New CDC life expectancy data shows painfully slow rebound from covid


Story by Joel Achenbach, Dan Keating, The Washington Post Newly published data on life expectancy in the United States shows a partial rebound from the worst phase of the coronavirus pandemic, but drug overdoses, homicides and chronic illnesses such as heart disease continue to drive a long-term mortality crisis that has made this country an […]

Scientists ‘shocked’ and ‘alarmed’ at what’s in the mRNA shots


Rebekah Barnett, 2023; Spectator Australia Early in 2023, genomics scientist Kevin McKernan made an accidental discovery. While running an experiment in his Boston lab, McKernan used some vials of mRNA Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines as controls. He was ‘shocked’ to find that they were allegedly contaminated with tiny fragments of plasmid DNA. McKernan, who […]

Pain, fatigue, fuzzy thinking: How long COVID disrupts the brain


NOVEMBER 2023, Jon Hamilton, NPR Scientists are learning more about how long COVID affects the brain. Michelle Wilson got COVID three years ago. She’s still waiting for her brain and nervous system to recover. Wilson’s memory is spotty, she’s frequently in pain, and even a short walk leaves her exhausted. “I actually bought a cane […]

Skin Manifestations in COVID-19 Patients: Are They Indicators for Disease Severity? A Systematic Review


Parnian Jamshidi, Bahareh Hajikhani, Mehdi Mirsaeidi, Hassan Vahidnezhad, Masoud Dadashi, Mohammad Javad Nasiri; Front. Med., 16 February 2021Sec. Infectious Diseases – Surveillance, Prevention and Treatment Volume 8 – 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.634208 Introduction: Until now, there are several reports on cutaneous manifestations in COVID-19 patients. However, the link between skin manifestations and the severity of the disease remains debatable. We […]

The Long-term Cardiovascular Impact of COVID-19


Coronavirus (COVID-19) | January 22, 2021 | Dave Fornell, Editor DAIC Evidence suggests COVID long-haulers may have lingering cardiac impacts from their coronavirus infections Cardiologists are taking a closer look at the possible long-term cardiovascular effects on COVID long-hauler patients who still show symptoms long after they should be recovered from the virus. Getty Images “So this […]

Cerebral blood flow in patients recovered from mild COVID-19


Souvik Sen, Roger Newman-Norlund, Nicholas Riccardi, Christopher Rorden, Sarah Newman-Norlund, Sara Sayers, Julius Fridriksson, Makenzie Logue, June 2023 Journal of Neuroimaging Volume 33, Issue 5 p. 764-772 Abstract Background and Purpose Cerebral hypoperfusion has been described in both severe and mild forms of symptomatic Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. The purpose of this study was to investigate global and regional cerebral blood flow […]

Skeletal muscle injury in COVID infection: Frequency and patterns


Saurabh Singh Rajput MBBS, MD, DM, Rajeswari Aghoram MBBS, MD, DM, Vaibhav Wadwekar MBBS, MD, DM PDF, Nivedita Nanda MBBS, MD, October 2023, Muscle & NerveVolume 68, Issue 6 p. 873-878 Abstract Introduction/Aims Little is known about skeletal muscle injury with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We estimate the frequency and explore the patterns of skeletal muscle injury in acute […]

Long COVID Now Looks like a Neurological Disease, Helping Doctors to Focus Treatments


The causes of long COVID, which disables millions, may come together in the brain and nervous system BY STEPHANI SUTHERLAND Scientific American, 2023 Issue Neuroscience Tara Ghormley has always been an overachiever. She finished at the top of her class in high school, graduated summa cum laude from college and earned top honors in veterinary school. […]

Impact of vaccination and variants of concern on long COVID clinical phenotypes


Grace Kenny, Kathleen McCann, Conor O’BrienBMC Infectious Diseases volume 23, Article number: 804 (2023) Cite this article Abstract Background Defining patterns of symptoms in long COVID is necessary to advance therapies for this heterogeneous condition. Here we aimed to describe clusters of symptoms in individuals with long COVID and explore the impact of the emergence of variants of concern (VOCs) and vaccination on […]