Predicting the Need for Advanced Respiratory Support in COVID-19 Patients During the Initial Pandemic Phase: A Retrospective Analysis


Tuğba Çiçek • Melahat Uzel Sener • Ayperi Öztürk, Published:, 2024, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.64678  Abstract Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), led to high morbidity and…[...]

Three-year outcomes of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19


Miao Cai, Yan Xie, Eric J. Topol & Ziyad Al-Aly Nature Medicine (2024) Abstract Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection causes post-acute sequelae of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (PASC) in many organ systems. Risks…[...]

Retrospective Evaluation of Hematological Parameters in COVID-19 Patients: Insights From the Emergency Department


Ahmed Jerah, May 28, 2024, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.61258 Cite this article as: Jerah A (May 28, 2024) Retrospective Evaluation of Hematological Parameters in COVID-19 Patients: Insights From the Emergency Department. Cureus 16(5): e61258. doi:10.7759/cureus.61258 Abstract…[...]

Covid becomes plague of elderly, reviving debate over ‘acceptable loss’


Authors: Ariana Eunjung Cha, Dan Keating November 27, 2022 President Biden may have declared the coronavirus pandemic “over,” but from John Felton’s view as the Yellowstone County health officer in…[...]

Risk of Myocarditis After Sequential Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine and SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Age and Sex


Authors: Martina Patone, PhD; Xue W. Mei, PhD; Lahiru Handunnetthi, PhD; Sharon Dixon, MD; Francesco Zaccardi, PhD; Manu Shankar-Hari, PhD; Peter Watkinson, MD; Kamlesh Khunti, PhD; Anthony Harnden, PhD; Carol…[...]

How COVID Could Screw You Worse With Each Reinfection


Authors: David Axe Tue, July 5, 2022 The more times you catch COVID, the sicker you’re likely to get with each reinfection. That’s the worrying conclusion of a new study drawing on…[...]

COVID-19 outcomes and the human genome


Authors: Michael F. Murray MD, Eimear E. Kenny PhD, Marylyn D. RitchiePhD, Daniel J. Rader MD, Allen E. Bale MD, Monica A. Giovanni MS, CGC & Noura S. Abul-Husn MD, PhD Genetics in Medicine  volume 22, pages1175–1177 BACKGROUND In the…[...]

COVID long-haulers: Study shows who is most at risk, impact on local communities


Authors:  Hiroshima University Medical Express Posted June 9. 2022 A Japanese research team looking at COVID-19's lingering impacts on survivors and local communities found that having a mild case of…[...]

During COVID’s omicron wave in U.S., death rates soared for older people


Authors: BENJAMIN MUELLER and Eleanor LutzThe New York Times May 31, 2022  Despite strong levels of vaccination among older people, COVID killed them at vastly higher rates during this winter’s omicron wave…[...]