Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations

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Hannah E. Davis, Lisa McCorkell, Julia Moore Vogel & Eric J. Topol  Nature Reviews Microbiology volume 21, pages133–146 (2023) Abstract Long COVID is an often debilitating illness that occurs in at least 10% of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections. More than 200 symptoms have been identified with impacts on multiple organ systems. At least 65 million individuals worldwide are estimated […]

Study identifies risk factors for long-haul COVID disease in adults

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Lynda De Widt, September 13, 2023 Mayo Clinic researchers have identified risk factors that can cause adult COVID-19 patients to suffer symptoms that linger for months or years. The condition is often referred to as long-haul COVID. The findings are reported in the Journal of Investigative Medicine. Researchers surveyed more than 3,000 adults over the age of 18 who […]

COVID-19 vaccine update: vaccine effectiveness, SARS-CoV-2 variants, boosters, adverse effects, and immune correlates of protection

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Wei-Yu Chi, Yen-Der Li, et. al Journal of Biomedical Science volume 29, Article number: 82 (2022) Cite this articl Abstract Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been the most severe public health challenge in this century. Two years after its emergence, the rapid development and deployment of effective COVID-19 vaccines have successfully controlled this pandemic and greatly reduced the risk of severe illness and […]

Long Covid explanation in new study possibly paves way for tests and treatments

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Scientists say that drugs that calm a key part of the immune system should be studied in clinical trials as potential long Covid treatments. Long Covid impacts some adults’ blood biomarkers, new study finds Jan. 18, 2024, By Barbara Mantel, Science Scientists have identified a persistent change in a handful of blood proteins in people with […]

The long haul: When COVID-19 symptoms don’t go away

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 Long COVID symptoms can include brain fog, shortness of breath, and fatigue. *This article is an update to the original article, published on July 6, 2021. It was updated in July 2022 to reflect new information. While most people who get COVID-19 bounce back after a few weeks, some struggle with symptoms and health problems […]

Long COVID could be the reason for your bad hangovers: research

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By Social Links forBrooke Steinberg. Published  2024 Long COVID could be the reason for your bad hangovers, research suggests. The study, published in the journal Cureus, looked at patients who had been dealing with lingering symptoms from a COVID infection — and all of them self-reported more severe hangovers. Four patients were recruited from the Post-Acute Covid […]

Scientists may have finally found the cause of long Covid: Low iron levels after infection ‘might be trigger of poorly-understood illness’

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By XANTHA LEATHAM, DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR FOR THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED: 09:51 EST, 4 March 2024 | UPDATED: 12:03 EST, 4 March 2024 Experts may have found the cause of long Covid after discovering that low iron levels following an infection could be a key trigger. An estimated 1.9 million people in the UK alone say they experience symptoms of […]

Cognition and Memory after Covid-19 in a Large Community Sample

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Authors.Adam Hampshire, Ph.D., Adriana Azor, Ph.D., et. al. 2024,N Engl J Med 2024; 390:806-818 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2311330 Abstract BACKGROUND Cognitive symptoms after coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), are well-recognized. Whether objectively measurable cognitive deficits exist and how long they persist are unclear. METHODS We invited 800,000 adults in […]

What to know about shingles and the COVID-19 vaccine

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Medically reviewed by Alana Biggers, M.D., MPH — By Carolyn Farnsworth Medical News Today Some studies suggest a link between COVID-19 vaccines and reactivation of the virus that causes shingles. While evidence suggests this could be possible, it is at the very least uncommon. Shingles is a fairly common condition that may affect roughly 20–30% of people in their lifetime, with the risk of […]

How The COVID Virus Defends Itself From The Human Immune System

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JAN 2024 Authored by Amie Dahnke The Epoch Times Just how was the COVID-19 coronavirus so successful? The question has eluded scientists and medical professionals since the novel virus swept the globe in 2020, infecting over 700 million people and killing almost 7 million, according to official accounts. Now, a German research team believes it has […]