Mary Van Beusekom, MS, October 18, 2023 A new study from Israel ties COVID-19 infection to an increased risk of a diagnosis of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) within 6 weeks, while mRNA vaccination was linked to a decreased risk of the rare but serious autoimmune disease. The study was published today in Neurology. Researchers from Lady Davis Carmel Medical […]
Provisional Death Counts for COVID-19 ‹View Table of Contents NOTICE: THIS WEBSITE WAS ARCHIVED ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2023.Datasets linked on this page are available on data.cdc.gov. Please note that these datasets will no longer be updated after September 27, 2023. Provisional data is available on CDC WONDER (wonder.cdc.gov). Data are updated weekly, and users can query […]
Vahé Nafilyan, Charlotte R. Bermingham, Isobel L. Ward, Jasper Morgan, Francesco Zaccardi, Kamlesh Khunti, Julie Stanborough, Amitava Banerjee & James C. Doidge Nature Communications volume 14, Article number: 1541 (2023) Cite this article. Abstract Several studies have reported associations between COVID-19 vaccination and risk of cardiac diseases, especially in young people; the impact on mortality, however, remains unclear. We use national, linked electronic health data in England to assess the […]
A key lesson of the pandemic. By Joe Nocera and Bethany McLean The Intelligencer On April 8, 2020, the Chinese government lifted its lockdown of Wuhan. It had lasted 76 days — two and a half months during which no one was allowed to leave this industrial city of 11 million people, or even leave their homes. Until […]
By Samantha Chang, The Western Journal Oct. 30, 2023 The Messenger In a surprise to no one, only a tiny fraction of Americans have gotten the latest COVID-19 jab. Just 7.1 percent of adults and 2.1 percent of children have taken the shots since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended them in September for everyone […]
Julian Gonzalez-Rubio1* Vu Thuy Khanh Le-Trilling2 Lea Baumann1 Maria Cheremkhina1 Hannah Kubiza1 Anja E. Luengen1, 3 Sebastian Reuter3 Christian Taube3 Stephan Ruetten4 Daniela Duarte Campos5 Christian Cornelissen6 Mirko Trilling2 Anja Lena Thiebes1* Front. Bioeng. Biotechnology. , Sec. Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Volume 11 – 2023 | doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1268782 The Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which caused the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, enters the […]
BMJ 2023; 383 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p2204 (Published 12 October 2023)Cite this as: BMJ 2023;383:p2204, Sarah Boyce, senior technical analyst1, Emma McFarlane, Susan Harrison, Terry McCormack What you need to know In venous thromboembolism, a blood clot usually forms in the deep veins of the legs or pelvis. This is known as deep vein thrombosis, and the blood clot can dislodge from these sites, […]
The French study included 30,202 patients. Zachary Stieber, 11/3/2023 Epoch Health People who received hydroxychloroquine were less likely to die than those who did not, according to a new study. Just 0.8 percent of patients at a facility in France who received hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and an antibiotic died, compared to 4.8 percent of patients who did […]
BMJ 2023; 382 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-073923 (Published 18 August 2023)Cite this as: BMJ 2023;382:e073923, Rachel L Brown123, Laura Benjamin24, Michael P Lunn12, Tehmina Bharucha25, Michael S Zandi12, Chandrashekar Hoskote6, Patricia McNamara2, Hadi Manji1 Abstract Although neurological complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection are relatively rare, their potential long term morbidity and mortality have a significant impact, given the large numbers of infected patients. Covid-19 is […]
BMJ 2023; 383 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-076810 (Published 09 October 2023)Cite this as: BMJ 2023;383:e076810Read the full collection: Food for Thought 2023 Carmen Piernas, senior research fellow, Jordi Merino, associate professor ,Correspondence to: C Piernas Carmen Piernas and Jordi Merino argue that suboptimal diet and poor metabolic health aggravated the covid-19 pandemic and require greater attention to increase population resilience and reduce health inequalities The covid-19 pandemic […]