Sam Wong , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool A worker in Bilbao, Spain on Tuesday 14 April.H. Bilbao/Europa Press via Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 5.45 pm on 14 April Some European countries begin easing restrictionsSome European countries are allowing certain non-essential workers to return to their jobs this… Read More: Covid-19 latest: Spain relaxes lockdown as global cases near 2… »