New research on the long-term effects of Covid-19 reveals a mixed picture – offering both concerning and reassuring insights into the persistent health impacts of the virus years down the line. The concerning news is that Covid-19 patients who were hospitalized within the first 30 days of infection face a 29% higher risk of death …
New Delhi: The COVID-19 virus can persist in the blood and tissue of the infected patients for more than a year after the acute phase of the disease has ended, according to a study. The research, presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) held from March 3 to 6 in Colorado, US, …
Share on PinterestNew observational study finds ‘measurable’, if limited, cognitive decline in people with persistent symptoms of COVID-19. Image credit: Mel Karlberg/Stocksy. Cognitive and memory impairment can occur in people after infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and this effect is greater in people with long COVID. Those who received at least two …
A new study published this week in Science makes a compelling case that people with long Covid have a chronic imbalance in their immune response. The findings don’t explain why that immune response is out of whack, and needs confirming in larger studies. Still, this is important new piece to the vexing puzzle that is …
Researchers from the Amsterdam University Medical Center have discovered an important mechanism responsible for fatigue in people with Long COVID. They show that essentially it is an energy availability problem within the muscles, rather than hypoxia due to clots blocking tiny blood vessels as previously thought. The results were published in Nature Communications on January 4, 2024. …
Share on PinterestWhat causes fatigue after exercise in people with long COVID? Image credit: M Stone/Stocksy. At least 65 million people globally have long COVID. The most common symptoms of long COVID include post-exertional malaise, cognitive impairment, brain fog, sleep problems, and fatigue, which can have a severe impact on a person’s life. Researchers are …
This is a video synopsis/summary of a panel discussion involving Tina Q. Tan, MD, FAAP, FIDSA, FPIDS, and Rodney Rohde, PhD, MS, SM(ASCP)CM. The transcript explores the transformative impact of mRNA vaccine technology, particularly in responding to different viral strains swiftly. The speakers acknowledge the historical challenges in developing vaccines, such as the prolonged time …
The risk of developing post-COVID-19 condition (PCC) was low for children who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, although it was greater compared with children who tested negative, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.1 Although PCC, also referred to as long COVID, is a clinically acknowledged entity, it has not been substantially assessed across differing …
WATCH TIME: 4 minutes “The more we learned about long COVID, the more we realized its complexity. Even today, we’re not entirely sure about the pathogenesis or pathophysiology. Our goal was to target the pathophysiology, exploring recovery and regeneration in brain injuries to apply similar principles to long COVID. The trial revealed significant improvements, not …
Long COVID continues to be an ongoing public health issue. “Long COVID includes a wide range of ongoing respiratory, neurologic, cardiovascular, and other symptoms that can last for weeks, months, or years following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Estimates of long COVID incidence among nonhospitalized adults with COVID-19 range from 7.5% to 41%.”1 Myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue …