Authors: Gary Wenk Ph.D. KEY POINTS Neurological symptoms have been observed in 80% of hospitalized people with COVID-19. Recent studies suggest that the virus has difficulty getting past the brain’s main line of defense, the blood-brain barrier. Inflammatory molecules from astrocytes underlie many neurological problems as well as brain fog. Scientists are trying to understand […]
Authors: Robert John Sawyer, Ph.D Because COVID-19 is a new virus, it is too early to make definitive statements on how it affects the neurological system. New reports are raising concerns about lingering “brain fog” some COVID-19 patients are experiencing. These reports are shedding light on more short-term and, potentially, longer-term health consequences of COVID-19. Specifically, researchers are finding […]
Authors: Adam Brown BScPT MClScPT FCAMPT Registered Physiotherapist Brain fog can take several different forms and each patient’s description and experience is unique. It involves an alteration in the person’s capacity for cognition or in lay terms, difficulty with concentration, attention and thinking tasks. Environments with complex stimuli such as a moving car, or watching […]
Authors: Andrew E. Budson, MD, Contributor As a cognitive behavioral neurologist, I’ve been hearing from many individuals who are complaining of “brain fog” after infection with COVID-19. So I thought it was worth discussing exactly what COVID-19 brain fog is, and some things to do that might help clear it. There are many ways that […]
Authors:Trevor Bedford, PhD The news of infections caused by a novel coronavirus, and the everyday use of the names SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, became widespread around February. But, the question of how long the virus had already been present in the United States before that time has remained unknown. Now, a team of researchers has reconstructed […]
Authors: Megan Molteni i SARS-COV-2,the pandemic coronavirus that surfaced for the first time in China last year, is an equal opportunity invader. If you’re a human, it wants in. Regardless of age, race, or sex, the virus appears to infect people at the same rate. Which makes sense, given that it’s a totally new pathogen against which approximately zero humans […]
Authors: Seth C Inzaule, Alan Christoffels, Yenew Kebede, Tulio de Oliveira, Ahmed E Ogwell Ouma Timely sequencing of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) coupled with rapid data sharing has allowed researchers to develop counter-measures against the virus such as diagnostic tests and vaccines,1 and assess transmission and evolution dynamics as the virus spreads globally. […]
Authors: Clare Watson As many countries emerge from lockdowns, researchers are poised to use genome sequencing to avoid an expected second wave of COVID-19 infections. Since the first whole-genome sequence of the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, was shared online on 11 January, scientists have sequenced and shared some 32,000 viral genomes from around the world. Such a vast amount […]
Authors: Giuseppe Novelli, Michela Biancolella, Ruty Mehrian-Shai, Vito Luigi Colona, Anderson F. Brito, Nathan D. Grubaugh, Vasilis Vasiliou, Lucio Luzzatto & Juergen K. V. Reichardt COVID-19 has engulfed the world and it will accompany us all for some time to come. Here, we review the current state at the milestone of 1 year into the pandemic, as declared by the WHO (World Health Organization). […]
Authors: Executive Director Sharon Peacock The overarching aim of the project is to deliver large-scale SARS-CoV-2 sequencing to public health agencies, to inform interventions and policy decisions during the current pandemic; and all the other goals of COG-UK effectively feed into that. This sequencing capacity will enable close to real-time evaluation of novel treatments, vaccines […]