Category: Side Effects
CDC: 81% of adults with Long Covid experience limitations in their daily activities
The US CDC has issued a new report on Long Covid showing the long term impact that the virus is having on some people. More...
Multiple hypermutated SARS-CoV-2 sequences that may have been created by molnupiravir
Molnupiravir, a drug used to treat SARS-CoV-2 infections, has received a lot of press attention since its launch, and not all of it has been positive. More...
Long Covid: Impaired lung function for months after infection
Two different research articles out recently give graphic details of the lung damage that can be caused in both adults and children after a Covid infection. More...
Preprint: Monkeypox with neuroinflammatory disorders
Complications may occur mainly in children and immunosuppressed patients. More...
NBER: The impacts of Covid-19 illnesses on workers
The National Bureau of Economic Research has published a working paper on the impact of Covid-19 on the US workforce. More...
Risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease increases by 50-80% in older adults who caught COVID-19
New research published today in the Journal of Alzheimers Disease shows elderly Covid patients have a dramatically increased risk of developing Alzheimers. More...
Russia: Eight times vaccinated Vladimir Zhirinovsky dies of Covid-19
Vladimir Zhirinovsky said that in a year and a half he had shot himself eight times with different Covid-19 vaccines. More...
BMJ: First UK compensation payment for Covid-19 vaccine death
Vikki Spit from Cumbria is believed to be the first person to receive vaccine injury compensation after her 48 year old partner, Zion, died in May 2021 following vaccination with the Astrazeneca vaccine. More...
Long Covid: Persistent loss of smell indicates a high risk of cognitive and memory problems
The loss of smell with Covid, especially if persistent, it indicates a high risk of encountering cognitive and memory problems during the period following infection, and also of cognitive deficits that can persist for months after healing from Covid. More...
UK: Long Covid recognised as a disability by employment tribunal
The decision in the employment tribunal case of Burke v Turning Point Scotland is one of the first in the UK to address specific facts and has found that the long Covid symptoms suffered by Mr Burke amounted to a disability. More...