Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexual functioning and activity: a systematic review and meta-analysis


Mojgan Masoudi, Raziyeh Maasoumi & Nicola Luigi Bragazzi; BMC Public Health volume 22, Article number: 189 (2022)  Abstract Background Since December 2019, when it was first reported in Wuhan, province of Hubei, China, the new virus SARS-CoV-2 has spread rapidly around the world and has become a global pandemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the public health measures implemented, people’s sexual activity has […]

COVID Deaths Jump 25% as Hospitalizations Continue to Rise


Hospital beds are filling fast as the rise in respiratory viruses continues to sweep across the US Published 12/23 02:55, Hannah Murphy; The Messenger Hospitalizations and deaths owed to COVID-19 are rising as the nation heads into the holidays, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC’s most recent report highlights […]

Many long-covid symptoms linger even after two years, new study shows


By Amy Goldstein, 2023, The Washington Post People who endured even mild cases of covid-19 are at heightened risk two years later for lung problems, fatigue, diabetes and certain other health problems typical of long covid, according to a new studythat casts fresh light on the virus’s true toll. The analysis, published Monday in the journal […]

Long COVID: Is there a kidney link?


Raymond E. Garrett, Carlos H. Palacio, David Bar-Or: HYPOTHESIS AND THEORY article, Front. Med., 03 April 2023, Sec. Nephrology, Volume 10 – 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1138644 Metabolic causes such as altered bioenergetics and amino acid metabolism may play a major role in Long COVID. Renal-metabolic regulation is an integral part of these pathways but has not been […]

FDA System Unable To Identify Risk Of Heart Inflammation After COVID-19 Vaccination: Agency


DEC 10, 2023 – Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration could not provide information on a confirmed side effect of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, according to a newly disclosed document. FDA staffers said in the document, from 2021, that one of the agency’s top surveillance systems was unable […]

Some COVID Vaccines Produce ‘Unintended Immune Response’ In Recipients: Study


DEC 11, 2023 – Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times Researchers in a landmark new study have discovered a sequence within the Pfizer mRNA vaccine that produces an “unintended immune response” in the body, which experts are calling a massive “developmental and regulatory failure.” Synthetic Messenger Ribonucleic Acid (mRNA), such as that used in […]

Trajectory of long covid symptoms after covid-19 vaccination: community based cohort study


Daniel Ayoubkhani 1 2, Charlotte Bermingham 3, Koen B Pouwels 4 5, Myer Glickman 3, Vahé Nafilyan 3 6, Francesco Zaccardi 2, Kamlesh Khunti 2, Nisreen A Alwan 7 8 9, A Sarah Walker 4 10 PMID: 35584816, PMCID: PMC9115603 , DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2021-069676 Abstract Objective: To estimate associations between covid-19 vaccination and long covid symptoms in adults with SARS-CoV-2 infection before vaccination. Design: Observational cohort study. Setting: Community dwelling population, UK. Participants: 28 356 participants in the Office for National Statistics COVID-19 Infection Survey aged […]

Large study provides scientists with deeper insight into long COVID symptoms


Thaweethai T, Jolley SE, Karlson EW, et al. Development of a Definition of Post-acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection.  JAMA. Published online May 25, 2023. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.8823 NIH-funded research effort identifies most common symptoms, potential subgroups, and initial symptom-based scoring system – with aim of improving future diagnostics and treatment. Initial findings from a study of nearly 10,000 Americans, many […]

Treating COVID in a Shifting Landscape


SARS-CoV-2 keeps changing. What does this mean for the treatment of COVID-19? By EKATERINA PESHEVA January 3, 2023 Research Harvard As the world enters year four of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists have amassed a great deal of knowledge about the biology and behavior of SARS-CoV-2 and about the clinical features of the disease that it causes. They […]

COVID Propaganda Roundup: Study Shows mRNA Shots May Trigger Psychosis


DEC 04, 2023 – Armageddon Prose Following are a fascinating pair of case studies suggesting that the COVID-19 shots themselves — accompanying — might, in fact, induce psychosis. “The aim of the study is to investigate whether there is a causal relationship between the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine and the onset of psychotic symptoms in patients […]