What Do We Know About Long COVID?


COVID-19 is a respiratory disease caused by an infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The disease causes symptoms such as fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Symptoms can feel much like…[...]

How to protect yourself from norovirus, COVID-19, flu and RSV during the winter surge


By  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS In the winter months, it seems few are safe from some kind of illness — flu, COVID-19, norovirus, colds. While many of the germs that cause this misery can circulate…[...]

People with Long COVID Have Distinct Hormonal and Immune Differences From Those Without This Condition


Research conducted at Mount Sinai and Yale confirms long COVID is a biological disease by showing blood biomarkers that can predict who has it Long COVID patients have clear differences…[...]

Doctors Ask Supreme Court To Block California Board From Penalizing Certain COVID-19 Views


Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times  Three doctors are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent a California agency from investigating them over their opposition to state-approved COVID-19…[...]

A Root Cause for ME/CFS, Long Covid, and Post-Vaccine COVID-19 Syndrome: Damaged Pituitary Glands


Dr. Bruno Paiva and Mr. Manuel Ruiz-Pablos, Hypocortisolemic ASIA: a vaccine- and chronic infection–induced syndrome behind the origin of Long Covid and myalgic encephalomyelitis (Frontiers in Immunology “The Solve Ramsay Research Grant…[...]

Long COVID Breakthrough: Spike Proteins Persist in Brain for Years


By Helmholtz Zentrum München, Facebook Twitter Pinterest Telegram Researchers have discovered that the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein persists in the brain and skull bone marrow for years after infection, potentially leading to chronic inflammation…[...]

Neuropsychiatric aspects of long COVID: A comprehensive review


Takafumi Kubota, MD , Naoto Kuroda, MD and Daichi Sone, MD, PhD Journal of Psychology & Clinical Neurology Although some patients have persistent symptoms or develop new symptoms following coronavirus…[...]

Dismissed and Disbelieved, Some Long COVID Patients Are Pushed Into Psychiatric Wards


Story by Jamie Ducharme, MSN In late 2022, Erin, a 43-year-old from Pennsylvania, agreed to spend six weeks in a psychiatric ward, getting intensive treatment for an illness she knew she…[...]

Viral Persistence and Serotonin Reduction Can Cause Long COVID Symptoms, Penn Medicine Research Finds


Components of the SARS-CoV-2 virus remain in the gut of some long COVID patients, causing persistent inflammation, vagus nerve dysfunction, and neurological symptoms PHILADELPHIA—Patients with long COVID – the long-term symptoms like…[...]

Stony Brook study: Long COVID risk increases with multiple infections, vaccination status in 9/11 essential workers


By Lisa L. Colangelolisa.colangelo@newsday.com@lisalcolangelo, Newsday People who have had multiple bouts of COVID-19, had it severely, and those who were unvaccinated when first infected had an increased risk of developing long COVID,…[...]