SARS-CoV-2 infection and persistence in the human body and brain at autopsy

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Sydney R. Stein, Sabrina C. Ramelli, Alison Grazioli, Joon-Yong Chung, Manmeet Singh, Claude Kwe Yinda, Clayton W. Winkler, Junfeng Sun, James M. Dickey, Kris Ylaya, Sung Hee Ko, et. al. Nature volume 612, pages758–763 (2022)Cite this article Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is known to cause multi-organ dysfunction1,2,3 during acute infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), with some patients experiencing prolonged symptoms, termed post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 […]

Long Covid: Three years and no magic bullet

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Published 2023 BBC, By Lucy Adams I have had long Covid for three years. Even though I have made huge progress I still suffer most days with chronic pain in my joints, a rolling sense of vertigo, fatigue and brain fog. To look at me you might think I’m fine but it is achingly painful […]

COVID Long Haulers Are Calling Attention to Chronic Illnesses

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But society is not prepared for the growing crisis of long COVID and the Medical Profession has abdicated its responsibility to treat Long haul patients. A Year has passed and NOTHING HAS CHANGED! By Meghan O’Rourke , Originally published March 1, 2022 Scientific American, updated Nov 2023 When the first wave of coronavirus infections hit the U.S. in […]

Long Covid symptoms create a greater burden of disability than heart disease or cancer, new study shows

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By Brenda Goodman, CNN, August 2023 People who survived Covid-19 early in the pandemic, before there were vaccines, continued to be at higher risk for a slew of health problems for up to two years after they got over their initial infections, compared to others who didn’t test positive, a new study finds, and that was […]

The Long History of Long COVID and Other Chronic Illnesses

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October 31, 2023, by Isabella Backman Yale School of Medicine Long COVID is by no means unique in causing a wide array of symptoms that persist for weeks, months, or even years after a person has recovered from the acute infection. “Post-acute infection syndromes have been going on for decades—or maybe hundreds of years—but we […]

Association of SARS-CoV-2 Infection during Early Weeks of Gestation with Situs Inversus

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Situs inversus, including situs inversus totalis (with dextrocardia) and partial situs inversus (with levocardia), is a rare congenital condition in which visceral organization is inverted as compared with normal organ development. We noted a striking increase in the number of cases of fetal situs inversus that were diagnosed by means of ultrasonography at our hospital […]

Autopsies show COVID-19 virus in brain, elsewhere in body

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Jim Wappes, December 15, 2022 University of Minnesota An analysis of tissue samples from the autopsies of 44 people who died with COVID-19 shows that SAR-CoV-2 virus spread throughout the body—including into the brain—and that it lingered for almost 8 months. The study was published yesterday in Nature. Scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) tested samples […]

COVID-19 and Sleep Disorders: Is There a Link?

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Healthline 2023 Sleep disorders such as insomnia are commonplace. However, the number of people reporting sleep quality issues has grown significantly since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Insomnia can be short-lived or chronic. It also affects people differently. Some symptoms of insomnia are: If you’re wondering if COVID-19 can cause insomnia, read on. In […]

Host immunological responses facilitate development of SARS-CoV-2 mutations in patients receiving monoclonal antibody treatments

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Akshita Gupta,1,2 Angelina Konnova,1,2 Mathias Smet,1,2 Matilda Berkell,1,2 Alessia Savoldi,3 Matteo Morra,3 Vincent Van averbeke,1 Fien H.R. De Winter,1 Denise Peserico,4 Elisa Danese,4 An Hotterbeekx,1 Elda Righi,3 mAb ORCHESTRA working group,5 Pasquale De Nardo,3 Evelina Tacconelli,3 Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar,2 and Samir Kumar-Singh1,2 Journal of Clinical Investigation 10.1172/JCI166032 Abstract Background. The role of host immunity in emergence of evasive SARS-CoV-2 Spike mutations under therapeutic monoclonal antibody (mAb) pressure remains to be explored. Methods. In a prospective, […]

Coffee as a dietary strategy to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection

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Chen-Shiou Wu, Yi-Chuan Li, Shin-Lei Peng, Chung-Yu Chen, Hsiao-Fan Chen, Po-Ren Hsueh, Wei-Jan Wang, Yen-Yi Liu, Ciao-Ling Jiang, Wei-Chao Chang, Shao-Chun Wang & Mien-Chie Hung, Cell & Bioscience volume 13, Article number: 210 (2023)  Abstract Background To date, most countries lifted the restriction requirement and coexisted with SARS-CoV-2. Thus, dietary behavior for preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection becomes an interesting issue on a daily basis. Coffee consumption is connected with reduced COVID-19 risk and […]