
10/18 News Flash 10: COVID-19 Is More Severe in People of Minority Ethnic Backgrounds
Graphic by Ishani Singh. Compared to white patients, a study by researchers at King’s College London has found that patients of Black ethnicity have an

Graphic by Ishani Singh. Compared to white patients, a study by researchers at King’s College London has found that patients of Black ethnicity have an

Graphic by Annie Lin. COVID-19 has quickly become one of the leading causes of death in the US. Data from the Centers for Disease Control

Graphic by Maria Fernanda Pacheco. Although less than 10% of COVID-19 cases directly result in death, there have been significant long-term health consequences observed in

Graphic by Tai Michaels. Paying hundreds or even thousands of dollars a year on car insurance can be frustrating –– that is, until you find

Graphic by Tai Michaels. The pathology behind SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, is still relatively unknown to researchers. However, scientists at the California Institute

Graphic by Annie Lin. Although many experimental therapies for COVID-19 rely on leveraging the body’s own immune cells and proteins, a new approach may be

Graphic by Ishani Singh. Recently, researcher Dr. Richard L. Tillet of The Lancet Infectious Diseases investigated the case of a 25 year old man from

Graphic by Ishani Singh. This past Monday, Johnson & Johnson announced a pause in the coronavirus vaccine clinical trial due to unexplained complications experienced by

Graphic by Maria Fernanda Pacheco. In light of social distancing measures that came with the pandemic, many health clinics have recently shifted to providing medical

Graphic by Ishani Singh. While the best-known coronavirus symptoms include fever, loss of smell, and shortness of breath, about one in seven people infected with

Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. While the world focuses on the coronavirus, the need for physical distancing has made access to treatment for other conditions

Image courtesy of Flickr. Meet Spike. Spike is a protein found on the surface of the coronavirus that, in the past few months, has gained