This New COVID Variant Is the Most Unpredictable One Yet


Authors: David Axe Published Apr. 03, 2022 10:47PM ET  After spreading across Asia and Europe, the BA.2 subvariant of the novel coronavirus is now dominant in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…[...]

Neuropathology and virus in brain of SARS-CoV-2 infected non-human primates


Authors: Ibolya Rutkai, Meredith G. Mayer, Linh M. Hellmers, Bo Ning, Zhen Huang, Christopher J. Monjure, Carol Coyne, Rachel Silvestri, Nadia Golden, Krystle Hensley, Kristin Chandler, Gabrielle Lehmicke, Gregory J. Bix, Nicholas J. Maness, Kasi Russell-Lodrigue, Tony Y. Hu, Chad J. Roy, Robert V. Blair, Rudolf Bohm, Lara A.…[...]

Two New Studies Offer a First Model for Diagnosing, Monitoring and Treating Long COVID


Two new studies propose the first model for diagnosing, indexing and monitoring Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), also known as long COVID or long haul COVID. The findings also provide…[...]

Long COVID from rheumatology perspective — a narrative review


Authors: Hem Raj Sapkota1 and Arvind Nune2 Clin Rheumatol. 2022; 41(2): 337–348.Published online 2021 Nov 30. doi: 10.1007/s10067-021-06001-1PMCID: PMC8629735PMID: 34845562 Abstract Long-term sequel of acute COVID-19, commonly referred to as long COVID, has affected millions of patients…[...]

Prevalence of organ impairment in Long COVID patients 6 and 12 months after initial symptoms


Authors:  Pooja Toshniwal PahariaMar 24 2022Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers assessed the prevalence of organ impairment in long coronavirus disease 2019…[...]

Digit ratios and their asymmetries as risk factors of developmental instability and hospitalization for COVID-19


Authors: A. Kasielska-Trojan, J. T. Manning, M. Jabłkowski, J. Białkowska-Warzecha, A. L. Hirschberg & B. Antoszewski  Scientific Reports volume 12, Article number: 4573 (2022) Cite this article Article Open Access Published: 17 March 2022 Abstract COVID-19 presents with mild symptoms in the majority…[...]