Experts cautiously optimistic that virus doesn’t target fetus during first trimester. Authors: MEREDITH WADMAN August 7. 2022 SCIENCE When a pregnant woman gets sick, her doctors have two patients: the woman and her fetus. While obstetricians work to understand COVID-19’s impact on mothers-to-be (see main story, p. 606), they are also carefully tracking the virus’ impact on […]
Authors: Helena Oliviero, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia residents among thousands needed for a massive study to discover how the virus causes lingering symptoms. Back in the summer of 2020, when the pandemic was still new and hospitals were overflowing, Emory Healthcare opened a facility to treat a perplexing group of COVID-19 survivors. The patients had withstood […]
Authors: IANS July 2022 A team of international researchers may have uncovered the cause of the neurological conditions seen in patients with long-Covid, such as brain fog. The team from Swinburne University of Technology and La Trobe University in Australia and Luxembourg University in Luxembourg revealed that fragments of proteins from the SARS-CoV-2 virus can […]
Authors: Rong-Gong Lin II, Luke Money Mon, August 1, 2022 LA Times Emerging evidence suggests that catching the coronavirus a second time can heighten long-term health risks, a worrisome development as the circulation of increasingly contagious Omicron subvariants leads to greater numbers of Californians being reinfected. Earlier in the pandemic, it was assumed that getting […]
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 2022 Abstract COVID-19 is primarily known as a respiratory disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. However, neurological symptoms such as memory loss, sensory confusion, severe headaches, and […]
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 should in no way diminish the suffering of people who thought they were done with their infections, only to find their return to well-being still beyond reach. […]
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. The study showed that immune function among vaccinated individuals 8 months after the administration of two doses of COVID-19 vaccine was lower than that among the […]
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, suggesting that oral infection might underlie oral symptoms. A recent study conducted by investigators from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the National Institutes of Health, […]
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, Ph.D.James P. Flynn, B.S. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA Geoffrey Chen, B.A.Ashley M. Stuckwisch, B.S. Josh Mathews, A.B. May Y. Liew, B.A. Arshdeep Singh, […]
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 commonly from a viral infection, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), is known to cause brain-centred symptoms of neuroinflammation, loss of homeostasis, brain fog, lack of […]