Authors: Robert Service Science January 14, 2022 Science‘s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation. To the known risk factors for developing severe COVID-19—age, male sex, or any of a series of underlying conditions—a new study adds one more: high levels of the virus in your saliva. Standard COVID-19 tests […]
Author: University of Utah Health Communications The COVID-19 pandemic has been unpredictable as more is learned about the varied side effects of the virus. A typical respiratory infection, such as the flu, usually has a specific set of symptoms and potential complications. With COVID-19, the long-term effects range from neurological complications to loss of taste and […]
Authors: Michael Merschel, American Heart Association News Two years into the pandemic, researchers have learned a lot about how COVID-19 affects people with heart disease and stroke survivors. But like the coronavirus itself, what everyone needs to know keeps evolving. “You can’t assume that what was true three months ago is true now,” said Dr. […]
Findings could give insight into long-term neurological symptoms of COVID-19 Date:July 5, 2022Source:NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Summary:A new study describes the immune response triggered by COVID-19 infection that damages the brain’s blood vessels and may lead to short- and long-term neurological symptoms. The study examined brain changes in nine people who died […]
Authors: SABRINA RICHARDS / FRED HUTCH NEWS SERVICE JANUARY 26, 2022 Robin Macnofsky’s first symptoms, in April 2020, were so mild she didn’t take a test for COVID-19, preferring to save it for someone who really needed it. A few weeks later her chest tightened and her temperature spiked. These ebbed, but an even stronger wave […]
Authors: Dennis Thompson Jul 19, 2022 The Indiana Gazette ometimes just looking at a person can give clues to their likelihood of developing long COVID after a bout with the virus. For example, obese people are five times more likely to suffer long COVID symptoms that persist at least three months after their infection clears, a major new […]
Authors: Corinne Purtill Wed, July 20, 2022 Los Angeles Times Published Scientific Reports From the start of the pandemic, patients and doctors alike have been frustrated by the sizable minority of coronavirus infections that turn into long COVID, a perplexing collection of lingering and often disabling symptoms that persist weeks, months or years after the initial […]
Authors: Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, UL 18, 2022 The protection afforded by surviving COVID-19 was strong against the latest virus subvariants, including the one currently dominant in the United States, scientists in Qatar found. People who were infected with Omicron, a variant of SARS-CoV-2, had 76.1 percent protection against symptomatic reinfection from BA.4 and BA.5 […]
Authors: Robert Preidt HealthDay News April 7, 2022 COVID-19 increases people’s risk of dangerous blood clots and bleeding for months after infection, researchers say. The new findings suggest that COVID-19 is an independent risk factor for deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism and bleeding. “Our findings arguably support [treatment] to avoid thrombotic events, especially for high-risk patients, and strengthen […]
