Authors: By —Nsikan Akpan The deadliest strains of viruses often take care of themselves — they flare up and then die out. This is because they are so good at […]
Imperfect Vaccination Can Enhance the Transmission of Highly Virulent Pathogens
Authors: Andrew F. Read ,Susan J. Baigent,Claire Powers,Lydia B. Kgosana,Luke Blackwell,Lorraine P. Smith,David A. Kennedy,Stephen W. Walkden-Brown,Venugopal K. Nair Abstract Could some vaccines drive the evolution of more virulent pathogens? Conventional […]
Covid-19 Pandemic-Scared-Vaccinated
Authors: Authored by Emily Miller via Emily Posts The Scared Vaccinated and the Grateful Vaccinated Fauci, CNN and Aniston are spokesmen for the Scared Vaccinated. Their opposites are the Grateful […]
What Does COVID Do to Your Blood?
Authors: Panagis Galiatsatos, M.D., M.H.S., Robert Brodsky, M.D. COVID-19 is a very complex illness. The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 attacks the body in many different ways, ranging from mild to […]
How To Increase Platelet Count In COVID Patients? What Is Thrombocytopenia?
Authors: Ananya Varma Platelets are said to play an important role in inflammatory signalling. Here is why it is important to keep a check of Platelet count in COVID patients. Given […]
Platelets Promote Thromboinflammation in SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia
Authors: Francesco Taus, Gianluca Salvagno, Stefania Canè, Cristiano Fava, Fulvia Mazzaferri, Elena Carrara, Varvara Petrova, Roza Maria Barouni, Francesco Dima, Andrea Dalbeni, Simone Romano, Abstract Objective: Pulmonary thrombosis is observed in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pneumonia. Aim was […]
Platelet Gene Expression and Function in COVID-19 Patients
Authors: Bhanu Kanth Manne (University of Utah, United States) Frederik Denorme (Molecular Medicine Program, University of Utah, United States), Elizabeth Middleton (University of Utah, United States), Irina Portier (University of […]
SARS-CoV-2 binds platelet ACE2 to enhance thrombosis in COVID-19
Authors: Si Zhang 1, Yangyang Liu 2, Xiaofang Wang 2, Li Yang 3, Haishan Li 4, Yuyan Wang 5, Mengduan Liu 2, Xiaoyan Zhao 2, Youhua Xie 5, Yan Yang 6, Shenghui Zhang 7, Zhichao Fan 8, Jianzeng Dong 2, Zhenghong Yuan 5, Zhongren Ding 2, Yi Zhang 9, Liang Hu 10 Abstract Background: Critically ill patients diagnosed with COVID-19 may develop a pro-thrombotic […]
The Impact of COVID-19 Disease on Platelets and Coagulation
Authors: Geoffrey D Wool 1, Jonathan L Miller 2 Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes a spectrum of disease; some patients develop a severe proinflammatory state which can be associated with a unique […]
Bell’s Palsy after second dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination in a patient with history of recurrent Bell’s palsy
Authors: Michael Repajic,a Xue Lei Lai,a Prissilla Xu,b and Antonio Liua,∗ Abstract Objective To report a patient with history of recurrent Bell’s Palsy who developed Bell’s Palsy 36 h after the administration of the second […]