Large study provides scientists with deeper insight into long COVID symptoms


May 25, 2023, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute NIH-funded research effort identifies most common symptoms, potential subgroups, and initial symptom-based scoring system – with aim of improving future diagnostics and treatment Initial findings from a study of nearly 10,000 Americans, many of whom had COVID-19, have uncovered new details about long COVID, the post-infection […]

Long COVID Now Looks like a Neurological Disease, Helping Doctors to Focus Treatments


The causes of long COVID, which disables millions, may come together in the brain and nervous system  Stephani Sutherland   March 1, 2023 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. She went […]

What to Know About ADHD and Brain Fog


Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can have a big impact on your ability to think clearly. In fact, ADHD can sometimes make you feel as though a fog has seeped into your brain. Your reaction time slows. It can be harder to recall information, process your thoughts, and find the right words to say what […]

Researchers fear people of color may be disproportionately affected by long Covid


Blitshteyn worries about the low rate of full recovery she observed in a March 2021 case series of 20 patients with new-onset postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (a condition affecting blood flow that leads to dizziness, rapid heart rate, and fainting) and other autonomic disorders after Covid. While 60% of patients improved, only 15% returned to working full-time […]

Post-COVID-19 fatigue: A systematic review


Authors: Jian Joli1, Patrizia Buck1, Stephan Zipfel1 and Andreas Stengel1,2* Frontiers in Psychiatry Fatigue is recognized as one of the most commonly presented long-term complaints in individuals previously infected with SARS-CoV-2. This systematic review was performed to describe symptoms, etiology, possible risk factors related to post-COVID-19 fatigue and the therapeutic approaches used for the treatment of post-COVID-19 fatigue. For the […]

Long covid: Damage to multiple organs presents in young, low risk patients


Authors: Gareth Iacobucci BMJ 2020; 371 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m4470 (Published 17 November 2020)Cite this as: BMJ 2020;371:m4470 Young, low risk patients with ongoing symptoms of covid-19 had signs of damage to multiple organs four months after initially being infected, a preprint study has suggested.1 Initial data from 201 patients suggest that almost 70% had impairments in one or more organs four months after […]

Reactogenicity Following Receipt of mRNA-Based COVID-19 Vaccines


Authors: Johanna Chapin-Bardales, PhD, MPH1; Julianne Gee, MPH1; Tanya Myers, PhD, MSc1 In December 2020, 2 mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna) were granted Emergency Use Authorization by the US Food and Drug Administration as 2-dose series and recommended for use by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.1–3 In late February 2021, the US Food and Drug Administration granted Emergency Use Authorization for a […]

Neurology and neuropsychiatry of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the early literature reveals frequent CNS manifestations and key emerging narratives


Authors: Jonathan P Rogers1,2, Cameron J Watson3, et.al Abstract There is accumulating evidence of the neurological and neuropsychiatric features of infection with SARS-CoV-2. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we aimed to describe the characteristics of the early literature and estimate point prevalences for neurological and neuropsychiatric manifestations. We searched MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO and CINAHL up to […]

Virology, transmission, and pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2


Authors: Muge Cevik, clinical lecturer1 2,  Krutika Kuppalli, assistant professor3,  Jason Kindrachuk, assistant professor of virology4,  Malik Peiris, professor of virology5 What you need to know SARS-CoV-2 is genetically similar to SARS-CoV-1, but characteristics of SARS-CoV-2—eg, structural differences in its surface proteins and viral load kinetics—may help explain its enhanced rate of transmission In the respiratory […]