Covid-19: UK studies find gastrointestinal symptoms are common in children

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Authors: Susan Mayor BMJ 2020; 370 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3484 (Published 07 September 2020)Cite this as: BMJ 2020;370:m3484 Gastrointestinal symptoms are common in children infected with SARS-CoV-2 and should trigger tests for the virus, researchers have said. A prospective study of 992 healthy children (median age 10.1 years) of healthcare workers from across the UK found that 68 (6.9%) tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies.1 Half […]

These symptoms and risk factors may predict whether you could become a ‘COVID-19 long hauler,’ study suggests

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Authors: Adrianna Rodriguez USA TODAY March 11, 2021 A new study suggests coronavirus symptoms felt in the first week of infection may be a predictor of how long they will last. Patients with COVID-19 who felt more than five symptoms in their first week of illness were more likely to become a “COVID-19 long hauler,” […]

Link between fever, diarrhea, severe COVID-19, and persistent anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies

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Authors: By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD Jan 7 2021 Ever since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic began, there have been many attempts to understand the nature and duration of immunity against the causative agent, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). A new preprint research paper appearing on the medRxiv* server describes a link between the […]

The Epidemiology, Transmission, and Diagnosis of COVID-19

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Authors: By: Neesha C. Siriwardane & Rodney Shackelford, DO, Ph.D. April 15, 2020 Introduction to COVID-19 Coronaviruses are enveloped single-stranded RNA viruses of the Coronaviridae family and order Nidovirales (1). The viruses are named for their “crown” of club-shaped S glycoprotein spikes, which surround the viruses and mediate viral attachment to host cell membranes (1-3). Coronaviruses are found in domestic […]

Lockdowns Biggest Mistake in Public Health History

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Authors: Jay Bhattacharya, UnHerd Professor Jay Bhattacharya is one of the famous voices to have emerged out of the pandemic. A vocal critic of lockdowns, his name became synonymous with the controversial Great Barrington Declaration, which called for an “alternative approach to the pandemic” that would entail no lockdowns. Along with co-signatories Sunetra Gupta and […]

CDC Reports Show Unvaccinated Way More Likely To Be Hospitalized For COVID-19 Despite Drop In Vaccine Effectiveness

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Authors: SEBASTIAN HUGHES CONTRIBUTOR August 24, 20216:52 PM ET A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Tuesday showed vaccinated individuals are far less likely to be hospitalized from COVID-19, even though immunity appears to decrease over time. Approximately 3% of vaccinated people who caught COVID-19 between May 1 and July 25 in Los […]

The Dangers Of Going Back To School After A Year Of COVID-19 Lockdowns

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Authors: Authored by John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, WEDNESDAY, AUG 25, 2021 – 12:05 AM “Every day in communities across the United States, children and adolescents spend the majority of their waking hours in schools that have increasingly come to resemble places of detention more than places of learning.” Once upon a […]

It Finally Peaked: The Delta Of Delta Turns Negative

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Authors: BY TYLER DURDENWEDNESDAY, AUG 25, 2021 – 08:26 AM Ten days ago we said that, according to Morgan Stanley calculations, the Delta wave will peak in 1-2 weeks. Well, golf clap to Morgan Stanley’s Matthew Harrison who, with uncanny precision, was spot on and exactly at the midpoint of “1-2 weeks later” the ascent of Delta variant new cases in […]

Vaccine Efficacy Diminished as Delta Arose, CDC Report Shows

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Authors: John Tozzi  17 hrs ago (Bloomberg) — The effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines among front-line workers declined to 66% after the delta variant became dominant, compared with 91% before it arose, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The vaccines are still protective, the CDC said, and the finding must […]

Eyes can be infected by COVID-19: 4 things to know

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Authors: Gabrielle Masson – Wednesday, May 19th, 2021 Print  Cells in the eye can be directly infected by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to findings published May 17 by ScienceDirect.  Below are four things to know about COVID-19 infections of the eye: 1. Researchers exposed adult human eyes to SARS-CoV-2 in an in vitro stem cell model and then […]