America’s antivaxx crisis laid bare: A QUARTER believe MMR shot causes autism and a THIRD think the Covid vaccines killed thousands, poll finds.

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Foundation surveyed 2,007 adults in an online poll this year By CAITLIN TILLEY, HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM 22 August 2023 America’s growing anti-vaxx crisis has been laid bare in a national poll that shows huge chunks of the country believe in conspiracy theories about safe shots.  One-quarter of adults said they believe the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine causes […]

A third of adults believe COVID-19 vaccines caused thousands of sudden deaths: poll

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BY JOSEPH CHOI – 08/22/23 5:00 AM ET Belief in misinformation about key health issues persists among a good chunk of adults, with false claims about COVID-19, vaccines and reproductive health garnering a substantial amount of support, a poll released Tuesday by KFF has found. Whether or not they believed the claims, nearly all participants in the […]

EXCLUSIVE: BA.2.86 Covid variant IS spreading in the US: Virginia resident who traveled from Japan becomes second US patient to be infected with mutant strain – as experts say case is just the tip of the iceberg

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By LUKE ANDREWS HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM UPDATED: 15:35 EDT, 22 August 202 A second American tested positive for the new highly-mutated BA.2.86 Covid variant that has been causing global alarm over its rapid transmission. The positive case was detected in an asymptomatic patient in Virginia who was tested August 10 after returning to the US from Japan.  Scientists identified […]

COVID-19 boosts risks of health problems 2 years later, giant study of veterans says

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SARS-CoV-2’s public health impact is worse than that of heart disease or cancer, study claims; others say the work may overestimate harm for the general population. Three-and-a-half years since SARS-CoV-2 spread around the world, scientists are still documenting the virus’ myriad effects on human health. What’s clear already is that those effects can continue long […]

Long COVID: Shorter Life? New research reveals an arduous road to recovery

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A new study published in Nature Medicine has found that the physical fallout from long COVID may last two years or longer and can take a toll on quality of life even for those whose initial cases didn’t require hospital care. The study, conducted by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and the Veterans […]

Even mild cases of COVID-19 can lead to long-term health problems, study finds

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A new study published in the journal Nature Medicine has found that even mild cases of COVID-19 can lead to an increased risk of long-term health problems two years later. The study, which was conducted by researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, looked at data from nearly 139,000 military veterans […]

Long COVID: A Long-Term Risk for Many

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A new study published in Nature Medicine has found that the physical fallout from long COVID may last two years or longer, even for those whose initial cases did not require hospitalization. The study, conducted by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care system, analyzed data from […]

Post acute sequelae of COVID-19 at 2 years

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Nature Medicine (August 21, 2023) Cite this article Abstract Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection can lead to postacute sequelae in multiple organ systems, but evidence is mostly limited to the first year postinfection. We built a cohort of 138,818 individuals with SARS-CoV-2 infection and 5,985,227 noninfected control group from the US Department of […]

SARS-CoV-2 infection and persistence in the human body and brain at autopsy

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Authors: by Covid Strategies | Dec 14, 2022 | Science & News Nature Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is known to cause multi-organ dysfunction1,2,3 during acute infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), with some patients experiencing prolonged symptoms, termed post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (refs. 4,5). However, the burden of infection outside the respiratory tract and time to viral clearance […]

COVID-19 Autopsies Uncover Ways The Coronavirus Kills April 29, 2021 Angus Chen

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When patients become severely ill with COVID-19, the coronavirus infiltrates deep into the lungs and causes mayhem on the tissues that line the organ. The infection can cause swelling, and fluid and debris can start to fill the lungs. It can feel like drowning on dry land. Patients who remember being intubated sometimes describe the […]