Risk of death following COVID-19 vaccination or positive SARS-CoV-2 test in young people in England

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Vahé Nafilyan, Charlotte R. Bermingham, Isobel L. Ward, Jasper Morgan, Francesco Zaccardi, Kamlesh Khunti, Julie Stanborough, Amitava Banerjee & James C. Doidge Nature Communications volume 14, Article number: 1541 (2023) Cite this article. Abstract Several studies have reported associations between COVID-19 vaccination and risk of cardiac diseases, especially in young people; the impact on mortality, however, remains unclear. We use national, linked electronic health data in England to assess the […]

COVID Lockdowns Were a Giant Experiment. It Was a Failure.

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A key lesson of the pandemic. By Joe Nocera and Bethany McLean The Intelligencer On April 8, 2020, the Chinese government lifted its lockdown of Wuhan. It had lasted 76 days — two and a half months during which no one was allowed to leave this industrial city of 11 million people, or even leave their homes. Until […]

New COVID Shots Roll Out, Devastating Results Show What Happens When Government Can’t Force It on People

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By Samantha Chang, The Western Journal Oct. 30, 2023 The Messenger In a surprise to no one, only a tiny fraction of Americans have gotten the latest COVID-19 jab. Just 7.1 percent of adults and 2.1 percent of children have taken the shots since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended them in September for everyone […]

SARS-CoV-2 particles promote airway epithelial differentiation and ciliation

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Julian Gonzalez-Rubio1* Vu Thuy Khanh Le-Trilling2 Lea Baumann1 Maria Cheremkhina1 Hannah Kubiza1 Anja E. Luengen1, 3 Sebastian Reuter3 Christian Taube3 Stephan Ruetten4 Daniela Duarte Campos5 Christian Cornelissen6 Mirko Trilling2 Anja Lena Thiebes1* Front. Bioeng. Biotechnology. , Sec. Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Volume 11 – 2023 | doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1268782 The Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which caused the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, enters the […]

Diagnosis of venous thromboembolic diseases in people with covid-19: summary of updated NICE guidance

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BMJ 2023; 383 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p2204 (Published 12 October 2023)Cite this as: BMJ 2023;383:p2204, Sarah Boyce, senior technical analyst1,  Emma McFarlane, Susan Harrison, Terry McCormack What you need to know In venous thromboembolism, a blood clot usually forms in the deep veins of the legs or pelvis. This is known as deep vein thrombosis, and the blood clot can dislodge from these sites, […]

Hydroxychloroquine Associated With Lower COVID-19 Mortality: Study

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The French study included 30,202 patients. Zachary Stieber, 11/3/2023 Epoch Health People who received hydroxychloroquine were less likely to die than those who did not, according to a new study. Just 0.8 percent of patients at a facility in France who received hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and an antibiotic died, compared to 4.8 percent of patients who did […]

Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of neuroinflammation in covid-19

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BMJ 2023; 382 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-073923 (Published 18 August 2023)Cite this as: BMJ 2023;382:e073923, Rachel L Brown123,  Laura Benjamin24,  Michael P Lunn12,  Tehmina Bharucha25,  Michael S Zandi12,  Chandrashekar Hoskote6,  Patricia McNamara2,  Hadi Manji1 Abstract Although neurological complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection are relatively rare, their potential long term morbidity and mortality have a significant impact, given the large numbers of infected patients. Covid-19 is […]

Interwoven challenges of covid-19, poor diet, and cardiometabolic health

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BMJ 2023; 383 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-076810 (Published 09 October 2023)Cite this as: BMJ 2023;383:e076810Read the full collection: Food for Thought 2023 Carmen Piernas, senior research fellow,  Jordi Merino, associate professor ,Correspondence to: C Piernas Carmen Piernas and Jordi Merino argue that suboptimal diet and poor metabolic health aggravated the covid-19 pandemic and require greater attention to increase population resilience and reduce health inequalities The covid-19 pandemic […]

Molecular mechanisms of COVID-19-induced pulmonary fibrosis and epithelial-mesenchymal transition

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Authors: Peng Pi1† Zhipeng Zeng1† Liqing Zeng1 Bing Han1 Xizhe Bai2 Shousheng Xu3*Front. Pharmacol., 03 August 2023, Sec. Respiratory Pharmacology, Volume 14 – 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2023.1218059 As the outbreak of COVID-19 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) first broke out in Hubei Province, China, at the end of 2019. It has brought great challenges and harms to global […]

Long covid: the doctors’ lives destroyed by an illness they caught while doing their jobs

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BMJ 2023; 382 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p1983 (Published 20 September 2023)Cite this as: BMJ 2023;382:p1983Linked OpinionAs a doctor with long covid, I feel abandoned by the NH Adele Waters, freelance journalist Unable to work or to play with their children, forced to sell their homes or facing insolvency—doctors with long covid deserve more support from the government and the NHS, writes Adele Waters When Kelly […]