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New peer-reviewed study published on Wednesday shows Ivermectin isn’t effective in battling COVID-19 and did not reduce hospitalization like many anti-vaccine advocates promoted.

Dr. Akiko Iwasaki, an immunologist with the Yale School of Medicine, has been researching the potential long-term effects of getting COVID-19. In a recent study, Iwasaki has discovered that even people with mild symptoms can sometimes suffer long-term neurological damage. NBC Connecticut’s Dan Corcoran spoke with her about the issue. Dan: “So you’ve been doing a lot of research...

Dr. Akiko Iwasaki, an immunologist with the Yale School of Medicine has been researching potential long-term effects of getting COVID-19.

A new study from psychologists at UCLA suggests that while sped-up videos did not improve student learning comprehension, they did not put them far behind, either.

The secret sauce for sticking to your workout routine includes just a few key elements, a large new study found.

Asthmatics who have their illness well under control have less severe COVID-19 outcomes than those with uncontrolled asthma, researchers said Tuesday in a large study conducted by USC and Kaiser Permanente Southern California.

Coastal cities across the U.S. are likely to see high-tide floods starting in the mid 2030s as rising sea levels align with a cyclical “wobble” in the moon’s orbit.

A new study from the University of Notre Dame suggests that some makeup sold in the U.S. and Canada may contain toxic chemicals.

Pesticide exposure during pregnancy might lead to the development of central nervous system tumors during childhood, according to a study involving researchers from UCLA, USC and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

How much is too much, when it comes to the number of fire departments in Connecticut? A state legislator has proposed studying that, and how to eliminate current roadblocks to combining departments. Right now our state has more than 300 fire departments serving 169 towns and cities. Over the years NBC Connecticut Investigates has documented how this has become an…

A study released Monday by investigators from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center shows the potential of transforming a commonly used chemotherapy drug into one that kills cancer cells by activating immune cells when it is paired with anti-inflammatory medication.

A new study shows patients taking Remdesivir — an experimental drug found to work against the new coronavirus — may not need to take it as long as previously thought, suggesting more patients could be treated with it. The international study, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, found there’s no significant difference between those who were treated…

Coronavirus patients around the world are rushing to join studies of an experimental drug that showed promise against some similar viruses in the past.

As a growing number of Americans are being diagnosed with the coronavirus, doctors are learning more about who may be most susceptible to the most severe complications of the disease, NBC News reports.

It takes an average of about five days for COVID-19 symptoms to show after contracting the virus, while the vast majority of people infected will develop symptoms within 12 days, researchers confirmed in a new report published in the “Annals of Internal Medicine” on Monday.

People are moving out of many northeastern states and Connecticut ranks third among the states people are leaving, according to a study from United Van Lines.

According to a new study in Sweden, owning a dog could help you live longer. Scientists followed more than 3 million adults for 12 years.

More and more Americans are marrying people of different races and ethnicities, reaching at least 1 in 6 newlyweds in 2015, the highest proportion in American history, a new study released Thursday showed. Currently, there are 11 million people — or 1 out of 10 married people — in the United States with a spouse of a different race or...

A new study finds a growing number of young children are being injured while using infant products like carriers, strollers and cribs. Researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, looked at the number of kids across the country under age 3 who had to go to an emergency room after such an injury. “There’s an average of 128 a...

Scientists have found evidence to support what many dog owners have long believed: man’s best friend really does understand some of what we’re saying. Researchers in Hungary scanned the brains of dogs as they were listening to their trainer speaking to determine which parts of the brain they were using. They found that dogs processed words with the left hemisphere,...