Zhengqi Jiang ∙ Tichao Shan∙ Yucan Li ∙ Heyu Ni ∙ et. al., DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2025.108287 External Link Also available on ScienceDirect External Link Highlights SARS-CoV-2 causes lasting immune dysregulation for over 20 months. The impact of SARS-CoV-2 on lymphocytes was especially severe in patients […]
Respiratory Viruses Like Flu Or COVID Could Cause ‘Sleeping’ Cancer Cells To Wake Up
StudyFinds Analysis, Steve Fink In A Nutshell AURORA, Colo. — Common respiratory infections like the flu and COVID-19 might jolt dormant cancer cells back to life in survivors, causing them to multiply […]
Discovery Explains Long COVID Breathing Problems
UVA Health researchers have made a discovery about the immune system that explains breathing problems in Long COVID. From left: Alexandra Kadl MD; Sepideh Dolatshahi, PhD; Lyndsey Muehling, PhD; Judith […]
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 […]
‘Visionary’ study finds inflammation, evidence of Covid virus years after infection
By Isabella Cueto, 2024 Stat Reporting Remember when we thought Covid was a two-week illness? So does Michael Peluso, assistant professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He recalls […]
Human SARS-CoV-2 challenge uncovers local and systemic response dynamics
Rik G. H. Lindeboom, Kaylee B. Worlock, Lisa M. Dratva, et. al.Nature (2024) Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing global health threat, yet our understanding of the dynamics of early cellular responses to […]
The knowns and unknowns of long COVID-19: from mechanisms to therapeutical approaches
Roxana Gheorghita1,2Iuliana Soldanescu3Andrei Lobiuc2 , et. al., Front. Immunol., 03 March 2024, Sec. Viral Immunology, Volume 15 – 2024 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1344086 The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has […]
Covid-19 has changed and so has our immunity. Here’s how to think about risk from the virus now
By Brenda Goodman, CNN August 28, 2023 Experts say it’s less risky to catch Covid-19 than it used to be, but there are still good reasons not to treat it casually. Daly […]
Why Loss of Smell Can Persist After COVID-19
Research suggests that long-term smell loss is linked to an ongoing immune response in the nose By DUKE HEALTH NEWS OFFICE Research This article is part of Harvard Medical School’s continuing coverage of […]