COVID patients experiencing severe inflammation while in the hospital saw their risk of death skyrocket by 61 percent over the next year post-recovery.

Study authors found high inflammatory levels in mothers who had COVID during pregnancy, which increases the risk of miscarriage and problems with fetal development.

Researchers have found that consuming too much glucose directly impacts the disease-causing functions of certain cells in the immune system.

COVID-19 infection during pregnancy increases the risk of preterm birth, stillbirth, and pre-eclampsia -- or high blood pressure which damages the organs.

Men who experience more relationship breakups and live alone longer have higher levels of inflammatory markers in their blood.

“It appears that the new inflammatory pathway we identified could be therapeutically targeted for many chronic diseases,” researchers say.