Authors: LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer MAY 26, 202 New U.S. research on long COVID-19 provides fresh evidence that it can happen even after breakthrough infections in vaccinated people, and that older adults face higher risks for the long-term effects. In a study of veterans published Wednesday, about one-third who had breakthrough infections showed signs […]
Authors: Dennis Thompson May 25, 2022 HealthDay Vaccinated people who experience a breakthrough case of COVID-19 are at risk for developing long-haul symptoms, though they are better protected against some of the worst ones, new data show. Compared to the unvaccinated, people who had COVID shots had a 15% lower risk of developing long COVID […]
Veterans Affairs analyzed records from nearly 34,000 people in U.S. who experienced breakthrough infections Authors: Ariana Eunjung Cha May 25, 2022 A large U.S. study looking at whether vaccination protects against long covid showed the shots have only a slight protective effect: Being vaccinated appeared to reduce the risk of lung and blood clot disorders, […]
Authors: Benjamin Ryan Published April 29, 2022 NBC Health Pfizer’s antiviral pills are highly effective at keeping people with Covid out of the hospital, but there are growing reports that, in rare cases, patients treated for the coronavirus with Paxlovid can experience a second round of the disease shortly after recovering. Infectious disease experts stress that cases […]
Authors: Monitoring Editor: Alexander Muacevic and John R AdlerRupinder Mann,1Sommer Sekhon,2 and Sandeep Sekhon3 Cureus. Published onlined doi: 10.7759/cureus.16491 PMCID: PMC8372667PMID: 34430106 Abstract The first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was reported in December 2019 in China. World Health Organization declared it a pandemic on March 11, 2020. It has caused significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Persistent symptoms and serious […]
Authors: Jérôme Dumortiera,b,⁎ Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2022 Jan; 46(1):101743.16. doi: 10.1016/j.clinre.2021.101743 PMCID: PMC8214934PMID: 34146727 Coronavirus disease-2019 (Covid-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an ongoing global pandemic of major concern, started at the end of 2019. Patients with comorbidities are at high risk of developing severe disease and this includes solid organ transplant recipients [1]. Therefore, […]
Authors: Lund University MARCH 10, 2022 Medical Xpress A recent study from Lund University in Sweden on how the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine affects human liver cells under experimental conditions, has been viewed more than 800,000 times in just over a week. The results have been widely discussed across social media—but the results have in many cases […]
Authors: Beny Spira Published: April 19, 2022 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.24268 Abstract Masking was the single most common non-pharmaceutical intervention in the course of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Most countries have implemented recommendations or mandates regarding the use of masks in public spaces. The aim of this short study was to analyse the correlation between mask usage […]
Authors: Debra Heine May 17, 2022 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was aware early on that the COVID vaccines could spur viral reactivation of diseases like the varicella-zoster virus (shingles) in some people, but chose not to disclose it, according to renowned vaccinologist and physician Dr. Robert Malone. “They knew about the viral reactivation,” […]
Authors: Jim Hoft Published May 19, 2022 The Gateway Pundit A new study conducted by scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Moderna Inc. showed that mRNA vaccines hurt the long-term immunity to Covid-19 after contracting infection compared to unvaccinated people. Researchers performed a placebo-controlled vaccine efficacy trial published at medRxiv last month, to evaluate […]