Detection of SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins and genomic sequences in human brainstem nuclei

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Aron Emmi, Stefania Rizzo, Luisa Barzon, Michele Sandre, Elisa Carturan, Alessandro Sinigaglia, Silvia Riccetti, Mila Della Barbera, Rafael Boscolo-Berto, Patrizia Cocco, Veronica Macchi, Angelo Antonini, Monica De Gaspari, Cristina Basso, Raffaele De Caro & Andrea Porzionato  npj Parkinson’s Disease volume 9, Article number: 25 (2023) Cite this articleAbstract Open Access Published: 13 February 2023 Neurological manifestations are common in COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. Despite reports of SARS-CoV-2 detection in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid of COVID-19 […]

Key biological pathway reveals insights into long COVID brain fog

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by Lilly Matson, University of New South Wales AUGUST 16, 2023 Medical Express Researchers from University of New South Wales Sydney and St. Vincent’s Hospital have identified a key pathway, involved in inflammation, which appears to be activated in people with long COVID who have symptoms of “brain fog.” Scientists from the School of Psychology and […]

COVID Is Increasingly Looking Like a Cold or Flu

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Friday, 22 September 2023 Newsmax Health Symptoms of mild COVID-19 infection have shifted this season, and now are more akin to those of allergies and the common cold, doctors say. Many people with COVID-19 now are presenting with upper respiratory symptoms like runny nose, watery eyes and a sore throat, said Dr. Teresa Lovins, an independent […]

Cancers Appearing In Ways Never Before Seen After COVID Vaccinations: Dr. Harvey Risch

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SEP 22, 2023 Authored by  Efthymis Oraiopoulos and Jan Jekielek The Epoch Times  There is evidence that cancers are occurring in excess after people receive COVID-19 vaccinations, according to Dr. Harvey Risch. Dr. Risch is professor emeritus of epidemiology in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Yale School of Public Health and […]

Scientists begin to untangle how COVID-19 affects brain cells

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by The Francis Crick Institute, AUGUST 7, 2023 Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown in lab-based experiments that variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can affect the blood-brain barrier and damage brain cells in different ways. This work gives clues as to how the virus could enter the brain, but doesn’t take […]

Ocular findings among patients surviving COVID-19

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Ílen Ferreira Costa, Livia Pimenta Bonifácio, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Eduardo Melani Rocha, Rodrigo Jorge, Valdes Roberto Bollela & Rosalia Antunes-Foschini  Scientific Reports volume 11, Article number: 11085 (2021) Published: 26 May 2021 Abstract To describe the medium-term ophthalmological findings in patients recovering from COVID-19. Patients recovered from the acute phase of COVID-19 underwent a complete ophthalmological evaluation, including presenting and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), refractometry, biomicroscopy, tonometry, break-up time and […]

Warning as popular Covid antiviral drug is driving unexpected mutations

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Molnupiravir was one of the first antivirals available on the market during the COVID-19 pandemic, and was employed by many countries, including the US, particularly against chronic infections. By IAN RANDALL Daily Express Mon, Sep 25, 2023 A drug widely used against COVID-19 is driving an unintended pattern of mutations in SARS-CoV-2 (Image: Getty Images) An antiviral […]

COVID Surge Turns Into Trickle As Hospital Admissions Wane

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SEP 29, 2023 – 07:20 AM Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times  After multiple weeks of increasing COVID-19 hospital admissions, federal data show that the figure is now falling. In the week ending Sept. 16, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data show hospitalizations are down 4.3 percent. The number had been increasing […]

COVID-19 Lung Damage

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Panagis Galiatsatos, M.D., M.H.S.  February 28, 2022  John’s Hopkins Like other respiratory illnesses, COVID-19 can cause lasting lung damage.  “As we continue to learn about COVID-19, we’re understanding more regarding how it affects the lungs during acute illness and afterward. And this is especially true with the virus’ ongoing variants, as well,” Galiatsatos says. What […]

COVID-19 Virus Levels In Wastewater Have Dropped

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SEP 22, 2023 – 02:25 PM Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times  Wastewater COVID levels have shown a decline in recent weeks while the number of hospital admissions due to infections have seen an uptick. The levels of SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes the COVID-19 infection, has dropped by 5 percent in the two weeks […]