Category: Clinical Considerations
Long Covid May Affect Genes Involved in Pain Signaling
Pain News Network About 16 million people in the United States have Long Covid, a poorly understood disorder that causes body aches, headaches, fatigue, insomnia, brain fog and other symptoms long after an initial infection with COVID-19. For some, the symptoms are mild, but for other they are so severe they become disabling. Why do […]
May 9, 2023
What To Know About ‘Arcturus’: New Covid Variant Causing Pink Eye
Forbes New Covid strain XBB.1.18, nicknamed arcturus, is quickly spreading across the U.S., but experts are warning that pink eye and high fever, two symptoms of the new variant, are particularly present among children. Arcturus is a subvariant of the highly contagious omicron variant, which is the most prevalent variant in the U.S., according to the Centers […]
May 2, 2023
COVID alters respiratory microbiota
Vanderbilt University The microbes that live in our upper respiratory tract (URT microbiota) play a role in respiratory health. Disturbances of the URT microbiota during respiratory infections can impact disease severity, immune response, and even development of chronic lung diseases such as asthma. Justin Turner, MD, PhD, Suman Das, PhD, and colleagues used ribosomal RNA gene […]
Apr 25, 2023
Boys may be prone to fetal brain development from COVID
NPR A new study finds that when pregnant people get COVID, their male children have a greater risk of subtle neurodevelopmental effects. AILSA CHANG, HOST: The country’s tally of COVID-19 cases includes more than 200,000 people who were pregnant when they got infected. Now scientists are reporting that boys from those pregnancies may be prone […]
Apr 25, 2023
Biomarker pattern found in kids with COVID 19-linked inflammatory syndrome
NIH Findings from NIH-funded study could lead to new means of diagnosis and treatment for MIS-C. Children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C(link is external)) — a rare condition linked with the virus that causes COVID-19 — have biochemical indicators of cell injury and cell death that are distinct from other children with COVID-19, according to […]
Apr 25, 2023
COVID during pregnancy may alter brain development in boys
NPR The nation’s COVID-19 tally includes more than 200,000 people who were pregnant when they got infected. Now scientists are reporting that boys from these pregnancies may be prone to subtle delays in brain development. Here’s NPR’s Jon Hamilton. JON HAMILTON, BYLINE: Before COVID-19 came along, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital were looking at lots […]
Apr 18, 2023
Long COVID-like symptoms can happen after the flu, too. Here’s how to prevent both
Fortune Flu or COVID, it may not matter—the post-viral illness you potentially wind up with could look pretty similar, according to new research released this week. Long COVID is a post-viral illness that occurs after infection with COVID. Also known as PASC, or post-acute sequelae of COVID, it’s typically defined as new symptoms that develop after […]
Apr 18, 2023
Up to one in 20 new diabetes cases could be linked to Covid, study suggests
Guardian Research adds to growing evidence that pandemic may be contributing to rapid rise in people with diabetes Up to one in 20 new diabetes cases could be related to Covid infection, data suggests. The research adds to mounting evidence the pandemic may be contributing to a rapidly escalating diabetes crisis, with individuals who have experienced […]
Apr 18, 2023
NEJM Vaccination and antiviral treatment with nirmatrelvir (a component of Paxlovid) lower risks for hospitalization and death due to COVID-19 (NEJM JW Infect Dis Jun 2022 and BMJ 2022; 377:69317; NEJM JW Gen Med Oct 1 2022 and N Engl J Med 2022; 387:790). Do vaccination and nirmatrelvir prevent post–COVID-19 condition (“long COVID”)? Two recent reports provide some answers to this question. […]
Apr 11, 2023
Obesity and COVID-19 mortality are correlated
Nature Abstract In view of a conspicuous absence of any cross-country study linking obesity and COVID-19 mortality, we conduct an empirical analysis of plausible associations between COVID-19 mortality and the proportion of obese in the adult population distributed across 142 countries around the globe. We observe a statistically significant positive association between COVID-19 mortality and […]
Apr 11, 2023