Ileocecal Intussusception in the Era of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C): A Case Report and Literature Review


Niharika Alla • Thaer Abdul-Hadi • Florentina Litra: June 19, 2024, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.62731  Abstract Ileocecal intussusception (ICI) is the most common abdominal emergency and cause of intestinal obstruction in young children, carrying a high risk of…[...]

Elevated Risk Of Epilepsy, Appendicitis In Children After COVID-19 Vaccination: Study


JUN 01, 2024 - Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times  Children who received the AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines faced an elevated risk of epilepsy and appendicitis, according to…[...]

Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations


Hannah E. Davis, , Lisa McCorkell, Julia Moore Vogel, Eric J. Topol Nature Reviews Microbiology volume 21, pages133–146 (2023)Cite this article Abstract Long COVID is an often debilitating illness that occurs in at least 10% of…[...]

Covid-19 has changed and so has our immunity. Here’s how to think about risk from the virus now


By Brenda Goodman, CNN August 28, 2023 Experts say it’s less risky to catch Covid-19 than it used to be, but there are still good reasons not to treat it casually. Daly…[...]

Child Mask Mandates Have No Clear Benefits And Cause Harm, BMJ Review Finds


DEC 09, 2023 - Authored by Guy Gin A new systematic review has been published in Archives of Disease in Childhood, one of the journals of the British Medical Journal, by Sandlund et…[...]

mRNA SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Before vs During Pregnancy and Omicron Infection Among Infants


Orlanda Goh, MB, BS, MPH1,2,3;  Deanette Pang, BSocSc4;  Janice Tan, BSocSc4; et alDavid Lye, MB, BS5,6,7,8;  Chia Yin Chong, MMed; Benjamin Ong, MMed4,7; Kelvin Bryan Tan, PhD4,11,12; Chee Fu Yung, MBChB5,9,10,11 JAMA Network Open. 2023;6(11):e2342475. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.42475 Key Points Question  Is maternal vaccination associated with a lower risk of infection with Omicron SARS-CoV-2…[...]

Severe Respiratory Disease Among Children With and Without Medical Complexity During the COVID-19 Pandemic


Christina Belza, PhD, MN; Eleanor Pullenayegum, PhD, Katherine E. Nelson, MD, PhD; et al ,JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(11):e2343318. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.43318 Key Points Question  Did rates and outcomes of severe respiratory illness change during the first 2 years of the pandemic, compared with…[...]

COVID-19 Therapeutics for Nonhospitalized Patients


Rajesh T. Gandhi, MD1; Preeti N. Malani, MD, MSJ2,3; Carlos del Rio, MD4, JAMA. 2022;327(7):617-618. doi:10.1001/jama.2022.0335 Substantial progress has been made in therapeutics for nonhospitalized patients with COVID-19, but supply of and access to treatment remain limited. This Viewpoint…[...]