by Ashwin Swaminathan, The Conversation Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain My glorious two and a half year run of negative COVID tests came to a shuddering halt last week, after receiving a text confirming I was among the pandemic’s latest catch. My case adds to the rising slope of the third omicron wave in seven months, currently rolling...
Michael Marshall After a COVID-19 infection, some people have recovered their ability to perceive odours thanks to smell training. Credit: Fabio Bucciarelli/The New York Times/eyevine Researchers are finally making headway in understanding how the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus causes loss of smell. And a multitude of potential treatments to tackle the condition are undergoing clinical trials, including...
Michael Marshall After a COVID-19 infection, some people have recovered their ability to perceive odours thanks to smell training. Credit: Fabio Bucciarelli/The New York Times/eyevine Researchers are finally making headway in understanding how the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus causes loss of smell. And a multitude of potential treatments to tackle the condition are undergoing clinical trials, including...
By Helen Branswell May 25, 2022 Reprints ALEX HOGAN/STAT For nearly two years, as the Covid pandemic disrupted life around the globe, other infectious diseases were in retreat. Now, as the world rapidly dismantles the measures put in place to slow spread of Covid, the viral and bacterial nuisances that were on hiatus are returning —...
Written by Aunna Pourang, MD | Reviewed by Sophie Vergnaud, MDPublished on January 21, 2022 Key takeaways: COVID-19 infections are one of many possible causes of loss of taste and smell. The chance of full recovery of smell and taste depends on the cause, and it’s different for each person. The best way to tell...
by Sarah Hellewell, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock Loss or alteration of taste (dysgeusia) is a common symptom of COVID. It’s also a side effect of several illnesses and medications, including Paxlovid, the new antiviral medication to treat COVID infection. Although it affects fewer than 6% of people who are given Paxlovid, some report a “horrible” taste that came...
Carrie Arnold Some at-home syphilis tests also detect multiple other infections, such as HIV and hepatitis C.Credit: Pixel-shot/Alamy Global cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have been on the rise in some countries. Even the COVID-19 pandemic — which locked down life in many ways — hasn’t halted the trend. In April, the US Centers...
by Andrew Thurston, Boston University SARS-CoV-2 particles can be seen in a macrophage in the human lung tissue–engrafted model. Credit: F. Douam and D. Kenney / Harvard Medical School Electron Microscopy Facility COVID-19 vaccines have saved at least a million lives in the United States alone, but for many people, a lingering fear remains: If—or...
by Simon Kolstoe, The Conversation Credit: ilze kalve/Shutterstock We are all tired of COVID. But even though the news has moved on to other concerning geopolitical issues, it is a fact that COVID is still very much with us. Vaccines have certainly helped drive down its worst effects, but the disease is here to stay, and...
Ewen Callaway Study participants reported symptoms typical of other respiratory infections such as runny noses and sore throats — fevers were less common.Credit: Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Healthy, young people who were intentionally exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus developed mild symptoms — if any at all — finds a first-of-its-kind COVID-19 human challenge study. Such...
