Authors : Mirren Charnley, Saba Islam, Guneet K. Bindra, Jeremy Engwirda, Julian Ratcliffe, Jiangtao Zhou, Raffaele Mezzenga, Mark D. Hulett, Kyunghoon Han, Joshua T. Berryman & Nicholas P. Reynolds Nature Communications volume 13, Article number: 3387 (2022) July […]
Estimates of long Covid are startlingly high. Here’s how to understand them
Authors: Elizabeth Cooney July 2022 STAT Think about the adults you know who have had Covid: Does 1 out of every 5 have long Covid, as the CDC estimates? Asking that question […]
Adverse effects of COVID-19 vaccines and measures to prevent them
Authors: Kenji Yamamoto Virol J. 2022; 19: 100. Published online 2022 Jun 5. doi: 10.1186/s12985-022-01831-0 PMCID: PMC9167431PMID: 35659687 Abstract Recently, The Lancet published a study on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines and the waning of immunity with time. […]
COVID-19 Found to Infect Salivary Glands
Authors: Killian Meara March 26, 2021 Contagion Live People who experienced COVID-19 symptoms and had the virus in their saliva were more likely to report loss of taste and smell, […]
Duration of Shedding of Culturable Virus in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (BA.1) Infection
Authors: Julie Boucau, Ph.D. Caitlin Marino, B.S. Ragon Institute, Cambridge, MA James Regan, B.S. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA Rockib Uddin, B.S.Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Manish C. Choudhary, […]
New research provides insight into Long COVID and ME
Authors: University of Otago July 12, 2022: Science Daily Summary: Researchers have uncovered how post-viral fatigue syndromes, including Long COVID, become life-changing diseases and why patients suffer frequent relapses. Arising […]
Saliva Could Hold Clues To How Sick You Will Get From COVID-19
Authors: Robert Service Science January 14, 2022 Science‘s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation. To the known risk factors for developing severe COVID-19—age, male […]
COVID-19 INCREASING STROKE RISKS IN PEOPLE OF ALL AGES
Author: University of Utah Health Communications The COVID-19 pandemic has been unpredictable as more is learned about the varied side effects of the virus. A typical respiratory infection, such as the […]
What heart and stroke patients need to know about COVID-19 in 2022
Authors: Michael Merschel, American Heart Association News Two years into the pandemic, researchers have learned a lot about how COVID-19 affects people with heart disease and stroke survivors. But like […]
How immune response triggered by COVID-19 may damage the brain
Findings could give insight into long-term neurological symptoms of COVID-19 Date:July 5, 2022Source:NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Summary:A new study describes the immune response triggered by COVID-19 infection […]