
Repeat SARS-C0V-2 infections were linked to a higher odds of new health conditions, according to a new study in the Canada Communicable Disease Report.

Despite nearly 1.3 million deaths and counting, there is still not a national memorial for the pandemic. Our informal memorial in the middle of the Mojave Desert is one small way to remember those we’ve lost so far.

People with Long COVID are at a higher risk for cardiovascular, renal, and pulmonary (CRP) outcomes, according to a large observational study published in Journal of the American Heart Association. The study was a retrospective study and assessed more than 2.6 million people who developed COVID-19, comparing about 158,000 people who had been diagnosed with…

Another observational study found more evidence of endothelial dysfunction in Long COVID. German researchers evaluated the eyes of 102 people with Long COVID, comparing them to 102 people “recovered” from COVID-19, as well as controls.

Researchers found immune abnormalities in the intestines of people with Long COVID, according to a new preprint. The small study compared colon tissue samples and blood of 44 people with Long COVID to 13 controls who “recovered” from COVID-19, using several different analysis methods.

COVID-19 can reactivate dormant viruses in the body, confirms new research in Nature.

A new study in Nature Communications confirmed skeletal muscle abnormalities in Long COVID and ME. The study, which furthered past research on post-exertional malaise from the same research group, compared various exercise tests and biopsies of people with Long COVID and ME to results from people who underwent 60 days of strict bedrest, as well…

A new study found persistent neuromuscular abnormalities in Long COVID. The small follow-up study, published in Neurophysiologie Clinique, included 50 people with Long COVID who underwent two types of electromyography tests, which can provide objective measures of muscle function.

The dementia drug donepezil helped decrease fatigue in a subset of people with Long COVID, according to a study published in Frontiers in Pharmacology. In the complex study, which also included testing in mice, Japanese researchers found a majority of people with Long COVID in the cohort had reactivated human herpes virus 6 (HHV-6), which produced…

COVID-19 can cause long-term eye disorders, according to a cross sectional study in Nature Communications. Researchers in Sweden assessed 100 people with Long COVID and compared them to 32 people who had COVID-19 and “recovered.”
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