Medically reviewed by Meredith Goodwin, MD, FAAFP — By Jill Seladi-Schulman, Ph.D., October 2022 HealthLine Shingles is a reactivation of varicella zoster virus (VZV), the virus that causes chickenpox. It can lead to a painful, blistering skin rash. Shingles is also called herpes zoster. You may have read that some people develop shingles after getting the COVID-19 vaccine. While this is possible, it’s […]
JAN 01, 2024 – Amie Dahnke The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A new study reports that brain function can be impaired for 18 months after a person has recovered from COVID-19, especially if the individual was hospitalized. However, COVID-induced cognitive impairment is no more severe than impairment due to other diseases causing hospitalization. The prospective cohort study, published in […]
Here are the top 10 major events that took place in relation to COVID in 2023 according to Epic Health.. By Marina Zhang, Dec 26, 2023 Epic Health Dec 29, 2023 COVID-19 in 2023 has been full of revelations and controversy. Most health leaders involved in the U.S. pandemic response have resigned or been replaced, with […]
A man, 65, developed a tumor linked to his COVID-19 vaccine Published 12/29/23 Mansur Shaheen Aman developed a tumor on his left shoulder linked to his receipt of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new report. Published earlier this month in the American Journal of Case Reports, researchers at the University of California Riverside (UCR) […]
DEC 30, 2023 – Authored by Megan Redshaw The Epoch Times People who receive two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine may be more likely to develop long-COVID, a new study finds. In the study published in PLOS One, researchers examined data from 487 and 371 individuals at four weeks and six months post-SARS-CoV-2 infection, respectively, to estimate […]
DEC 14, 2023 – Authored by Amie Dahnke via The Epoch Times The COVID-19 virus can remain in the lungs for months after an individual has been infected—even though it may be undetected by over-the-counter (OTC) tests, a new study finds. The findings, established by a research team from the Institut Pasteur in France and […]
A possible biomarker for long COVID suggests some people with the condition never fully cleared the virus BY SASHA WARREN, Epidemiology; Scientific American The now infamous condition long COVID presents as a wide range of symptoms—everything from persistent chest pains to rashes, pins and needles, and brain fog. Doctors can diagnose long COVID by speaking to […]
Felix Scholkmann a,, Christian-Albrecht May University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland b Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany ABSTRACT Worldwide there have been over 760 million confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, and over 13 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered as of […]
BMJ 2023; 381 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-074937 , June 2023) Cite this as: BMJ 2023;381:e074937, Rachael Evans, Anton Pick, et. al. What you need to know Around one in four adults who were hospitalised with covid-19 and one in six who were not hospitalised experience persistent breathing difficulties beyond four weeks after SARS-CoV-2 infection,12 and a cohort study in China demonstrated that breathlessness can persist […]
Written by Nishika Reddy, MD | September 2023 Key takeaways: By now, we all know that COVID-19 affects important organs like the lungs and the heart. But did you know that COVID can also affect your eyes and vision? Studies show that COVID can affect all layers of the eye, starting at the cornea and ending at the retina. Here’s what you should […]