Lack of a standard definition leads to widely varying estimates, complicating care and research What is Long COVID? Despite hundreds of published studies and millions affected worldwide, the medical field still […]
A calibration of nucleic acid (PCR) by antibody (IgG) tests in Germany: the course of SARS-CoV-2 infections estimated
Michael Günther1,2*Robert Rockenfeller3Harald Walach4,5 In Germany, a consortium of authority-accredited laboratories (ALM) covered approximately 90% of all severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests during […]
Prognostic Value of Peripheral Blood in Different Infection Status in COVID-19 Patients
Zhu M , Cheng J , He L, et. al., DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/JIR.S519226Objective: To explore the value of the neutrophil CD64 (nCD64) index, monocytic HLA-DR (mHLA-DR), and the percentage of CD14+ monocytes in the prognosis of Coronavirus disease […]
Diagnostic Biomarkers and Imaging Modalities in Long COVID: Toward Precision Detection and Monitoring
Author: John Murphy, President, COVID-19 Long-haul Foundation Abstract Long COVID, or post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), presents with a complex array of symptoms affecting multiple organ systems. Accurate diagnosis […]
📰 The Pandemic That Wasn’t?
Dr. Mike Yeadon’s Challenge to COVID-19 Orthodoxy By John Murphy, The COVID-19 Long-haul Foundation I. Introduction: A Voice from Inside the System In early 2020, as the world braced for […]
COVID-19 infection risk cut ‘significantly’ with simple nasal spray, research finds
Azelastine nasal spray reduces coronavirus infection by two-thirds, researchers find By Angelica Stabile Fox News FDA official announces COVID-19 vaccine mandates are no longer ‘legally possible’ for healthy subjects Fox News senior […]
Pediatric gastrointestinal tract outcomes during the postacute phase of COVID-19
Zhang, D; Stein, R; Lu, Y; et al.; Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) Initiative, JAMA Network Open Abstract Importance: The profile of gastrointestinal (GI) tract outcomes associated with the postacute and […]
A Symptom-Based Algorithm for Rapid Clinical Diagnosis of COVID-19 in Adults With High-Risk Exposure
Shinji Inaba • Shuntaro Ikeda • Naoki Tsuda • et. al. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.89589 Abstract Objectives In Japan, clinical diagnosis based solely on symptoms, without the use of test kits, has been adopted to enable the rapid identification […]
COVID-19 coagulopathy, thrombosis, and bleeding
Noel C. Chan, Jeffrey I. Weitz, Blood (2020) 136 (4): 381–383.https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2020007335 In this issue of Blood, Al-Samkari et al expand our understanding of thrombosis and bleeding risks and their predictors in hospitalized patients with […]
Intra- and Inter-host Transmission Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Through Viral Load Data Analysis
Sofia Liossi • Evangelos Tsiambas • Sotirios Maipas • et. al., DOI: 10.7759/cureus.82955 Abstract Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests are the gold standard for confirming COVID-19. Test results provide the cycle threshold (Ct) value, which is correlated […]