Long-Term Taste and Smell Outcomes After COVID-19


Ryan Sharetts, BS1,2; Shima T. Moein, MD, PhD1,2; et. al. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(4):e247818. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.7818 Key Points Question  What is the association of COVID-19 with long-term outcomes in taste and smell function as measured by state-of-the-art psychophysical tests?…[...]

5 things we know and still don’t know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared


By  LAURAN NEERGAARD, and MIKE STOBBE Five years ago, a cluster of people in Wuhan, China, fell sick with a virus never before seen in the world. The germ didn’t have a name,…[...]

COVID-19 ‘long-haulers’ face increased risk of death and many other health problems


Tristan Horrom, VA Research Communications A year into the pandemic, most people are familiar with the immediate symptoms of COVID-19 infection, which include breathing problems and fever. But reports of…[...]

Cutaneous vasculitis and vasculopathy in the era of COVID-19 pandemic


Carlo Alberto Maronese1,2Enrico Zelin3Gianluca Avallone4, et. al. Cutaneous vasculitides encompass a heterogeneous group of clinicopathological entities, which may occur as single-organ vasculitis of the skin or present as skin-limited variant…[...]

Vascular Inflammation as a Therapeutic Target in COVID-19 “Long Haulers”: HIITing the Spot?


Regitse Højgaard Christensen1,2*Ronan M. G. Berg1,3,4,5 Background In the wake of the first wave of the ongoing global pandemic, it has become imminently clear that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has…[...]

Potential Effects of Coronaviruses on the Liver: An Update


Xinyi Wang1,2Jianyong Lei1,2*Zhihui Li, et. al.,Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China The coronaviruses that cause notable diseases, namely, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS),…[...]

COVID-19 ‘long-haulers’ face increased risk of death and many other health problems


By Tristan Horrom, VA Research Communications, Journal Nature After three year into the pandemic, most people are familiar with the immediate symptoms of COVID-19 infection, which include breathing problems and…[...]

Former State Department Official David Asher: Americans “Will Soon Learn” COVID Origins Truth


by Tyler Durden Revelations that senior US intelligence officials in the early days of the virus pandemic suppressed research indicating a Chinese lab leak as the origin of Covid-19 surfaced in a new Wall…[...]

Common skin signs of COVID-19 in adults: An update


Samantha Polly, MD and Anthony P. Fernandez, MD, PhD, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 89 (3) 161-167; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21126 ABSTRACT Cutaneous findings can be clues to diagnosis and infection severity in viral illnesses, including COVID-19. The authors provide an update…[...]