The underlying cause of Long COVID is still a puzzle to researchers. But Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, Sterling Professor of Immunobiology and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at Yale School of Medicine (YSM) and co-lead investigator of the Yale RECOVERY and Yale LISTEN studies, has theories. Iwasaki explains that Long COVID is an “umbrella term” and likely has “multiple mechanisms that are not […]
May 17, 2024, American Society for Microbiology Since the COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 has caused unexplained, chronic, post-infection symptoms in survivors. The phenomenon, known as post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection or “Long COVID,” surfaced shortly after COVID-19 testing was introduced to the public, and doctors began noting a pattern of onset of chronic fatigue and dysautonomia in patients […]
While this study is not connected to COVID-19, the mRNA technology is the same vehicle and it is producing the same adverse safety signal for myocarditis.
October 31, 2023, by Isabella Backman Yale School of Medicine Long COVID is by no means unique in causing a wide array of symptoms that persist for weeks, months, or even years after a person has recovered from the acute infection. “Post-acute infection syndromes have been going on for decades—or maybe hundreds of years—but we […]
C. (Linda) M. C. van Campen* and Frans C. Visser, Kenneth J. Friedman, Academic Editor, Patricia A. Fennell, Academic Editor, Derek F. H. Pheby, Academic Editor, Evan Spivack, Academic Editor, James M. Oleske, Academic Editor, Nancy Klimas, Academic Editor, Pawel Zalewski, Academic Editor, and Susan M. Levine, Academic Editor Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Oct; 10(10): 2058. Published online 2022 Oct 17. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10102058, PMCID: PMC9602265,PMID: 36292504 Abstract Background: As complaints of long-haul […]
Carl Gunnar Gottschalk, Daniel Peterson, Jan Armstrong, Konstance Knox & Avik Roy Infectious Agents and Cancer volume 18, Article number: 7 (2023) Cite this article, A Correction to this article was published on 24 April 2023 Abstract Historically, COVID-19 emerges as one of the most devastating diseases of humankind, which creates an unmanageable health crisis worldwide. Until now, this disease costs millions of lives and continues to paralyze […]
Ravindra Kumar Garg,1 Vimal Kumar Paliwal,2 and Ankit Gupta2 J Spinal Cord Med. 2023; 46(3): 390–404. Published online 2021 Mar 11. doi: 10.1080/10790268.2021.1888022 PMCID: PMC10114972PMID: 33705268 Abstract Context: Recent literature points towards myelitis, like encephalitis, as a common central nervous system complication of COVID-19. This review elaborates on disorders of the spinal cord caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Objectives: To review the published data about […]
September 9, 2023, By Will Stone NPR Newsletter Researchers looking for root causes of long COVID work in the autopsy suite inside the Clinical Center at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images For people suffering from long COVID’s often disabling symptoms, including intense fatigue, breathing troubles, cognitive issues and heart […]
Featured Neurology Neuroscience, September 25, 2023 Summary: Researchers reveal distinctive blood biomarkers in long COVID patients. This groundbreaking study establishes clear differences in immune and hormone function between individuals with long COVID and those without. Key biomarkers include abnormal T cell activity, reactivation of latent viruses, and reduced cortisol levels. The findings pave the way for […]
With so many treatment candidates, researchers work to gain more clarity by Shi En Kim September 11, 2023 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 101, Issue 30 Hannah Davis misses her old self. Like so many people around the world, she has seen her life upended by long COVID, which has made many once-routine […]
