📰 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…[...]
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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…[...]
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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…[...]
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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…[...]
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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…[...]
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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…[...]
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Neurological sequelae of long COVID: a comprehensive review of diagnostic imaging, underlying mechanisms, and potential therapeutics
Grant McGee Talkington, Paresh Kolluru, Timothy E. Gressett, et. al. One lingering effect of the COVID-19 pandemic created by SARS-CoV-2 is the emergence of Long COVID (LC), characterized by enduring…[...]
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Long COVID Now: A Special Report
Five years after the pandemic hit, questions remain about how and why millions of Americans are still struggling with long-term disease. Michele G. Sullivan, Health Central According to a June 2024…[...]
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Post-COVID-19 Inflammatory Arthritis Treated With Upadacitinib: A Case Report
Cherie S. Zhi • Ami Ben-Artzi, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.78799 Abstract Two patients who developed inflammatory arthritis following COVID-19 infection are presented, characterized by arthralgias, arthritis, and elevated markers of inflammation (C-reactive protein). Both patients…[...]
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An Alarming Sign: Acute Limb Ischemia in Patients With COVID-19
Mohd Faris B. Mohd Aladin • Rosenelifaizur Ramely, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.80798 Abstract Acute limb ischemia (ALI) can occur as a late complication in patients recovering from COVID-19. Although typically seen during the acute phase,…[...]
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