📚 Background and Etiology Long COVID, or post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), affects 10–30% of individuals post-infection, with symptoms persisting beyond three months. Edema—fluid accumulation in tissues—has emerged as […]
Long COVID biomarkers found in blood associated with respiratory problems
Story by Science X staff Cohort overview and humoral immunity in healthy convalescent individuals and individuals with long COVID recruited from the United Kingdom. Credit: Nature Immunology (2025). DOI:10.1038/s41590-025-02135-5 Researchers at […]
Peripheral Immune-Mediated Neuropathy Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study in a Referral Center
Abstract Background: There are currently seven coronaviruses that can infect humans and the latest addition to these viruses is the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Infection by SARS-CoV-2 is […]
Initial Symptoms and Clinical Outcomes in COVID-19
Eiki Ichihara • Toshiharu Mitsuhashi • Mitsuru Tsuge • et. al.,DOI: 10.7759/cureus.84919 Abstract Background: The clinical presentation of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ranges from localized respiratory symptoms such as cough and sore throat to systemic symptoms such as […]
An Alarming Sign: Acute Limb Ischemia in Patients With COVID-19
Mohd Faris B. Mohd Aladin • Rosenelifaizur Ramely, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.80798 Abstract Acute limb ischemia (ALI) can occur as a late complication in patients recovering from COVID-19. Although typically seen during the acute phase, […]
Research Identifies 73 Genes Highly Associated with Severe and Fatigue Dominant Forms of Long COVID
Computational Biology company PrecisionLife released research that identifies 73 genes that are highly associated with the severe and fatigue dominant forms of long COVID. The results of the study were published on […]
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 […]
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 […]
COVID-19 infections may actually shrink cancerous tumors, shock study reveals
By The Conversation, Research led by Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University A fascinating new study, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, has revealed an unexpected potential benefit of severe COVID infection: it […]
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 […]