Chris Melore CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom — From mild cases to severe infections, hundreds of millions of people worldwide have had COVID-19 over the last four years. In the United States alone, […]
Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Immunoglobulin G Antibody Among Hospitalized Patients and Healthcare Workers During the Delta Wave in Bangladesh
Md. Abdul Matin • Chowdhury Adnan Sami • Md. Ashraful Hassan Anjan • et. al DOI: 10.7759/cureus.82175 Peer-Reviewed Abstract Background: A reliable marker of COVID-19 past infection is the anti-spike IgG antibody (Ab) titer of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which […]
Management of Severe SARS-CoV-2-Associated Organizing Pneumonia With Immunoglobulins
Bimaje Akpa, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.77120 Abstract Organizing pneumonia (OP) is a pulmonary inflammatory disorder involving the alveolar airspaces and ducts and resulting in interstitial lung disease. It is usually corticosteroid responsive. There […]
Long COVID Rehabilitation: What We Know Now
Key findings guide clinical recommendations regarding exercise, respiratory training, and cognitive therapy. Don L. Goldenberg, MD, Rheumatologist and Professor Emeritus Despite the marked decline in cases of COVID-19 during the […]
New Evidence Supports Autoimmunity as One of Long COVID’s Underlying Drivers
by Isabella Backman New research offers evidence that autoimmunity—in which the body’s immune system targets its own tissues—is a driver in some cases of Long COVID. Why COVID-19 sometimes leads […]
COVID-19 virus could attack cancer cells and shrink tumors, new study suggests
The early-stage research focused only on animal models, but scientists say it ‘offers hope’ By Melissa Rudy Fox News COVID-19 can cause a long list of health issues, including flu symptoms, respiratory problems […]
CD56+ Monocytes and CD31+ Endothelial Cells Are Increased in Severe COVID-19 Disease
Abstract Immune response dysregulation plays a key role in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pathogenesis. In this study, we evaluated immune and endothelial blood cell profiles of patients […]
A GABA-receptor agonist reduces pneumonitis severity, viral load, and death rate in SARS-CoV-2-infected mice
Jide Tian1*Barbara J. Dillion2Jill Henley3et. al. Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and GABA-receptors (GABA-Rs) form a major neurotransmitter system in the brain. GABA-Rs are also expressed by 1) cells of the innate […]
Long Covid explanation in new study possibly paves way for tests and treatments
Long Covid impacts some adults’ blood biomarkers, new study finds, By Barbara Mantel Scientists say that drugs that calm a key part of the immune system should be studied in clinical […]
Distinguishing features of long COVID identified through immune profiling
Jon Klein, Jamie Wood, Jillian R. Jaycox, et. al., Nature volume 623, pages139–148 Abstract Post-acute infection syndromes may develop after acute viral disease1. Infection with SARS-CoV-2 can result in the development of a post-acute infection syndrome […]