Zhang, D; Stein, R; Lu, Y; et al.; Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) Initiative, JAMA Network Open Abstract Importance: The profile of gastrointestinal (GI) tract outcomes associated with the postacute and […]
Government Ordered To Scrub Federal Workers’ COVID Vaccine Status In Legal Settlement
Emily Kopp, Investigative Reporter Government agencies will soon begin scrubbing federal employees’ COVID-19 vaccination records from their personnel files after a four-year-long legal battle over former President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 […]
Cardiovascular Complications of COVID-19 in Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Ali M. Zahyan • Hafsah H. Alhakami • Abdullah H. Khormi • et. al., DOI: 10.7759/cureus.87675 Abstract This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the prevalence of cardiovascular complications associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection […]
Long COVID May Cause Long-Term Changes in the Heart and Lungs and May Lead to Cardiac and Pulmonary Diseases
Mount Sinai study suggests COVID-19 infection should be considered a risk factor for future cardiopulmonary conditions Patients suffering from long COVID may exhibit persistent inflammation in the heart and lungs […]
A Symptom-Based Algorithm for Rapid Clinical Diagnosis of COVID-19 in Adults With High-Risk Exposure
Shinji Inaba • Shuntaro Ikeda • Naoki Tsuda • et. al. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.89589 Abstract Objectives In Japan, clinical diagnosis based solely on symptoms, without the use of test kits, has been adopted to enable the rapid identification […]
Respiratory Viruses Like Flu Or COVID Could Cause ‘Sleeping’ Cancer Cells To Wake Up
StudyFinds Analysis, Steve Fink In A Nutshell AURORA, Colo. — Common respiratory infections like the flu and COVID-19 might jolt dormant cancer cells back to life in survivors, causing them to multiply […]
COVID-19 coagulopathy, thrombosis, and bleeding
Noel C. Chan, Jeffrey I. Weitz, Blood (2020) 136 (4): 381–383.https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2020007335 In this issue of Blood, Al-Samkari et al expand our understanding of thrombosis and bleeding risks and their predictors in hospitalized patients with […]
Got the sniffles? Here’s what to know about summer colds, COVID-19 and more
DEVI SHASTRI, with edits The three may not go together in many people’s minds: partly owing to common myths about germs and partly because many viruses really do have lower […]
🧠 Brain Fog in COVID Long-Haul Syndrome: Etiology, Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Therapeutic Strategies
Introduction “Brain fog” is a colloquial term describing a constellation of neurocognitive impairments including slowed thinking, memory lapses, difficulty concentrating, and mental fatigue. In the context of COVID Long-Haul Syndrome—also […]
Autoimmunity as One of Long COVID’s Underlying Drivers
by Isabella Backman New research offers evidence that autoimmunity—in which the body’s immune system targets its own tissues—is a driver in some cases of Long COVID. Why COVID-19 sometimes leads […]