Persistence of SARS CoV-2 S1 Protein in CD16+ Monocytes in Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) up to 15 Months Post-Infection

November 21, 2024 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Persistence of SARS CoV-2 S1 Protein in CD16+ Monocytes in Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) up to 15 Months Post-Infection

Authors: Bruce K. Patterson, 1 , * Edgar B. Francisco, 1 Ram Yogendra, 2 et. al., Front Immunol. 2021; 12: 746021.Published online 2022 Jan 10. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021. 746021PMCID: PMC8784688PMID: 35082777 Abstract The recent COVID-19 pandemic is a treatment challenge in the acute…[...]

August 22, 2024 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

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…[...]

February 7, 2024 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

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…[...]

December 8, 2023 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

What Happens When You Still Have Long COVID Symptoms?

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…[...]

October 6, 2023 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

A blood test for long Covid is possible, a study suggests

Scientists can now show key differences in the blood of those who recover from Covid — and those who don't. Sept. 25, 2023, 11:01 AM EDT By Erika Edwards NBC Health…[...]

October 5, 2023 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia

BLOOD SPOTLIGHT| APRIL 6, 2023 Douglas B. Cines, Andreas Greinacher Blood (2023) 141 (14): 1659–1665. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2022017696 Within the first months of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, previously healthy recipients who developed severe thrombosis…[...]

September 26, 2023 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Post-COVID Interstitial Lung Disease—The Tip of the Iceberg

Namrata Kewalramani, MD,a,b,∗ Kerri-Marie Heenan, MB Bch, BAO,c Denise McKeegan, MB Bch, BAO, MSc,c and Nazia Chaudhuri, MD, PhDd Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 2023 May; 43(2): 389–410. Published online 2023 Mar3. doi: 10.1016/j.iac.2023.01.004 PMCID: PMC9982726PMID: 37055095 The proportion…[...]

October 5, 2022 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Impacts of COVID on the immune system

Authors: Lara Herrero, The Conversation Medical Xpress September 19, 2022 So you've had COVID and have now recovered. You don't have ongoing symptoms and luckily, you don't seem to have developed…[...]

April 5, 2022 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Bone Marrow Suppression Secondary to the COVID-19 Booster Vaccine: A Case Report

TAuthors: oral Shastri 1, Navkiran Randhawa 2, Ragia Aly 3, Masood Ghouse 3 PMID: 35210894PMCID: PMC8863340DOI: 10.2147/JBM.S350290 J Blood Med. 2022; 13: 69–74.Published online 2022 Feb 18. doi: 10.2147/JBM.S350290 Abstract As of September 2021, SARS-CoV-2 booster shots became widely available in the…[...]

March 23, 2022 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Bone Marrow Suppression Secondary to the COVID-19 Booster Vaccine: A Case Report

Authors: Toral Shastri 1, Navkiran Randhawa 2, Ragia Aly 3, Masood Ghouse 3 PMID: 35210894 PMCID: PMC8863340DOI: 10.2147/JBM.S350290 Abstract As of September 2021, SARS-CoV-2 booster shots became widely available in the US to ensure continued protection against the virus. A…[...]