New test could determine the severity of your COVID symptoms

Fearful you’ll have extreme COVID? A brand new check might assist ease your fear.

Illustration by Alex Cochran, Deseret Information

Scientists could have developed a brand new blood check that will assist decide the severity of your COVID-19 signs.

The information: Scientists at George Washington College mentioned they developed a brand new device — deemed as a “easy blood check” — that “can shortly detect if somebody has COVID-19 and predict how severely their immune system will react to the an infection,” in accordance with NBC Washington.

• “We’re utilizing the particular person’s personal physique to inform us that they assume one thing is awry,” mentioned Dr. Tim McCaffrey, lead researcher for the mission.
• The researchers revealed their findings of the blood check within the medical journal Public Library of Science (PLOS ONE).

Why it issues: “The findings might sooner or later result in a robust device to assist docs decide one of the best remedy plan for folks with COVID-19,” per Science Day by day.

The larger image: The research comes as coronavirus variants proceed to vary how we perceive the virus.

• For instance, omicron variant signs have been exhausting to note for some sufferers as they'll appear to be the widespread chilly, as I reported for the Deseret Information.
• Nonetheless, others have been experiencing numerous signs even months after an infection.