Coronavirus and the Nervous System


What is SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19? National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Coronaviruses are common causes of usually mild to moderate upper respiratory tract illnesses like the common cold, with symptoms that may include runny nose, fever, sore throat, cough, or a general feeling of being ill. However, a new coronavirus called Severe Acute Respiratory […]

Does vagus nerve dysfunction have a connection with COVID-19?


ZUBEDA HAMID 15th September 2023 Delhi Print Edition Brain activity in a patient before, top row, and after vagus nerve stimulation. Image for representational purpose only. AP The story so far: There’s been a lot of chatter online of late, about the vagus nerve: ways to stimulate it and possible benefits of this stimulation to […]

Microvascular Injury in the Brains of Patients with Covid-19


February 4, 2021 N Engl J Med 2021; 384:481-483 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2033369 304 Citing Articles TO THE EDITOR: We conducted postmortem high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (magnetic resonance microscopy) of the brains of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) (median age, 50 years) and histopathological examination that focused on microvascular changes in the olfactory bulb and brain stem. […]

COVID Vaccines Causally Linked to Increased Mortality, Resulting in 17 Million Deaths: Scientific Report


Data suggest COVID-19 vaccines haven’t saved lives, but instead, have resulted in 17 million deaths and increased all-cause mortality in 17 countries. By Megan Redshaw, 9/28/2023 The Epoch Times A new scientific report challenges the idea that COVID-19 vaccines have prevented deaths after researchers assessed all-cause mortality in 17 countries and found COVID-19 vaccines did not […]

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


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


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


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


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


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


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 […]