3 Ways Long COVID Patients’ Lung Function Can Suffer
“I just can’t do what I used to anymore.” As pulmonologists and critical care doctors treating patients with lung disease, ...
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Children Infected with a Mild Case of COVID-19 Can Still Develop Long COVID Symptoms
While research has revealed that children and adults hospitalized with COVID-19 are more susceptible to developing long COVID symptoms, a ...
Long COVID: National Academies’ Panel Examines Long-Term Health Effects of COVID-19
Long COVID is associated with multisystem dysfunction affecting the cerebrovascular, autonomic, peripheral, respiratory, and inflammatory systems, which may be caused ...
Transforming How We Think About Sepsis
Though many people haven’t even heard of it, sepsis – the body’s extreme response to infection – is the leading ...
Congenital Syphilis Continues a Decade-Long Surge Across the US
For a decade, the number of babies born with syphilis in the U.S. has surged, undeterred. Data released Tuesday by ...
Johns Hopkins: Chemical in Leafy Greens May Slow Growth of Coronaviruses
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center report evidence from lab experiments that a chemical derived from a compound found abundantly ...
Troubling Trends in Physician Vaccine Confidence in the United States
American attitudes toward scientific expertise have become increasingly contentious in recent years. But many people across the political spectrum still ...
Some PASC Patients May Experience Long-Lasting Airway Disease — Even if They Only Had Mild COVID-19
Patients in this study with post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), or 'Long Covid', experienced small airway disease independent of initial ...
Neurological Symptoms are Present in Roughly Two-Thirds of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
Molecular imaging uncovers effects of COVID-19 on the brain Incidence of dementia, parkinsonism and psychiatric disorders within six months after ...
Even Mild or Moderate COVID-19 Illness Affects Cardiovascular System in Young Adults
Researchers followed young men and women aged 20-40 without pre-existing disease. The findings show that obesity and physical inactivity increase ...
Ongoing ‘Immune Injuries’ Might Cause Persistent Breathlessness After COVID-19
Long-lasting immune activity in the airways might be the cause of persistent breathlessness following COVID-19. A new study of 38 ...
The US National Blood Crisis: Supply at 10-year Low From Pandemic Disruptions
The blood supply in the U.S. is now at its lowest level in over a decade. Many of the nation’s ...
Stroke Risk for Older COVID-19 Patients Highest Within First 3 Days After Diagnosis
The risk of stroke among older adults diagnosed with COVID-19 was highest within the first three days of diagnosis, according ...
Some Cancers are Preventable with a Vaccine – a Virologist Explains
One-fifth. Nearly 20% of cancers worldwide are caused by a virus. These viruses don’t cause cancer until long after they ...
COVID-19 Crisis in Los Angeles: Why Activating ‘Crisis Standards of Care’ is Crucial for Overwhelmed Hospitals
In Los Angeles County, ambulance crews are being told to conserve oxygen and to not take certain trauma and cardiac ...
‘Crisis Standards of Care’ During COVID Surge Involve Excruciating Choices for Hospital Staff
As the omicron variant brings a new wave of uncertainty and fear, I can’t help reflecting back to March 2020, ...
Air Force Medics Continue COVID-19 Response in Civilian U.S. Hospitals
Even with the availability of the COVID-19 vaccine to significantly reduce the chances of severe illness and hospitalizations, there are ...
Vaccination Offers Higher Protection Than Previous COVID-19 Infection
In this multistate analysis of hospitalizations for COVID-19–like illness among adults aged 18 years or older during January–September 2021 whose ...
A Pediatrician Explains How Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine for Ages 5 to 11 Was Tested for Safety and Efficacy
Elementary school children in the United States will soon have one more layer of protection to keep them safe from ...
Automated Diagnosis of COVID-19 From Chest CTs
Scientists develop new algorithm for rapid, computerized diagnosis of COVID-19, overcoming the limitations of reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction In ...
