Does COVID-19 Increase the Risk of Subsequent Kidney Diseases More Than Influenza? A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Real-World Data In the United States

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Yue Zhang, Nasrollah Ghahramani, Vernon M. Chinchilli, Djibril M. Badoi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.27.24309556 Abstract Background: Although case reports and observational studies suggest Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) increases the risk of kidney diseases, definitive real-world evidence, especially in comparison with influenza, is lacking. Our study aims to assess the association between COVID-19 infections and subsequent kidney diseases, using influenza as a positive control and incorporating a […]

COVID Paper Shows Declining Sperm Counts as a Result of Vaccines

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Authors:  Joe Hoft Published June 2022  A study of COVID vaccines shows that sperm counts in males are reduced as a result of taking the vaccine. Alex Berenson reported on a peer-reviewed paper published at the journal Andrology showing large decreases in sperm counts among men after the second dose of Pfizer’s mRNA Covid jab. Based on […]

Study identifies risk factors for long-haul COVID disease in adults

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Researchers surveyed more than 3,000 adults over the age of 18 who were treated via Mayo Clinic’s virtual COVID-19 clinics in Florida, Arizona and Minnesota between March 2020 and March 2021. They reviewed the patients’ symptoms, the incidence of long-haul COVID in the group and how many were hospitalized due to COVID-19. The patients were […]

Long COVID patients report improvements following self-regulation therapy, study finds

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by University of California, Los Angeles A new UCLA-led study suggests that some people living with long COVID may be able to alleviate certain symptoms by using short-term, self-regulating therapies. The small-scale study, published in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research, recruited a group of 20 long COVID patients, many of whom had been experiencing symptoms for more than […]

COVID’s Long Haul: Virus Lingers in Blood Years After Infection

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Featured Neurology Neuroscience, March 7, 2024 Summary: SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, can persist in the blood and tissue of some patients for up to two years post-infection, offering new insights into the phenomenon of long COVID. This groundbreaking research found COVID antigens in blood samples up to 14 months after infection and in tissue […]

Study identifies potential cause of long COVID muscle weakness

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by University of Malta University of Malta researchers have discovered a potential cause of the persistent and often debilitating symptoms experienced by long COVID-19 patients. The new study published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)—Molecular Basis of Disease has implications on the development of medications to treat individuals that have not completely recovered from COVID-19 infection. Nearly one […]

Pathological sequelae of long-haul COVID

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Saurabh Mehandru & Miriam Merad, Nature Immunology volume 23, pages194–202 ( Abstract The world continues to contend with successive waves of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), fueled by the emergence of viral variants. At the same time, persistent, prolonged and often debilitating sequelae are increasingly recognized in convalescent individuals, named ‘post-COVID-19 syndrome’ or ‘long-haul COVID’. Clinical symptomatology includes fatigue, malaise, dyspnea, defects […]

Supreme Court Turns Away COVID-19 Vaccine Appeals

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TUESDAY, JUN 25, 2024 – 11:00 PM, Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times U.S. Supreme Court justices on June 24 rejected appeals brought over COVID-19 vaccines by Children’s Health Defense (CHD), a nonprofit founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent candidate running for president. The nation’s top court rejected an appeal seeking […]

Thousands Believe Covid Vaccines Harmed Them. Is Anyone Listening?

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May 3, 2024 Within minutes of getting the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, Michelle Zimmerman felt pain racing from her left arm up to her ear and down to her fingertips. Within days, she was unbearably sensitive to light and struggled to remember simple facts. She was 37, with a Ph.D. in neuroscience, and until […]

Comparison of Transient and Persistent Adverse Events After COVID-19 Vaccination: A Retrospective Analysis

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Haruka Hikichi • Yuki Fujioka • Akiko Saga • Ken Watanabe • Ryo Hasegawa • Yuki Moritoki • Shigeharu Ueki, Published: June 28, 2024, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.63410  Abstract Objective: Most reported adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination have been transient. However, persistent adverse events may occur with some frequency. This study aimed to analyze patient background characteristics and trends, with a focus on whether adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination were transient […]