An application of slow feature analysis to the genetic sequences of coronaviruses and influenza viruses

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Authors: Anastasios A. Tsonis, Geli Wang, Lvyi Zhang, Wenxu Lu, Aristotle Kayafas & Katia Del Rio-Tsonis Mathematical approaches have been for decades used to probe the structure of nucleotide sequences. This has led to the development of Bioinformatics. In this exploratory work, a novel mathematical method is applied to probe the genetic structure of two related viral families: those of coronaviruses […]

Chronic fatigue syndrome and long covid: moving beyond the controversy

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Authors: Melanie Newman, freelance journalist Many patients with “long” covid are experiencing extreme fatigue, a situation that has re-polarised approaches to treatment and rehabilitation. Melanie Newman reports “I submitted the first positive trial of cognitive behavioural therapy [CBT] as a treatment for chronic fatigue in the ’90s,” recalls Michael Sharpe, a professor of psychological medicine who was […]

How to combat ‘COVID fatigue’: Medical experts on what works — and doesn’t

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Authors: Meredith Deliso “Throughout pandemics, the psychological footprint is often way bigger than the medical footprint,” Dr. Claude Mellins, a medical psychologist who co-leads a pandemic initiative called CopeColumbia for the Columbia University Irving Medical Center community, told ABC News. One of the challenges is the pandemic makes it hard to turn to our normal […]

Fighting post-COVID fatigue: Here’s what doctors suggest

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Authors: Rajeswari Parasa  When TNM spoke to doctors about the post-recovery phase, they say it takes anywhere between four to twelve weeks for a patient to recover from the symptoms of COVID-19. Doctors suggest that people should limit themselves to doing only mild muscle strengthening and breathing exercises. And that anything beyond mild exercises would […]

“COVID fatigue” is hitting hard. Fighting it is hard, too, says UC Davis Health psychologist

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Authors: UC Davis Health There is research that defines the stages of stress on communities from disasters. If it makes anyone feel better, as a society, we are right on target. Early during or right after a disaster, communities tend to pull together. People support each other and create a sense of community bonding, Hermanson […]

Here’s How To Deal With Post-COVID Vaccine Fatigue

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Authors: Jay Polish When Should I Be Concerned About Post-Vaccine Fatigue? “While different studies vary, fatigue is the most commonly reported side effect, with around 40-80% of people experiencing this,” Dr. Bhuyan explains, across Moderna, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson’s vaccines. The way you feel that tiredness, of course, might be much different than how your […]

Chronic Fatigue May Be Long-Term Effect of COVID

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Authors: Carolyn Crist A large number of people who contract the coronavirus don’t fully recover in a few weeks, and many of them are experiencing chronic fatigue. More than a third of those who have tested positive for COVID-19 and have symptoms don’t feel like they’re back to normal, even weeks later, according to a new […]

What Is COVID Fatigue?

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Authors: Paul Thagard Ph.D. Pandemic fatigue is a complex of emotions that includes sadness and boredom. The scientific study of pandemics requires the cooperation of many medical fields including virology, epidemiology, and pulmonology. The impact of behavior on disease spread shows that psychology belongs in the collaboration. Here are some of the questions that psychology should […]

More than half of Covid-19 patients have lasting fatigue, research suggests

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Authors: Erika Edwards Covid-19 can leave many people with potentially debilitating fatigue months after they’ve recovered from the illness, research released Thursday found. The long-term lethargy was reported in patients with symptoms from mild to severe. “Fatigue is a common symptom in those presenting with symptomatic Covid-19 infection,” Dr. Liam Townsend, an infectious disease doctor at St. […]

Dysautonomia

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Authors: Cleveland Clinic What is dysautonomia? Dysautonomia is a general term for a group of disorders that share a common problem – that is, an autonomic nervous system (ANS) that doesn’t function as it should. The ANS is the part of the nervous system that controls involuntary body functions (functions you don’t consciously control) like […]