Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, 9/19/2024 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that COVID-19 levels across the United States are currently “very high” in more than half of states, with Omicron variants KP.3 and KP.3.1.1 accounting for about half of all cases. Citing wastewater data as of Aug. 15, the […]
Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times A U.S. appeals court on June 18 revived a case against a COVID-19 vaccine mandate issued by a city in Washington state under a proclamation from state officials. Firefighters who applied for exemptions to the Spokane mandate “plausibly assert that the individual city defendants applied the proclamation […]
Rushabh Parekh • Virendra Athavale • Saili Kelshikar, : June 11, 2024, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.62136 Abstract Since the start of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, which is otherwise known as the worldwide coronavirus disease, 2019, has had a well-established pro-thrombotic character. Patients often first exhibit respiratory symptoms, and those whose severity increases eventually develop acute hypoxic respiratory failure. The systemic hypercoagulable condition and arterial/venous […]
Vivek Lahane • Sourya Acharya • Samarth Shukla • et. al. June 12, 2024 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.62243 Abstract Background The new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes severe acute respiratory illness accountable for causing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) illness. Thrombotic issues, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and cytokine storm are significant contributors to morbidity and mortality in patients with COVID-19. Elevated D-dimer […]
Deepti Damayanty Pradhan • Pravati Jena • Sreesom Misra • et. al. June 17, 202 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.62561 Abstract Introduction: The mandated closure of schools due to Covid-19 is likely to have a negative impact on school-going children. This study aimed to assess the psychosocial well-being of school children during the pandemic in eastern India. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the […]
Its superfast spread told us early the virus was unstoppable and likely lab-modified. By Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., June 18, 2024 Wall Street Journal You didn’t think any question related to Covid would be settled in the recent congressional grilling of Anthony Fauci and you were right. That’s why the episode came and went from your news feed […]
News Release | June, 2024 National Academies of Science & Engineering 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 make […]
Karen Bohmwald1,2†Benjamín Diethelm-Varela, et. al., Front. Immunol., 27 February 2024,Sec. Viral ImmunologyVolume 15 – 2024 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1341600 The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause severe global disruption, resulting in significant excess mortality, overwhelming healthcare systems, and imposing substantial social and economic burdens on nations. While most of the attention and therapeutic efforts have concentrated on the acute […]
January, 2024, Source: University of Zurich Science Daily Summary: Long Covid patients suffer from chronic symptoms such as fatigue or shortness of breath. As researchers have discovered, this is to some extent due to a part of our immune system called the complement system. The study identified a pattern in the blood proteins that will […]
Chansavath Phetsouphanh, Brendan Jacka, et. al., Nature Communications volume 15, Article number: 3315 (2024) Abstract This study investigates the humoral and cellular immune responses and health-related quality of life measures in individuals with mild to moderate long COVID (LC) compared to age and gender matched recovered COVID-19 controls (MC) over 24 months. LC participants show elevated nucleocapsid IgG levels at 3 months, […]