Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is highly prevalent in the United States and beyond. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, researchers are keen to understand whether hypertension or the drugs that treat it might interact with the virus.
To date, the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has reached every continent on Earth other than Antarctica. The disease that it causes — COVID-19 — has led to the deaths of thousands of people.
Risk factors are of particular interest to both scientists and the public alike. Over recent weeks, medical experts have published hundreds of papers examining every aspect of the disease.
A recent commentary that appears in the American Journal of Hypertension looks at hypertension. Overall, the authors conclude