Category: COVID
Long COVID: Mitochondria, the Big Miss, and Hope
Medscape This week there was news on Long COVID in two very different directions: emergence of strong data to support mitochondrial dysfunction as the basis for the condition in some people, and learning how the $1.15 billion allocation to the NIH RECOVER initiative has largely been wasted. In this edition of Ground Truths, I’ll review […]
Aug 15, 2023
Walgreens Shows Highest Covid-19 Test Positivity Levels Since May 2021
Forbes Are you positive that Covid-19 cases are on the upswing this Summer? With the lack of an accurate and reliable national Covid-19 surveillance system, it may be hard to tell what the heck is really happening with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the U.S. But there are several indications that […]
Aug 8, 2023
A new clue to the reason some people come down with long COVID
NPR Stéphanie Longet is an immunologist and a COVID researcher at the University of Saint-Etienne in France, and just like 10-20% of adults who were infected with the virus, she continues to have symptoms well after her infection has resolved – a condition known colloquially as long COVID. “I got COVID one year ago and I […]
Aug 8, 2023
What to know about EG.5, the most prevalent covid subvariant in the U.S.
Washington Post The coronavirus has not disappeared. With the advent of successful vaccinations and better social management, however, it has waned. Globally, over 1 million new covid-19 cases and more than 3,100 deaths were reported in the 28 days up to Aug. 3, according to the latest World Health Organization report — bringing the death toll to almost […]
Aug 8, 2023
Fortune A new family of COVID variants is on the rise in the U.S. and abroad—one experts say is likely responsible for a rising tide of infections and hospitalizations. The World Health Organization recently designated EG.5 a “variant under monitoring” due to its steady global growth. Reports of EG.5, detected in 45 countries so far, […]
Aug 8, 2023
NIH launches trials for long-COVID treatments: what scientists think
Nature World’s largest study of long COVID will evaluate potential therapies for brain fog, sleep disruption and more. The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced yesterday that it will launch its first trials to test the safety and efficacy of treatments against long COVID. These trials will focus on therapies aimed at some of […]
Aug 1, 2023
Challenges in Developing Long COVID Criteria
MedPageToday In a recent JAMA article, researchers provided a new approach for identifying individuals with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC), commonly referred to as long COVID. Because this article — from Tanayott Thaweethai, PhD, and colleagues — was part of the large, federally funded U.S. RECOVER study of long COVID, it will be influential among scientists around […]
Aug 1, 2023
This week Dr. Lawler provides us with COVID-19 updates and outlook for the fall, and shares with us lessons learned from a recent trip.
Jul 25, 2023
The Ongoing Mystery of Covid’s Origin
NY Times We still don’t know how the pandemic started. Here’s what we do know — and why it matters. Where did it come from? More than three years into the pandemic and untold millions of people dead, that question about the Covid-19 coronavirus remains controversial and fraught, with facts sparkling amid a tangle of […]
Jul 25, 2023
California: Here’s Where Covid Is Rising in the San Francisco Bay Area
SF Standard You’ve heard this one before: Covid cases are on the rise in the Bay Area again. New data from Wastewater SCAN—a program that traces levels of viruses and other pathogens in municipal sewershed plans—shows levels of Covid particulate in wastewater are rising in San Francisco’s Oceanside sewershed, which covers much of the city’s […]
Jul 25, 2023