Impacts of COVID on the immune system


Authors: Lara Herrero, The Conversation Medical Xpress September 19, 2022 So you’ve had COVID and have now recovered. You don’t have ongoing symptoms and luckily, you don’t seem to have developed long COVID. But what impacts has COVID had on your overall immune system? It’s early days yet. But growing evidence suggests there are changes to […]

COVID-19 pandemic: Viral infections and Vitamin D


Authors: Nurshad Ali*Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh Optom Open Access 2022, Vol 7(3): 3DOI: 10.4172/2476-213X.1000152 Introduction Vitamin D is a steroid hormone, produced endogenously with the effect of ultraviolet radiation on the skin or available from exogenous food sources or dietary supplements. Vitamin D insufficiency is […]

More people are catching coronavirus a second time, heightening long COVID risk, experts say


Authors: Rong-Gong Lin II, Luke Money Mon, August 1, 2022  LA Times Emerging evidence suggests that catching the coronavirus a second time can heighten long-term health risks, a worrisome development as the circulation of increasingly contagious Omicron subvariants leads to greater numbers of Californians being reinfected. Earlier in the pandemic, it was assumed that getting […]

Adverse effects of COVID-19 vaccines and measures to prevent them


Authors: Kenji Yamamoto Virol J. 2022; 19: 100. Published online 2022 Jun 5. doi: 10.1186/s12985-022-01831-0 PMCID: PMC9167431PMID: 35659687 Abstract Recently, The Lancet published a study on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines and the waning of immunity with time. The study showed that immune function among vaccinated individuals 8 months after the administration of two doses of COVID-19 vaccine was lower than that among the […]

Duration of Shedding of Culturable Virus in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (BA.1) Infection


Authors: Julie Boucau, Ph.D. Caitlin Marino, B.S. Ragon Institute, Cambridge, MA James Regan, B.S. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA Rockib Uddin, B.S.Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Manish C. Choudhary, Ph.D.James P. Flynn, B.S. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA Geoffrey Chen, B.A.Ashley M. Stuckwisch, B.S. Josh Mathews, A.B. May Y. Liew, B.A. Arshdeep Singh, […]

How immune response triggered by COVID-19 may damage the brain


Findings could give insight into long-term neurological symptoms of COVID-19 Date:July 5, 2022Source:NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Summary:A new study describes the immune response triggered by COVID-19 infection that damages the brain’s blood vessels and may lead to short- and long-term neurological symptoms. The study examined brain changes in nine people who died […]

Researchers are working together to better understand and treat the syndrome


Authors:  SABRINA RICHARDS / FRED HUTCH NEWS SERVICE JANUARY 26, 2022 Robin Macnofsky’s first symptoms, in April 2020, were so mild she didn’t take a test for COVID-19, preferring to save it for someone who really needed it. A few weeks later her chest tightened and her temperature spiked. These ebbed, but an even stronger wave […]

Natural Immunity From Omicron Strong Against Virus Subvariants: Study


Authors: Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, UL 18, 2022 The protection afforded by surviving COVID-19 was strong against the latest virus subvariants, including the one currently dominant in the United States, scientists in Qatar found. People who were infected with Omicron, a variant of SARS-CoV-2, had 76.1 percent protection against symptomatic reinfection from BA.4 and BA.5 […]

New England Journal of Medicine: “Conspiracy Theory” confirmed


The America First Report breaks the story: July 12, 2022 Several recent studies have indicated the Covid-19 vaccines actually increase the risk of contracting the disease over time, but these studies have been ignored or even debunked by corporate media and Big Pharma for months. Now, they’ll have to contend with a new study published […]

Study: Natural Immunity Is 97 Percent Effective Against Severe COVID After 14 Months


Authors: Susan Berry, PhD | Star News Jul 15, 2022 A study has found that natural immunity following COVID infection provides protection against severe illness that is superior to that imparted by the COVID vaccines. In a preprint article published at MedRxiv, Qatar researchers revealed they found people who survived COVID-19 infection, and were not vaccinated, had outstanding protection […]