Long COVID Breakthrough: Spike Proteins Persist in Brain for Years


By Helmholtz Zentrum München, Facebook Twitter Pinterest Telegram Researchers have discovered that the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein persists in the brain and skull bone marrow for years after infection, potentially leading to chronic inflammation…[...]

Neuropsychiatric aspects of long COVID: A comprehensive review


Takafumi Kubota, MD , Naoto Kuroda, MD and Daichi Sone, MD, PhD Journal of Psychology & Clinical Neurology Although some patients have persistent symptoms or develop new symptoms following coronavirus…[...]

Dismissed and Disbelieved, Some Long COVID Patients Are Pushed Into Psychiatric Wards


Story by Jamie Ducharme, MSN In late 2022, Erin, a 43-year-old from Pennsylvania, agreed to spend six weeks in a psychiatric ward, getting intensive treatment for an illness she knew she…[...]

Viral Persistence and Serotonin Reduction Can Cause Long COVID Symptoms, Penn Medicine Research Finds


Components of the SARS-CoV-2 virus remain in the gut of some long COVID patients, causing persistent inflammation, vagus nerve dysfunction, and neurological symptoms PHILADELPHIA—Patients with long COVID – the long-term symptoms like…[...]

Stony Brook study: Long COVID risk increases with multiple infections, vaccination status in 9/11 essential workers


By Lisa L. Colangelolisa.colangelo@newsday.com@lisalcolangelo, Newsday People who have had multiple bouts of COVID-19, had it severely, and those who were unvaccinated when first infected had an increased risk of developing long COVID,…[...]

Cognitive decline and brainstem hypometabolism in long-COVID


COVID: A case series: Jacques Hugon, Mathieu Queneau, et. al. Center of Cognitive Neurology, University of Paris, Lariboisière FW Hospital Abstract Objective: To assess FDG cerebral PET in patients suffering…[...]

5 things we know and still don’t know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared


By  LAURAN NEERGAARD, LAURA UNGAR and MIKE STOBBE, A.P. Five years ago, a cluster of people in Wuhan, China, fell sick with a virus never before seen in the world. The germ didn’t have…[...]

Taste loss as a distinct symptom of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis 


Mackenzie E Hannum, Riley J Koch, Vicente A Ramirez, Sarah S Marks, et. al., Chemical Senses, Volume 48, 2023, bjad043, https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjad043 Abstract Chemosensory scientists have been skeptical that reports of COVID-19 taste loss are…[...]

Vascular Consequences: A Case Report on Posterior Circulation Infarction as a Sequela of COVID-19


Anil M. Philip • Lina J. George • Shubhashis Saha • Sethu Sadanandan, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.65837  Abstract This case report presents a posterior circulation infarction in a previously healthy 39-year-old male, three months post-severe COVID-19. He presented with…[...]