Could tiny blood clots cause long COVID’s puzzling symptoms?

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Scientists debate evidence for a micro-clot hypothesis that has some people pursuing potentially risky treatments Authors: Cassandra Willyard Nature 608, 662-664 (2022)doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-02286-7 When Lara Hawthorne, an illustrator in Bristol, UK, began developing strange symptoms after having COVID-19, she hoped that they weren’t due to the virus. Her initial illness had been mild. “I’ve been triple […]

Omicron’s Mutations Impaired Vaccine Effectiveness, CDC Says

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Authors: Madison Muller  August 25, 2022 Bloomberg Almost 40% of people hospitalized in the US with the Covid subvariant that circulated this spring were vaccinated and boosted, highlighting how new strains have mutated to more readily escape the immunity offered by current shots. The findings from scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and […]

Opinions | How long covid reshapes the brain — and how we might treat it

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Authors: Wes Ely August 25, 2022 The Washington Post The young man pulled something from behind both ears. “I can’t hear anything without my new hearing aids,” said the 32-year-old husband and father. “My body is broken, Doc.” Once a fireman and emergency medical technician, he’d had covid more than 18 months before and was nearly […]

Over 2 Million Americans Aren’t Working Due to Long Covid

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Brookings Institution report says the loss of work translates into roughly $170 billion a year in lost wages Authors: Sumathi Reddy August 25, 2022 The Wall Street Journal Between two million and four million Americans aren’t working due to the long-term effects of Covid-19, according to a new Brookings Institution report released Wednesday. The inability to work […]

Acute Vision Loss in a Patient with COVID-19

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Authors: Vijairam Selvaraj 1, Daniel Sacchetti 2, Arkadiy Finn 1, Kwame Dapaah-Afriyie 1 Case Reports R I Med J (2013)  2020 Jun 10;103(6):37-38. NCBI To date, there have been reports of neurologic manifestations in COVID-19 patients including ischemic strokes, Guillain-Barre Syndrome and anosmia. In this case report, we describe a patient who presented with dysosmia, dysgeusia, along with monocular peripheral vision loss after […]

Vascular and organ damage induced by mRNA vaccines: irrefutable proof of causality

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Authors: Michael Palmer, MD and Sucharit Bhakdi, MD August 19, 2022 Popular Science This article summarizes evidence from experimental studies and from autopsies of patients deceased after vaccination. The collective findings demonstrate that mRNA vaccines don’t stay at the injection site by instead travel throughout the body and accumulate in various organs, mRNA-based COVID vaccines […]

4 Ways COVID Leaves Its Mark on the Eye

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Authors: Reena Mukamal American College of Opthalmology An analysis of 121 patients dating back to the beginning of the pandemic unveils COVID’s most common effects on the eye. Share this information and remember: Widespread vaccination is key to ending the pandemic. How does COVID reach the eyes? People respond in different ways to COVID-19 infections. While some people develop mild […]

What’s to blame for the surge in excess deaths?

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Authors: Ross Clark 19 August 2022, The Spectator From the beginning, the debate over lockdowns was skewed by the fact that Covid deaths were imminent – and any other effects from lockdown would become apparent over a longer period. But are we beginning to see that now? Over the past few months the Office for […]

Covid Linked To Disorder That Causes Sudden Vision Loss, Study Says

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Authors: Zachary Snowdon Smith FORBES 2022 TOPLINE Covid-19 infection is linked to eye conditions called retinal vascular occlusions—blockages of blood vessels in the eye that can cause vision loss—according to a study published Thursday by JAMA Ophthalmology that threw light on one of several little-understood long-term effects of the virus. KEY FACTS The first condition, called retinal artery occlusions, can […]

New study suggests covid increases risks of brain disorders

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Authors: Frances Stead Sellers Fri, August 19, 2022  Washington Post A study published this week in the Lancet Psychiatry showed increased risks of some brain disorders two years after infection with the coronavirus, shedding new light on the long-term neurological and psychiatric aspects of the virus. The analysis, conducted by researchers at the University of […]