A Retrospective Analysis of Thrombosis and COVID-19 Mortality in Rural Midwestern Population


John Dunton • Kaitlin Bierman-Macke • Taylor Little •, et. al., DOI: 10.7759/cureus.74320  Abstract Background COVID-19 disease has caused a major global impact on health and mortality. This infection may predispose patients to thrombotic disease, caused…[...]

Systemic Vasculitis Post-COVID-19: A Case Report


Shamsun Nahar • Mohammad M. Husain • Akshay Maharaj, et. al. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.72724 Abstract Vasculitis is one of the complications of COVID. Coronavirus may trigger or exacerbate autoimmune diseases, such as systemic vasculitis. We present the…[...]

Persistent clotting protein pathology in Long COVID/Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) is accompanied by increased levels of antiplasmin


Etheresia Pretorius, Mare Vlok, Chantelle Venter, Cardiovascular Diabetology volume 20, Article number: 172 (2021)  Abstract Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2)-induced infection, the cause of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is characterized by acute clinical pathologies,…[...]

How COVID-19 Affects the Brain


Maura Boldrini, MD, PhD1,2; Peter D. Canoll, MD, PhD3; Robyn S. Klein, MD, PhD4,5,6, JAMA Psychiatry. 2021;78(6):682-683. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.0500 COVID-19 has resulted in more than 120 million cases and 2.6 million deaths to date. Respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms are accompanied…[...]

Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the Pre-Delta, Delta, and Omicron Eras


Authors: Yan Xie, Ph.D. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2457-9382, Taeyoung Choi, M.S., and Ziyad Al-Aly, M.D. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2600-0434, N Engl J Med 2024;391:515-525, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2403211, VOL. 391 NO. 6 Abstract Background Postacute sequelae of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection (PASC) can affect many organ systems. However, temporal…[...]

Acute Rectal Bleeding in a COVID-19 Patient: Chasing a Diagnosis


Hudson P. Franca • Sahar S. Abdelmoneim • Priscila Sole • et. al., DOI: 10.7759/cureus.66596  Abstract Guidelines for managing lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) can vary significantly, posing challenges in clinical settings. This case involves a previously healthy…[...]

How a COVID-19 infection changes blood cells in the long run


Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Summary: New research suggests that a coronavirus infection alters the biomechanical properties of red and white blood cells, in some cases for months -- a possible explanation for long…[...]

Long Covid: Hormone Imbalances and/or Rather Complex Immune Dysregulations? 


Christian A Koch, Journal of the Endocrine Society, Volume 8, Issue 5, May 2024, bvae043, https://doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvae043 Approximately 5% of all individuals infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) do…[...]

Long Covid explanation in new study possibly paves way for tests and treatments


By Barbara Mantel, NBC News Scientists say that drugs that calm a key part of the immune system should be studied in clinical trials as potential long Covid treatments. Scientists have…[...]

Cognitive decline and brainstem hypometabolism in long-COVID


COVID: A case series: Jacques Hugon, Mathieu Queneau, et. al. Center of Cognitive Neurology, University of Paris, Lariboisière FW Hospital Abstract Objective: To assess FDG cerebral PET in patients suffering…[...]