Evidence Mounts That About 7% of US Adults Have Had Long COVID

Zhengyi Fang, MS1; Rebecca Ahrnsbrak, MPS2; Andy Rekito, MS3, JAMA. Published online June 7, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.11370 New data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component support prior findings that about 7% of US adults have had post–COVID-19…[...]

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The knowns and unknowns of long COVID-19: from mechanisms to therapeutical approaches

Roxana Gheorghita1,2Iuliana Soldanescu3Andrei Lobiuc2, et. al., Front. Immunol., 03 March 2024Sec. Viral Immunology Volume 15 - 2024 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.134408 The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has been defined…[...]

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Persistent symptoms and clinical findings in adults with post-acute sequelae of COVID-19/post-COVID-19 syndrome in the second year after acute infection: population-based, nested case-control study

Raphael S. Peter, Alexandra Nieters, Siri Göpel, et. al.,doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.22.24307659 Abstract Objective To assess risk factors for persistence vs improvement and to describe clinical characteristics and diagnostic evaluation of subjects with post-acute sequelae of COVID-19/post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) persisting…[...]

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Brain abnormalities in survivors of COVID-19 after 2-year recovery: a functional MRI study

Yimiao Zhao , Qiongdan Liang , Zhendong Jiang, et. al, May 09, 2024DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.lanwpc.2024.101086 Summary Background A variety of symptoms, particularly cognitive, psychiatric and neurological symptoms, may persist for a long…[...]

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Factors influencing long-term recovery in critically ill COVID-19 survivors: A prospective multicentre cohort study

Ingrid Didriksson, Attila Frigyesi, Martin Spångfors, et. al. Abstract Background Long-term outcomes after critical COVID-19 have not been sufficiently studied. This study aimed to describe changes in functional outcome and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) assessed at…[...]

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