Long Covid explanation in new study possibly paves way for tests and treatments


Scientists say that drugs that calm a key part of the immune system should be studied in clinical trials as potential long Covid treatments. Long Covid impacts some adults’ blood biomarkers, new study finds Jan. 18, 2024, By Barbara Mantel, Science Scientists have identified a persistent change in a handful of blood proteins in people with […]

The long haul: When COVID-19 symptoms don’t go away


 Long COVID symptoms can include brain fog, shortness of breath, and fatigue. *This article is an update to the original article, published on July 6, 2021. It was updated in July 2022 to reflect new information. While most people who get COVID-19 bounce back after a few weeks, some struggle with symptoms and health problems […]

Long COVID could be the reason for your bad hangovers: research


By Social Links forBrooke Steinberg. Published  2024 Long COVID could be the reason for your bad hangovers, research suggests. The study, published in the journal Cureus, looked at patients who had been dealing with lingering symptoms from a COVID infection — and all of them self-reported more severe hangovers. Four patients were recruited from the Post-Acute Covid […]

Scientists may have finally found the cause of long Covid: Low iron levels after infection ‘might be trigger of poorly-understood illness’


By XANTHA LEATHAM, DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR FOR THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED: 09:51 EST, 4 March 2024 | UPDATED: 12:03 EST, 4 March 2024 Experts may have found the cause of long Covid after discovering that low iron levels following an infection could be a key trigger. An estimated 1.9 million people in the UK alone say they experience symptoms of […]

Cognition and Memory after Covid-19 in a Large Community Sample


Authors.Adam Hampshire, Ph.D., Adriana Azor, Ph.D., et. al. 2024,N Engl J Med 2024; 390:806-818 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2311330 Abstract BACKGROUND Cognitive symptoms after coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), are well-recognized. Whether objectively measurable cognitive deficits exist and how long they persist are unclear. METHODS We invited 800,000 adults in […]

What to know about shingles and the COVID-19 vaccine


Medically reviewed by Alana Biggers, M.D., MPH — By Carolyn Farnsworth Medical News Today Some studies suggest a link between COVID-19 vaccines and reactivation of the virus that causes shingles. While evidence suggests this could be possible, it is at the very least uncommon. Shingles is a fairly common condition that may affect roughly 20–30% of people in their lifetime, with the risk of […]

How The COVID Virus Defends Itself From The Human Immune System


JAN 2024 Authored by Amie Dahnke The Epoch Times Just how was the COVID-19 coronavirus so successful? The question has eluded scientists and medical professionals since the novel virus swept the globe in 2020, infecting over 700 million people and killing almost 7 million, according to official accounts. Now, a German research team believes it has […]

What Is The Current Evidence for mRNA Vaccine Shedding?


And how can you protect yourself from it? A MIDWESTERN DOCTOR, JAN 2024 When doctors in this movement speak at events about the vaccines, by far the most common question they receive is “is vaccine shedding real?” This is understandable as this vaccine shedding (becoming ill from vaccinated individuals) represents the one way the unvaccinated […]

Facing the New Covid-19 Reality


Authored by, Wafaa M. El-Sadr, M.D., M.P.H., M.P.A., , Ashwin Vasan, M.D., Ph.D., , Ayman El-Mohandes, M.B., B.C.H., M.D., M.P.H. Audio Interview Interview with Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr on navigating the current moment in the Covid-19 pandemic and learning lessons from past successes and missteps. (09:54)Download We’ve come a long way. From the early, terrifying days of a rapidly […]

New long COVID study uncovers high inflammation in patients as Senate calls for more research on ‘crisis’


The study followed 113 patients at four different hospitals in Switzerland. By Ashley Riegle, ABC News, January 24, 2024, 8:10 PM , The life of COVID-19 long-haulers For these people, surviving the coronavirus was the just beginning of fighting long-term symptoms. A new study in Science is shining a light on the continuing impact of long COVID, […]