Long Covid explanation in new study possibly paves way for tests and treatments

January 22, 2025 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Long Covid explanation in new study possibly paves way for tests and treatments

By Barbara Mantel, NBC News Scientists say that drugs that calm a key part of the immune system should be studied in clinical trials as potential long Covid treatments. Scientists have…[...]

January 21, 2025 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

New studies point to nerve damage as a cause of long COVID

By Rich Haridy, The neuropathy study was published in the journal Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. Early indications show treatment for nerve damage may improve long COVID symptoms in some patients New research…[...]

January 20, 2025 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

What Do We Know About Long COVID?

COVID-19 is a respiratory disease caused by an infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The disease causes symptoms such as fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Symptoms can feel much like…[...]

January 19, 2025 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

People with Long COVID Have Distinct Hormonal and Immune Differences From Those Without This Condition

Research conducted at Mount Sinai and Yale confirms long COVID is a biological disease by showing blood biomarkers that can predict who has it Long COVID patients have clear differences…[...]

January 17, 2025 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Long COVID Breakthrough: Spike Proteins Persist in Brain for Years

By Helmholtz Zentrum München, Facebook Twitter Pinterest Telegram Researchers have discovered that the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein persists in the brain and skull bone marrow for years after infection, potentially leading to chronic inflammation…[...]

January 16, 2025 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Dismissed and Disbelieved, Some Long COVID Patients Are Pushed Into Psychiatric Wards

Story by Jamie Ducharme, MSN In late 2022, Erin, a 43-year-old from Pennsylvania, agreed to spend six weeks in a psychiatric ward, getting intensive treatment for an illness she knew she…[...]

January 15, 2025 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Stony Brook study: Long COVID risk increases with multiple infections, vaccination status in 9/11 essential workers

By Lisa L. Colangelolisa.colangelo@newsday.com@lisalcolangelo, Newsday People who have had multiple bouts of COVID-19, had it severely, and those who were unvaccinated when first infected had an increased risk of developing long COVID,…[...]

January 14, 2025 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

5 things we know and still don’t know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared

By LAURAN NEERGAARD, LAURA UNGAR and MIKE STOBBE, A.P. Five years ago, a cluster of people in Wuhan, China, fell sick with a virus never before seen in the world. The germ didn’t have…[...]

January 11, 2025 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Does nerve damage contribute to long COVID symptoms?

Almost all post-COVID neuropathy linked to a potentially treatable immune dysfunction MGH News and Public Affairs A new study suggests that some patients with long COVID have lasting nerve damage…[...]

January 10, 2025 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Two-Year Longitudinal Study Reveals That Long COVID Symptoms Peak and Quality of Life Nadirs at 6–12 Months Postinfection

Zoe O Demko, Tong Yu, Sarika K Mullapudi, M Gabriela Varela Heslin, et. al.Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 11, Issue 3, March 2024, ofae027, https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae027 Abstract Background Few longitudinal studies available characterize long COVID outcomes…[...]