Clinical and Demographic Factors Associated With COVID-19, Severe COVID-19, and SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Adults A Secondary Cross-Protocol Analysis of 4 Randomized Clinical Trials


Deborah A. Theodore, MD1; Angela R. Branche, MD2; Lily Zhang, PhD3; et alDaniel S. Graciaa, MD4; Madhu Choudhary, MD5; Timothy J. Hatlen, MD6; Raadhiya Osman, PhD7; Tara M. Babu, MD8; Samuel T. Robinson, PhD3; Peter B. Gilbert, PhD3,9;  Dean Follmann, PhD10;  Holly Janes, PhD3,9; James G. Kublin, MD3; Lindsey R. Baden, MD11; Paul Goepfert, MD12; Glenda E. Gray, MBBCh13,14; Beatriz Grinsztejn, MD, PhD15; Karen L. Kotloff, MD16,17; Cynthia L. Gay, MD18; Brett Leav, MD19; Jacqueline Miller, MD19; Ian Hirsch, PhD20; Jerald Sadoff, MD21; Lisa M. Dunkle, MD22; Kathleen M. Neuzil, MD17; Lawrence Corey, MD3,23; Ann R. Falsey, MD2; Hana M. El Sahly, MD24,25; Magdalena E. Sobieszczyk, MD1; Yunda Huang, PhD3,26; for the COVID-19 Prevention Network (CoVPN) JAMA Netw…[...]

Long-Term Sequelae of COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of One-Year Follow-Up Studies on Post-COVID Symptoms


Authors: Qing Han 1,Bang Zheng 2,3,4,*,Luke Daines 2 and Aziz Sheikh  Pathogens 2022, 11(2), 269; https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11020269, Published: 19 February 2022 Emerging and/or Zoonotic Viral Infections) Abstract Emerging evidence has shown that COVID-19 survivors could suffer from persistent symptoms. However,…[...]

SARS-CoV-2 vaccine breakthrough infection in the older adults: a meta-analysis and systematic review


Xiaohui Jing, Menglin Han, Xiaoxuan Wang & Li Zhou BMC Infectious Diseases volume 23, Article number: 577 (2023) Cite this article Update published on 02 October 2023 Abstract Background Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) mRNA vaccine effectiveness (VE) has recently…[...]

Long COVID Now Looks like a Neurological Disease, Helping Doctors to Focus Treatments


The causes of long COVID, which disables millions, may come together in the brain and nervous system  Author: Stephani Sutherland   March 1, 2023 Tara Ghormley has always been an overachiever.…[...]

The real data behind the new COVID vaccines the White House is pushing


By  Marty Makary and Tracy Beth Høeg Published Sep. 14, 2023 What if I told you one in 50 people who took a new medication had a “medically attended adverse event” and…[...]

Parosmia and COVID: How Long Changes in Smell Last, Plus Treatment Options


Christine Giordano, MD | Reviewed by Angela Dunn, MD, MPH, August 29, 2023 GoodRX Key takeaways: Many people experience changes in taste and smell after COVID-19 infection.  Changes in smell include a…[...]

Incidence of New-Onset Hypertension Post–COVID-19: Comparison With Influenza


Vincent Zhang, Molly Fisher,Wei Hou,Lili Zhang and Tim Q. Duong    Aug 2023 https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.123.21174 Hypertension. 2023;0 Abstract BACKGROUND: SARS-CoV-2 may trigger new-onset persistent hypertension. This study investigated the incidence and risk factors associated…[...]

Autonomic dysfunction in ‘long COVID’: rationale, physiology and management strategies


Melanie Dani,  Andreas Dirksen, Patricia Taraborrelli,  Miriam Torocastro, Dimitrios Panagopoulos, Richard Sutton, and Phang Boon Lim Clin Med (Lond). 2021 Jan; 21(1): e63–e67.  doi: 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0896 PMCID: PMC7850225 PMID: 33243837 ABSTRACT The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused unprecedented morbidity, mortality and global disruption.…[...]