NIH/NATIONAL HEART, LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE NIH RECOVER research identifies potential long COVID disparities NIH-supported studies show variations in symptoms and diagnostic experiences among different racial and ethnic groups Black and Hispanic Americans appear to experience more symptoms and health problems related to long COVID, a lay term that captures an array of symptoms and health problems,...
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Organ damage for 59% of patients with long COVID continues a year after initial symptoms
by SAGE Publications Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new comprehensive study of organ impairment in long COVID patients over 12 months shows organ damage persisted in 59% of patients a year after initial symptoms, even in those not severely affected when first diagnosed with the virus. The study, published in the Journal of the Royal Society...
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Study shows new route for dangerous coronavirus strain emergence
by Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology Mutational escape from cytotoxic T cells. a Calculation of site presentation scores (adapted from Marty et al). b, c Change of PHBR scores caused by mutations for HLA I b and HLA II c, respectively. Dot color corresponds to PHBR fold change; the mutations that substantially (>3-fold) increase...
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Researchers show that Paxlovid remains highly effective on omicron variants
by CU Anschutz Medical Campus Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have conducted one of the first studies to examine the effectiveness of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) in non-hospitalized patients during an omicron period of the COVID-19 pandemic that includes BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants. Though many Coloradans are proceeding as though the COVID-19 pandemic is over, the virus continues to circulate,...
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No new variants in weeks after China ended zero-COVID: study
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain No new variants of COVID-19 emerged in Beijing in the weeks after China ended its zero-COVID policy late last year, a new study said on Wednesday. China saw an explosion of infections after starting to lift its strict pandemic measures from early December, sparking fears the world’s most populous country could...
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Tobacco and e-cigs may put healthy young people at risk of severe COVID illness, new research suggests
by University of California, Los Angeles Credit: CC0 Public Domain New UCLA research suggests that smoking tobacco and vaping electronic cigarettes may increase healthy young people’s risk for developing severe COVID illness. This is among the first studies to find that not only smoking tobacco, but also vaping, may predispose people to increased inflammation and future...
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Antiviral compound could be broadly efficient in the treatment of SARS-CoV-2
by Instituto de Medicina Molecular Grphical abstract. Credit: ACS Central Science (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.2c01243 A new study led by Gonçalo Bernardes, group leader at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM; Portugal) and Professor at the University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK), published recently in the journal ACS Central Science, reports the discovery of a compound efficient...
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Long Covid could be longer – and more severe –than we thought, study finds
Echo Xie+ myNEWS Published: 6:00 am, 22 Jan 2023 Lingering symptoms of Covid-19 currently affect 10 percent of patients, researchers say. Photo: AFP It is estimated that tens of millions of people worldwide are suffering with symptoms that have come to be known as long Covid. According to a new study by a group of researchers from the...
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Super-contagious new omicron subvariant will spark another wave, experts say
by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert, Northeastern University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The COVID-19 subvariant XBB.1.5 is spreading so fast that the World Health Organization on Friday advised people to wear masks in certain situations, including in crowded, enclosed and poorly ventilated spaces, regardless of local infection rates. The announcement came three days after the WHO recommended...
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Long COVID Comes Into Focus, Showing Older Patients Fare Worse
Will Pass January 12, 2023 Long COVID is typically characterized by anosmia and dysgeusia, cognitive impairment, dyspnea, weakness, and palpitations, with younger patients showing greatest improvements at 1 year, according to a nationwide cohort study conducted in Israel. These findings help define long COVID, guiding providers and patients through the recovery process, Barak Mizrahi, MSc, of KI Research Institute, Kfar...