The causes of long COVID, which disables millions, may come together in the brain and nervous system BY STEPHANI SUTHERLAND Scientific American, 2023 Issue Neuroscience Tara Ghormley has always been an overachiever. She finished at the top of her class in high school, graduated summa cum laude from college and earned top honors in veterinary school. […]
NOV 25, 2023 – The Epoch Times People with protection against COVID-19 following recovery from the illness were better protected than those who received a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new study. People who received a vaccine were nearly five times as likely as the naturally immune to test positive for COVID-19 during the Delta era […]
By David ,November 25, 2023 10:59 Newsday When Andrea Maione caught COVID-19 in 2020, the Huntington woman already had sarcoidosis, an immune-system disease. COVID made symptoms such as fatigue, shortness of breath, brain fog and joint pain much worse, and added new ones, including dizziness and an inability to taste some foods. More than three years later, […]
BY KATHY KATELLA OCTOBER 27, 2023, Yale Medicine Yale’s Long COVID program aims to treat patients with lingering COVID-19 symptoms, such as fatigue, brain fog, and shortness of breath. Note: Information in this article was accurate at the time of original publication. Because information about COVID-19 changes rapidly, we encourage you to visit the websites of the […]
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 variants, including XBB, among infants up to 6 months of age? Findings In this national population-based cohort study of 7292 infants aged 6 months or younger […]
NOV 17, 2023 – Authored by Hans Mahncke via The Epoch Times In a new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) response, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now admits that it recommended COVID-19 vaccines for people who had recovered from COVID-19 despite the fact that CDC subject matter experts didn’t have access to the […]
Akshita Gupta,1,2 Angelina Konnova,1,2 Mathias Smet,1,2 Matilda Berkell,1,2 Alessia Savoldi,3 Matteo Morra,3 Vincent Van averbeke,1 Fien H.R. De Winter,1 Denise Peserico,4 Elisa Danese,4 An Hotterbeekx,1 Elda Righi,3 mAb ORCHESTRA working group,5 Pasquale De Nardo,3 Evelina Tacconelli,3 Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar,2 and Samir Kumar-Singh1,2 Journal of Clinical Investigation 10.1172/JCI166032 Abstract Background. The role of host immunity in emergence of evasive SARS-CoV-2 Spike mutations under therapeutic monoclonal antibody (mAb) pressure remains to be explored. Methods. In a prospective, […]
Jean-Laurent Casanova1,2,3,4,5 and Mark S. Anderson6,7, Published February 1, 2023 – More infoView PDF Abstract Since 2003, rare inborn errors of human type I IFN immunity have been discovered, each underlying a few severe viral illnesses. Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs due to rare inborn errors of autoimmune regulator (AIRE)–driven T cell tolerance were discovered in 2006, but not […]
Shiv Pillai, Published , 2023 – More infoView PDF , 10.1172/JCI168080 Abstract The continued emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants and waning vaccine immunity are some of the factors that drive the continuing search for more effective treatment and prevention options for COVID-19. In this issue of the JCI, Changrob, et al. describe an anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike antibody, isolated from a […]
Natalie E. Stevens,1,2 Feargal J. Ryan,1,2 Nicole L. Messina,3,4 Stephen J. Blake,1,2 Todd S. Norton,1 Susie Germano,3 Jane James,1 Georgina L. Eden,1 Yee C. Tee,1,2 Miriam A. Lynn,1,2 Rochelle Botten,1 Simone E. Barry,5 Nigel Curtis,3,4 and David J. Lynn1,2 Published July 20, 2023 – September 1, 2023. Reference information: J Clin Invest. 2023;133(17):e171742. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI171742. To the Editor: Trained immunity (TI) is defined as the long-term metabolic and epigenomic reprogramming of innate immune […]