Category: Health
Israel: Increase in children suffering from neurological effects of COVID and PIMS
Symptoms include inflammation of brain and seizures. Research published in a leading pediatric neurology journal found 44% of children hospitalized with COVID had at least one neurological symptom as a result of illness. More...
Preprint: Patients with COVID-19 had significant alterations in fecal microbiomes
In a pilot study of 15 patients with COVID-19, we found persistent alterations in the fecal microbiome during the time of hospitalization, compared with controls. More...
Norway: Covid infections by vaccination status in 2022 *1 UPDATE*
Norway has released its latest report on Covid infections by vaccination status, so we will be keeping track of those figures in this thread. More...
UK: Covid-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status for week 3, 2022
The latest report by the UK Health and Security Agency giving figures for Covid infections, hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status for the period up to week 3, 2022. More...
Long Covid: Lung abnormalities found in patients with breathlessness
Researchers have identified abnormalities in the lungs of long COVID patients with breathlessness but whose other tests are normal. More...
UKHSA: Omicron BA.2 has higher growth rate and higher attack rate than BA.1
BA.2 has an increased growth rate compared to BA.1 in all regions of England where there are sufficient cases present to make an assessment. More...
UKHSA: Risk assessment for Omicron BA.2
The latest risk assessment of the BA.2 strain from the UKHSA. More...
Hong Kong: Transmission of Sars-CoV-2 Delta strain from hamsters to humans and onward human propagation of the adapted strain
Two separate transmission events from Syrian hamsters to humans are documented, one leading to onward household spread. More...
Denmark: Increase in Covid hospitalizations into psychiatric care *17 UPDATES*
There’s been a noticeable change in the nature of Covid hospitalizations in Denmark over the past three weeks. More...
NeoCoV – the closest MERS-CoV relative yet discovered in bats
In this study, we unexpectedly found that NeoCoV and its close relative, PDF-2180-CoV, can efficiently use some types of bat Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and, less favorably, human ACE2 for entry. More...