COVID “long-haulers” may have finally found relief in inexpensive, over-the-counter drugs

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Small studies suggest over-the-counter antihistamines can relieve long COVID symptoms Authors:  NICOLE KARLIS May 21, 2022 21, 2022 Two women have recovered from post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), a condition more commonly known as long COVID — and researchers believe that inexpensive, over-the-counter antihistamines were the reason. The news comes from a report published this month in The Journal for […]

What You Should Know About Long-Haul COVID

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Authors: KELSEY KLOSS PUBLISHED 05/03/22 Here’s what research says about how long COVID lung disease, mental health, brain fog, and more may impact people who are immunocompromised. Throughout the pandemic, experts have continued to learn more about long COVID (also known as long-haul COVID and post-COVID conditions) — and what it means for risk of […]

Drug-Induced Liver Injury After COVID-19 Vaccine

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Authors: Monitoring Editor: Alexander Muacevic and John R AdlerRupinder Mann,1Sommer Sekhon,2 and Sandeep Sekhon3 Cureus. Published onlined doi: 10.7759/cureus.16491 PMCID: PMC8372667PMID: 34430106 Abstract The first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was reported in December 2019 in China. World Health Organization declared it a pandemic on March 11, 2020. It has caused significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Persistent symptoms and serious […]

Liver injury after mRNA-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in a liver transplant recipient

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Authors: Jérôme Dumortiera,b,⁎ Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2022 Jan; 46(1):101743.16.  doi: 10.1016/j.clinre.2021.101743 PMCID: PMC8214934PMID: 34146727 Coronavirus disease-2019 (Covid-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an ongoing global pandemic of major concern, started at the end of 2019. Patients with comorbidities are at high risk of developing severe disease and this includes solid organ transplant recipients [1]. Therefore, […]

How the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine affects human liver cells

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Authors: Lund University MARCH 10, 2022 Medical Xpress A recent study from Lund University in Sweden on how the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine affects human liver cells under experimental conditions, has been viewed more than 800,000 times in just over a week. The results have been widely discussed across social media—but the results have in many cases […]

Nonintegrating Direct Conversion Using mRNA into Hepatocyte-Like Cells

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Authors:: angtae Yoon, 1 , 2 Kyojin Kang, 1 , 2 Young-duck Cho, 3 Yohan Kim, 1 , 2 Elina Maria Buisson, 1 , 2 Ji-Hye Yim, 1 , 2 Seung Bum Lee, 4 Ki-Young Ryu, 5 Jaemin Jeong, 1 , 2 and Dongho Choi 1 , 2 Biomed Res Int. 2018; 2018: 8240567.Published online 2018 Sep 20.doi:  10.1155/2018/8240567 PMCID: PMC6171260PMID: 30327781 Abstract Recently, several researchers have reported that direct reprogramming techniques can be used to differentiate fibroblasts into hepatocyte-like cells without a pluripotent […]

Tracking coronavirus in animals takes on new urgency

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Authors: Ariana Eunjung Cha  May 20, 2022 The Washington Post Researchers Sarah Hamer and Lisa Auckland donned their masks and gowns as they pulled up to the suburban home in College Station, Tex. The family of three inside had had covid a few weeks earlier, and now it was time to check on the pets. […]

Correlation Between Mask Compliance and COVID-19 Outcomes in Europe

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Authors: Beny Spira Published: April 19, 2022 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.24268 Abstract Masking was the single most common non-pharmaceutical intervention in the course of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Most countries have implemented recommendations or mandates regarding the use of masks in public spaces. The aim of this short study was to analyse the correlation between mask usage […]

Dr. Robert Malone: ‘Rotten to the Core’ FDA Knew COVID Vaccines Could Spur Viral Reactivation, But Said Nothing

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Authors:  Debra Heine May 17, 2022 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was aware early on that the COVID vaccines could spur viral reactivation of diseases like the varicella-zoster virus (shingles) in some people, but chose not to disclose it, according to renowned vaccinologist and physician Dr. Robert Malone. “They knew about the viral reactivation,” […]

New Study Finds mRNA Vaccines Actually Hurt Long-Term Immunity to Covid Compared to the Unvaccinated

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Authors:  Jim Hoft Published May 19, 2022  The Gateway Pundit A new study conducted by scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Moderna Inc. showed that mRNA vaccines hurt the long-term immunity to Covid-19 after contracting infection compared to unvaccinated people. Researchers performed a placebo-controlled vaccine efficacy trial published at medRxiv last month, to evaluate […]