BMJ 2024; 385 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q897 (Published 15 May 2024)Cite this as: BMJ 2024;385:q897 What are the neurological symptoms of covid-19? Covid may be primarily a respiratory infection, but a common symptom is “brain fog”—problems with memory or […]
Long COVID Seems to Be a Brain Injury, Scientists Discover
2024, By DAVID NIELD, Science Alert Some form of brain injury could be behind the symptoms reported by those with long COVID, according to a new study, and adapting tests and […]
Cutting Edge: Hyperinflammatory Monocytes Expressing CD56 Abound in Severe COVID-19 Patients
Stefania Campana; Claudia De Pasquale; Giacomo Sidoti Migliore;, et. al. J Immunol (2022) 209 (4): 655–659. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.2200021 Abstract Proinflammatory monocytes play a preponderant role in the development of a cytokine storm […]
The Invisible Damage: How COVID Rewires Our Brains
By University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Colorado Boulder scientists have discovered that proteins left by COVID-19 can significantly lower cortisol levels in the brain, leading to heightened immune responses to new […]
IL-13 decreases susceptibility to airway epithelial SARS-CoV-2 infection but increases disease severity in vivo
Shreya Ghimire, Biyun Xue, Kun Li, Ryan M Gannon, et. al.doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.03.60194 Abstract Treatments available to prevent progression of virus-induced lung diseases, including coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are of limited benefit once respiratory failure occurs. The efficacy of approved […]
Intramyocardial Inflammation after COVID-19 Vaccination: An Endomyocardial Biopsy-Proven Case Series
Authors: Christian Baumeier 1, Ganna Aleshcheva 1, Dominik Harms 1, et. al. Int J Mol Sci 2022 Jun 22;23(13):6940. doi: 10.3390/ijms23136940. Abstract Myocarditis in response to COVID-19 vaccination has been reported since early 2021. In particular, young […]
Dynamic Assessment of Hematological Parameters as Predictive Biomarkers for Disease Severity and Prognosis in COVID-19 Patients: A Longitudinal Study
Aparna P. Patange • Jabbar V. Desai • Bhupal Pujari • Aparna Marwah • Animesh Dey, Published: July 01, 2024, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.63593 Abstract Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has […]
Pathological sequelae of long-haul COVID
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, […]
POST-ACUTE SEQUELAE OF COVID-19: CHARACTERIZATION, COMORBIDITIES, AND BIOMARKERS IN A DIVERSE COHORT
Emily Struttmann, Anish Shah, Matthew Moreida, et. al. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.20.24308901 Abstract Introduction Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) is causing a silent pandemic in the U.S. Gulf South, a part of flyover U.S. where patients are quietly withdrawing […]
Increased frequency and mortality in persons with neurological disorders during COVID-19
Candace M Marsters, Jeffrey A Bakal, Grace Y Lam, Finlay A McAlister, Christopher Power, Brain, awae117, https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awae117, 20 April 2024 Abstract Determining the frequency and outcomes of neurological disorders associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) […]