2024Source: Columbia University Irving Medical Center Summary: A new study sheds light on factors that may have predisposed some patients to recover more slowly after COVID. Early in the pandemic, many people who had SARS-Cov-2 infection or COVID-19 began to report that they couldn’t shake off their symptoms even after a month or more — […]
It might sound counterintuitive, but new research shows that when long COVID strikes, younger patients appear more prone to severe symptoms than older folks. That’s tough on society as a whole, the study’s lead author said. “The impact of Long COVID is causing disproportionate morbidity [illness] and disability in younger adults in their prime who […]
July 2024 Newsmax Health People’s odds for long COVID appear to be declining with the advent of new variants of the virus, along with repeat infections and vaccinations, new research shows. That suggests that the average person’s chances of developing long-term symptoms is falling over time, concluded a team from Germany. “Although the cause of […]
By The Conversation, Research led by Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University A fascinating new study, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, has revealed an unexpected potential benefit of severe COVID infection: it may help shrink cancer. This surprising finding, based on research conducted in mice, opens up new possibilities for cancer treatment and sheds light on the complex interactions […]
Omar Khoja, Matthew Mulvey, Sarah Astill, et. al. ,doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.10.24310234 ABSTRACT Background New-onset chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) pain (> 3 months duration) is one of the commonest persistent symptoms of Post-COVID syndrome (PCS). There is emerging evidence that the chronic MSK pain and associated symptoms in PCS have similarities to Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS). This study aimed to characterize PCS related new-onset chronic MSK pain […]
Marrissa D. Grant, David M. Markowitz, David K. Sherman, et. al., Scientific Reports volume 14, Article number: 28948 (2024) Abstract This study examines the relationship between respondents’ vaccine hesitancy, reported media consumption patterns, ideological leanings, and trust in science. A large-scale survey conducted in the US in 2022 (N = 1,646) assessed self-reported COVID-19 vaccination, trust in science, and reported media consumption. Findings […]
News Release | 2024, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents conclusions about Long COVID diagnosis, symptoms, and impact on daily function — including that Long COVID can cause more than 200 symptoms, and that a positive COVID-19 test is not necessary to […]
On November 17, 2024, Science, Public Health Policy and The Law journal published a peer-reviewed study titled, “A Systematic Review Of Autopsy Findings In Deaths After Covid-19 Vaccination.“ This study was publicly available, but publications such as The Lancet made repeated attempts to censor it. After far too long, it has finally been published. Coincidentally, […]
Part of the NIH RECOVER Initiative, trials will test four treatments. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will launch clinical trials to investigate potential treatments for long-term symptoms after COVID-19 infection, including sleep disturbances, exercise intolerance and the worsening of symptoms following physical or mental exertion known as post-exertional malaise (PEM). The mid-stage trials, part […]
Authors: Bruce K. Patterson, 1 , * Edgar B. Francisco, 1 Ram Yogendra, 2 et. al., Front Immunol. 2021; 12: 746021.Published online 2022 Jan 10. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021. 746021PMCID: PMC8784688PMID: 35082777 Abstract The recent COVID-19 pandemic is a treatment challenge in the acute infection stage but the recognition of chronic COVID-19 symptoms termed post-acute sequelae SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) may affect up to 30% of all infected individuals. The […]